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Assignment 17: Similar Products & Conventions
Topic: ‘Have video games evolved for the better or the worse’
Pamela YounesJodie Foster-PiliaAbigail Menzies
Laura Cuk
Similar Products (docs I watched)
Similar Products (Docs I watched)Name of documentary
TV or Film
Genre & Mode
How much watched
Where watched
Date What I learnt from this documentary that I can apply to my own
Last days of Left Eye
Film Expository mode
All of it YouTube August Use of handheld cameras inside of tripods to maintain realism
Marley Film Observational mode
All of it DVD August Volume control is used so the background music is faintly heard during a interview
My tattoo addiction
TV Observational mode
All of it 4oD September Zooming in on archival photos (ken burns) so the audience focuses on something in particular
Abigail Menzies
Similar Products (Docs I watched)One mile way
Film Performative mode
All of it
YouTube July Use of titles are to introduce the interviewee’s name and role/job
Food Matter Film Observational mode
30mins
Netflix August Natural lighting is used instead of artificial lighting to maintain a sense of realism
Addicted to pleasure-Sugar
TV Participatory mode
15 mins
BBC iplayer
September The presenter takes part in experiments and interacts with his subjects
Wal-Mart: the high cost of a low price
Film Observational Mode
All of it
Netflix September Statistics are presented in bold text alongside a voiceover that reads what is on the screen
Good Hair Film Perfomative Mode
All of it
Online movie website
August The presenter interviews a variety of people from different ages and ethnicities so he has a range of opinions
Abigail Menzies
Fastest man who ever lived: Usain Bolt
Film Participatory Mode
All of it
YouTube August In the beginning there is a montage of interviews from different people answering the same question
Too Poor for posh school
Film Observational Mode
30 mins
Netflix August Expert interviews are con ducted in a professional setting e.g. their office
Human Swarm
TV Participatory Mode
All of it
4oD July Variety of visuals are used with cutaways
Biggie & Tupac
Film Observational Mode
All of it
Netflix July Use of establishing shots to show the different locations
My big fat gypsy wedding
Film Observational Mode
All of it
Netflix October Use of cutaways during interviews so the interviewee aren't on the screen for long
Catfish TV Reflexive Mode
All of it
TV and online movie website
August Extreme close up shots are used so audience can read emails, text messages et.
Similar Products (Docs I watched)Abigail Menzies
Similar products (docs I've watched)Name of doc TV or
FilmGenre and mode
How much watched
Where/how watched?
Date What did I learn from watching documentary that I could apply to mine.
Branded a which TV Participatory mode
1 Television at home
August That public interviews are very important, as they are not planned and give a real insight to a situation
Britain's Fattest man
TV Expository mode
1 Television a home
May Many different shot such as close-ups/extreme close-ups should be us when someone is talking(doesn’t become boring)
Food unwrapped TV Participatory mode
2 school, and television at home
August Statistics are very useful for a documentary to become informative.
The man with the 10 stone testicles
TV Expository mode
1 Television at home
September Extreme close-ups should be used to give audience more information
The Human swarm TV Participatory mode
1 School August Time lapsing should be used to show time passing, this is visually effective.
Name of doc TV or Film
Genre and mode
How much watched
Where/how watched?
Date What did I learn from watching documentary that I could apply to mine.
Catfish TV Participatory mode
6 Television at home or on computer
Oct/Nov Handheld camera movement is important in order that it has that documentary feel, and seems realistic.
The boy who's skin fell off
TV Expository mode
1 Computer at home
May Incidental Music should be used to set mood.
Africa TV Expository mode
3 Television at home
October If music is applied when there is a voiceover, the music should be significantly lower, so voiceover is clear.
koyaanisquatsi Film Poetic mode 1 School May Sometimes footage should be shown in silence so audience can interpret things for themselves, without being told.
Lady boys TV Participatory mode
2 Television at home
September Expert interviews are most definitely needed as they are highly influential
Name of doc TV or Film
Genre and mode
How much watched
Where/how watched?
Date What did I learn from watching documentary that I could apply to mine.
The iceman TV Participatory mode
1 Television at home
April Scientific evidence is always significant in a documentary, as it is greatly influential.
Supersize me Film Participatory mode
1 Television at home
July Doing experiments as a presenter, helps to keep the documentary fun
Peter Andre My life TV Participatory mode
10 school, and television at home
Sept/Oct There are always establishing shots used to show were peter Andre is, this orientates audience.
Riots from wrong TV Participatory 1 school July Archival footage is good for use of evidence.
Turtle boy TV Expository 1 Television at home
January Expert interviews are more believable if they are filmed in there professional environment, i.e. surgeon in hospital
Name of doc TV or Film
Genre and mode
How much watched
Where/how watched?
