Documentary ResearchHoward Smith

‘Mourinho’ is an ITV based documentary. Taking a look at the last 10 years of his football managerial career. It shows the highs and lows of what he has done.

The documentary description is as follows: ‘A look at the career of one of football's most charismatic figures. In the last ten years his managerial record has been incomparable with a little controversy along the way.’

This documentary will only have a limited audience as people who are interested in Jose Mourinho or football will want to watch this documentary.

‘Mourinho’

Documentary Mode

Mourinho is a reflexive and expository documentary. It shows interviews or Jose Mourinho asking him questions about being a manager and asking him about what he’s done as a manager for the last 10 years. He answers questions that people will want the answers to therefore engaging with the audience.

There is plenty of shits used in the documentary. Such as interviews using close-ups and over the shoulder shots. It will have real life action shots of him as a manager during games. All these shot help support the documentary giving it some variety.

Documentaries

ITV’s documentaries are tend to be about current events and affairs. They chose to make their documentaries about things that have just happened or things that are popular. For example a documentary was made called ‘The other side of Jimmy Saville’ this documentary shows people about a popular topic. ITV know people will want to watch it as it is a topic which is very publicized at the time.

My documentary is also about current affairs, whether universities are worth the money. This can relate to the documentaries that ITV produce.