Exposition

Exposition is shown from the beginning; it helps the viewers to understand the overall theme of the film and shows the viewer’s expression. Dramatic parts of the shows are there to catch the attention of the audience. This is to help persuade the viewers.

Voice over

The voice over is a narrator who speaks in the background to help viewers understand a little more.

Interviews

This is people being filmed talking directly about any topic. May be off/on screen this makes it realistic.

Archival footage

Actual historical footage which can found is put on production to add detail to show another point or to give a different point of view to the audiences.

Visual coding

If any clothes or props match the individual in the actual frame then that could make this more reliable.

Titles and text

Using text and title is a quick way to convey any information.

Reconstruction

Reconstruction of the footage means when a production company can’t find actual footage so they have to reshoot footage with similar mise-en-scene and characters.

Montage

A montage is a serious of shots used to indicate changes in time and place within a film.

Tupac and biggie (conventions found)

In this documentary archival footage was used to show the death of Tupac and biggie smalls because when we see the crime scene and when the person on a police radio is explaining causalities of both Tupac and biggie we understand that they were murdered and the entire documentary would be about the mystery of their murderers. This was used to aware the audience of Tupac and Biggies death by showing a historical moment. Throughout this documentary a voice over is used to help set the scene whilst actual shots across the city are shown. Also to help the viewer’s understood a little more. Another convention found would be the interviews. Here people involved in Tupac and Biggies life and been interviewed by the directors of the documentary to gather information about specific scenes in their lives. This was used to make the documentary more persuasive and realistic because it was taken from real people with real opinions.