Date What did I learn from watching documentary that I could apply to mine.
The boy who's face fell of
TV Expository mode
1 Television at home
January Sound bridging to ensure audience aren't just looking at someone talk to camera for long
Similar Products Pamela Younes
NAME OF DOCUMENTARY
TV or FILM
GENRE & MODE HOW MUCH WATCHED
WHERE/HOW WATCHED
DATE What did you learn from this documentary that you could apply to your documentary
1. Sicko film Participatory 1 school May 13 Case studies
2. My big fat gypsy wedding
TV Performative & Expository
5+ Home 11/12 Theme
3. Catfish TV Reflexive 1 Home 2013 Realism
Similar Products Pamela Younes
NAME OF DOCUMENTARY
TV or FILM
GENRE & MODE HOW MUCH WATCHED
WHERE/HOW WATCHED
DATE What did you learn from this documentary that you could apply to your documentary
4. Riot from wrong
Film Participatory 1 iPad 2013 Footage
5. Catfish TV Participatory 6 Home 2013 Realism
6. The boy who's skin fell off
Film Participatory 1 Home 2013 Sub topics
Similar Products Pamela Younes
NAME OF DOCUMENTARY
TV or FILM
GENRE & MODE HOW MUCH WATCHED
WHERE/HOW WATCHED
DATE What did you learn from this documentary that you could apply to your documentary
7. Seven dwarves: the wedding
Film Participatory 1 Home 2013 Interviewing
8. Thelma's gypsy girls
TV Performative & Expository
5+ Home 2013 The message behind this documentary
9. 9/11 the lost tapes, 10th anniversary, falling man, children of 9/11
Film Participatory 1 Home 2013 Interviewing/case studies
Similar Products Pamela Younes
NAME OF DOCUMENTARY
TV or FILM
GENRE & MODE HOW MUCH WATCHED
WHERE/HOW WATCHED
DATE What did you learn from this documentary that you could apply to your documentary
10. 16 kids and counting
Film Participatory 1 Home 2013 Message behind this documentary
11. 15 kids and counting
TV Participatory 3 Home 2013 Footage
12. The Human Mannequin
Film Participatory & Expository
1 Home 2013 Sense of realism
Similar Products Pamela Younes
NAME OF DOCUMENTARY
TV or FILM
GENRE & MODE HOW MUCH WATCHED
WHERE/HOW WATCHED
DATE What did you learn from this documentary that you could apply to your documentary
13. 999 what's your emergency
TV Participatry & Performative
4 Home 2013 Case studies
14. Educating Essex
TV Participatory 3 Home 2013 Interviewing
15. The queens mother In law
Film Expository 1 Home 2013 Montage photography
Similar Products Pamela Younes
NAME OF DOCUMENTARY
TV or FILM
GENRE & MODE HOW MUCH WATCHED
WHERE/HOW WATCHED
DATE What did you learn from this documentary that you could apply to your documentary
16. The three day nanny
TV Performative 1 Home 2013 Case study
Similar products & conventionsLaura
Name of documentary TV or Film Genre & Mode How much you watched
Where/how watched
1. Attenborough's Ark Film Nature & Ecology
All of it Plane
2. Shelter Me Film Social & Cultural
30 minutes Netflix
3. Supersize Me Film 45 minutes Netflix
4. Food, Inc. Film Critically-acclaimed
30 minutes Netflix
5. The Blue Planet TV Series Nature & Ecology
48 minutes – episode 1
Netflix
6. Indie Game Film Social & Cultural
43 minutes Netflix
7. We Are Legion Film Political 20 minutes Netflix
8. X Games: The Movie Film Social & Cultural
50 minutes Netflix
Similar products & conventionsLaura
Name of documentary TV or Film Genre & Mode How much you watched
Where/how watched
9. Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey Film Social & Cultural
All of it Netflix
10. The Crimson Wing Film Nature & Ecology
30 minutes Netflix
11. Tom Dowd & the Language of Music
Film Critically acclaimed
30 minutes Netflix
12. Catfish Film 1 h 27 minutes School & Netflix
13. Bowling for Columbine Film Critically acclaimed
1 h 59 minutes Netflix
14. The Boy whose skin fell off TV Series LoveFilm
15. Life TV Series Nature & Ecology
All of it LoveFilm
16. Riot from Wrong Film All of it School
Inspiration from Similar Products
Inspiration from Similar Products(The Presenter)
Documentary: Good Hair
Abigail Menzies
The presenter is participative throughout this documentary and takes part in various experiment
The presenter interacts with his subjects and asks open questions so the expert can answer in depth
Conducts his interviews in a natural setting for e.g.. a lab
Inspiration from Similar Products(Titles and Credits)
Documentary: Catfish
Abigail Menzies
USE OF TITLES
Use of titles and credits to Introduce the presenters and filming crew
Titles boxes are similar to social networking chat boxes this relates to the topic of the documentary
Name of the person is in bold so it stands out
Documentary: Wal-Mart: High Cost Of Low Prices
Abigail Menzies
Inspiration from Similar Products(Statistics)
Statistics are presented in white, bold writing that is easy and clear to read
Statistics are supported by a voiceover
Background is slightly blurred so it doesn’t distract the audience from the text
Inspiration from Similar Products(Expert Interviews)
Documentary: Food Matter
Abigail Menzies
Done at a mid shot so the audience focuses on the expert rather than the background
Simple font and graphic background so the white writing stands out
Name of expert is set at slightly bigger font than his job title
Inspiration from similar products
Documentary: Catfish
Happy, Fun, bubby presenter keeps audience engaged
Presenter
Always breaks diegesis and looks at camera, ensuring audience feel involved
Camera Movement
Handheld camera movement portrays a feel of reality and also ensure it is more documentary-like
Inter titlesInter titles used to show who a person is.
Black text is placed on white background so its clear to read
Fairly small, not distracting
Inspiration From Similar Products Pamela Younes
Documentary: Catfish the TV show 2013
Recording their video chat to see if the Facebook account user account
They show that they are editing
He would solve the
relationship between the
Facebook user and the
person on the other side
Inspiration From Similar Products Pamela Younes
Documentary: 999 What’s the emergency? 2013
Depends what the crime is and the police and the fighter fighter comes
There case study’s make the documentary more intriguing
The action that happened and the problem caused makes it more interesting to watch to see if it would be solved
Inspiration From Similar Products Pamela Younes
Documentary: Big fat gypsy wedding 2011
The theme is continuous on all the episodes on this documentary
Around the title it has a crown and bit of material which represents the bride, s the dress is the most important thing
The font of the title makes it seem happy, exciting and girly, which gives an idea to the audience what the documentary would be about
Inspiration from similar products
• Attenborough’s Ark
Mode Theory:David Attenborough is both participatory and expository.
Mid shots:Mid shot is used to show the framing of the character.
Inspiration from similar products
• Crimson Wing
Titles:Titles/captions were white and then changed to the colour white then faded to black.
Inspiration from similar products
• Crimson Wing
Transitions:The transition used in this clip was fade to black
Conventions of Documentaries
Individual & group
Conventions of DocumentariesConventions Example from a documentary
Non- linear narrative structure
•‘Food Matters’ isn’t structured in order, instead the filmmaker edits this documentary so only certain parts of the experts interviews are shown when it relates to the subtopic
Modern topics •‘Food Unwrapped’ explores how the food we eat are processed and are unhealthy, this is relevant as in contemporary society people are concerned about what they eat
Background music •Non-diegetic background music is used in ‘My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding’ to set the appropriate mood
Archival photos and footage
•‘Good Hair’ uses archival photos and footage to support what is being said in the voiceover
Abigail Menzies
Archival photo
Archival footage of the presenter and his daughter
Conventions of documentaries
Conventions Example of Documentary
Montage Editing (editing)is used in intro to create suspense as audience want to find out what it’s about
Catfish
Time lapsing (editing) is used to show time passing The human swarm
Transitions (editing)used to distinguish when documentary is going on a break.
Britain's fattest man
Rule of thirds(CAMSAM),the boy is placed on left side of screen indicating that he feels quite distressed
The boy who’s skin fell of
Close-ups/extreme close-ups (CAMSAM) used to reveal greater detail to audience
The man with the 10 stone testicles
Establishing shots (CAMSAM) used to orientate the audience perhaps showing where an interview is.
Branded a witch
Expert interview is seen to be where they are most comfortable (location) Surgeon was shown in a hospital.
Turtle boy
Conventions of a Documentary Pamela Younes
Conventions Example from a documentary
Statistics Supersize me uses statistics where it explains the amount of people that eat the food. Also shows statistics through animations where they can make the statistics easier to remember
Narrator In my big fat gypsy wedding; cannot show a screen grab because I cannot show the narrator. Its when the narrator asks Thelma about her job and making the dresses. The narrator is unseen; behind the camera
Presenter Catfish uses a presenter where Nev presents the show by talking about the relationships, what they are about to do, and what happens after they met (if they go there separate ways)
Conventions of documentariesLaura
Conventions Example from documentary(bullet points or image)
Conventions of mode theory Attenborough’s Ark
Conventions of social actors Bowling for Columbine
Conventions of titles/captions Crimson Wing
Similar products & their conventions
Who is doing what documentaries?Name Documentaries
Pamela Younes • Catfish• 999 what’s the
emergency?• My big fat gypsy
wedding
Jodie Foster-Pilia • Branded a witch • Africa• Riot from wrong
Abigail Menzies • Good Hair• Human Swarm
Laura Cuk
Similar products & their conventionsConvention Use Develop Challenge Explanation
Public Interviews
X This convention is developed as some public interviews are done in the usual way in public natural settings e.g. a barbershop, however others are done in a professional studio
Statistics X This convention is challenged as statistics are not presented on screen so its viewable to the audience but it is said by the presenter
Documentary: Good Hair
Abigail Menzies
Done in conventional natural setting
Done in non-conventional staged setting
Similar products & their conventionsConvention Use Develop Challenge Explanation
Time lapse (editing)
X This convention is used in various ways to speed up the process of things as well as to slow it down
Experiments X This convention is used and is done by the presenter, who participants in different experiments to support his topic
Cutaways X This convention is usually used when an expert has a lengthy response, so the scene cuts to different visuals that relate to what is being said in the voiceover of the expert
Documentary: The Human Swarm
Abigail Menzies
Presenter takes part in range of experiments
Similar products and their conventions
Convention Use Develop challenge Explanation
Case studies Their is one main case study which is focussed on in this documentary. It is interesting to see how the case studies develop
Archival photographs
Archival photos are used to give audience insight into past
Inter titles These are used to introduce a particular person to audience.
Branded a witch
Convention Use Develop challenge Explanation
Voiceover A continuous voiceover is used to describe exactly what is happening in the documentary
Incidental music
Incidental music is used in this documentary to set mood, whether it is a calming (slow pace)or aggressive(fast pace)
Close-ups/extreme close-ups
Close-ups are used in this documentary to reveal more to audience as it shows footage in greater detail
Africa
Convention Use Develop challenge Explanation
Cutaways In this documentary, cutaways are used to refer back to archival footage.
Handheld camera movement
Handheld camera movements is used to give a sense of reality.
Expert interviews
Expert interviews are used to ensure documentary is more informative and perhaps influential
Riot from wrong
Similar Products & their conventions
Pamela Younes – Green Level
Conventions Use Develop Challenge Explanations Statistics Catfish challenges statistics, as there is nothing
to point a fact about as he is just solving the person who is at the other end of the facebook chat
Narrator Challenges it, as there is no need for a narrator as there is a presenter throughout the whole documentary
Presenter Always present, even when video chatting, recording or even editing
Documentary: Catfish the TV show 2013
Similar Products & their conventions
Pamela Younes – Green Level
Conventions Use Develop Challenge Explanations Statistics They do not use statistics in this episode
Narrator Narrator was present throughout the whole documentary where they would explain the situation in the background
Presenter There was no presenter used
Documentary: 999 What’s the emergency? 2013
Similar Products & their conventions
Pamela Younes – Green Level
Conventions Use Develop Challenge Explanations Statistics They develop this as they give a percentage
when compared with gypsys in different parts of England, such as as comparing them if they are still traditional
Narrator There's a narrator when they would ask Thelma questions about gypsys and her dresses she designs and the narrator asks the brides to be and husbands
Presenter They develop it has there is also a narrator but Thelma acts like a presenter as she talks to the camera and tells the audience where she is going and what she's doing
Documentary: Big fat gypsy wedding 2011
Similar products and their conventionsLaura - Green level
Conventions Use Develop Challenge Explanation
1. Social actors . . Use – we will be using the convention of public interviews.
Challenge – this convention will be challenged because we may not get an expert to interview.
2. Mode theory . Use – expository mode will be used at the beginning Use – participatory mode will be used when filming the presenter in certain locations or when doing interviews.
3. Titles/captions . Use – we will use this convention when we introduce the presenter etc. Also this convention will be used to introduce the interviewees.
Your product (documentary) & conventions
Conventions in our documentary
Conventions we want to apply
Where in documentary
Use /develop/challenge
Inspirational documentary
Voiceover When we are explaining our archival footage of people playing videogames
use Africa
cutaways To show supporting archival footage (i.e. super nannies experiment on video games)
use Riot from wrong
Handheld footage For public interviews, may have to be done quick.
use Catfish
Composition Expert interviews, think about the placement.
use The boy who's skin fell of
Close-ups When showing the covers of video games, or when someone is talking
use Britain's fattest man
Expert interviews When we want to ask a sociologist about the effect of video games
use Branded a witch
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