Assignment 8: A2 individual coursework

presentation By Debbie Marques

Questions What documentaries have you watched ?One born every minute, peter andrey’s bad boyfriends, cat fish What documentaries have you enjoyed ?Katie: the science of seeing again, big fat gypsy wedding, undatables, jersey shore What documentaries have you not enjoyed ?The world’s largest snake, natures wild feast What are some interesting or current debate topics in world

today would you like to learn more about?IVF, the cures of cancer, animal testing What kind of topics would you like to see a documentary

about ? IVF

Interviews

Female Age: 22 Lives : UKWorking class

Questions What documentaries have you watched ?One born every minute, supersize vs superskinny, jersey shore, big brother What documentaries have you enjoyed ? Cat fish , man vs food , the kardashians, extreme A&E What documentaries have you not enjoyed ?56 up, bank of dave What are some interesting or current debate topics in world

today would you like to learn more about?Genetic engineering, euthanasia What kind of topics would you like to see a documentary

about ?Genetic engineering

Interviews

Female Ages : 17 Lives: UKWorking class

Questions What documentaries have you watched ?Up in smoke, john snow’s Paralympic show, best of British, knockout scousers What documentaries have you enjoyed ?Secrets of pickpockets, undercover at the news of the world, the secret millionaire What documentaries have you not enjoyed ?My transsexual summer, bank of dave What are some interesting or current debate topics in world

today would you like to learn more about?New cars in the market, new technologies, the movement of technology What kind of topics would you life to see a documentary about ?The movement of technology/ cinema

Interviews

Male Age : 39Lives: UKWorking class

Questions What documentaries have you watched ?My big fat fetish, up in smoke, secret millionaire, my kidney and me, extreme A&E What documentaries have you enjoyed ? Extreme A&E, secret millionaire, up in smoke, bums, boobs and Botox What documentaries have you not enjoyed ?The ancient skeletons of Peru, the royal history of pop What are some interesting or current debate topics in world today

would you like to learn more about?Plastic surgery, how to keep a healthy diet, dead bodies after 5 years being buried What kind of topics would you life to see a documentary about ?The whole process of plastic surgery

Interviews

Female Aged: 39Lives : UK Working class

History documentaries are not as popular as contemporary issues

Males prefer to watch documentaries to do with sport and technology

Females enjoy documentaries to do with their bodies and society

Young people enjoy documentaries about contemporary issues and mysterious cases (cat fish )

Young males do not find documentaries interesting and therefore do not watch as many as females.

People tend to watch documentaries that link with their kind of lifestyle

Overall results

Exploring topics

Topics

Should children be allowed to watch tv from an early age?

Teenage social life

What is the difference between someone’s gender to someone’s sex?

What causes and how to stop a heart attack

How is life seen as a celebrity ?

Is gender created biologically or by society?

Do animals think like us?

What is meant my feminine and masculine identities?

Teenage pregnancy

Is aborting always wrong?

Does gender always have an impact on the school subjects chosen by children?

Is aborting always wrong? Should children be allowed to watch tv

from an early age Is gender created biologically or by

society?

Potential topics

What would people learn about it ? Advantages and disadvantages of abortion What could take a women to have an abortion Statistics of abortion in the UK The religious view of abortion What society thinks about abortion What the foetus looks like week by week of pregnancy

What style of documentary ? This documentary would be mostly informative A little persuasive to those who think abortion is always wrong as some

positive sides will also be mentioned.What would each episode be about?1. Advantages and disadvantages of abortion. 2. Statistics and Testimonials of women who have carried and abortion why they did it ? Do they regret it?3. Religious and social view of abortion. interviews of priests, pastors, sociologist

Is abortion always wrong ?

What would people learn about it? the influence media has on children Advantages and disadvantages of tv in children’s life Statisctics about the dependence on tv children have today What makes tv attractive to children Does tv help children learn new things ?

What style of documentary ? Informative

What would each episode be about?1. Statisctics of children dependent of tv and what makes it attractive to them 2. Advantages and disadvantages of tv in a child’s life interviews of parents and children3. The influence media has on children, does it help them learn new things? interview of sociologist, psychologist

Should children be allowed to watch tv from an early age ?

What would people learn about it? Family, school and media have an impact on our gender Some sociologists see it as a social construction and

others argue that it is formed during primary socialisation (family).

Gender is used to describe the ways in which men and women are expected to behave in society.

What style of documentary ? Informative

What each episode be about?1. What is gender and how family, media and school has an

impact on it ?2. How is gender a formed interview people on street, sociologists

How is gender created?

Is abortion always wrong ? Should children be allowed to watch Tv from

an early age?

Plan for my two chosen topics

Definition of abortion : Abortion is the deliberate termination of a pregnancy.

Arguments against abortion : Killing people is wronga foetus is a person killing potential people is wrong Causing pain is wrong Increasing tolerance of killing is wrong Arguments in favour of abortion: The foetus is not necessarily a 'person' with the right to live It is not always wrong to end the life of an innocent person (in

case of having to choose, conjoined twins) 'Potential human beings' don't have rights (only active) The pregnant woman has moral rights too Is it better to have an abortion or have the baby for it so suffer

and have no conditions?

Research on abortion

Research on abortion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ-r6Xag19c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us_y9GP_-DA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCifpbfQlOM&feature=related

Obama and abortion

Abortion is wrong

Priest talking about abortion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHWFLuEBP_E&feature=related

Overview of abortion

Research on young children watching TV

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81M2JUfcduA

Children under 2 should not be allowed to watch TV.

Advantages : • Children may learn

new things • Entertainment for

them • Learn a language • Have family time

together • Keep the child

company Disadvantages: • Children may

become antisocial • Mix fantasy with

reality • Have a different

image of the world • Bad for their eye

sight • Affect their attention

in school

Use of interviews One born every minute Supersize vs super skinny Lifers

Inspiration

All from channel 4

These particular interviews made the documentary very informative and clear of what the aim was. Therefore I would like to use this particular technique in my work.

Aim :• Make it clear to

audience • Informative• Clear aim • Be aware of the

different points of view

Use of supportive images Undatables Supersize vs superskinny One born every minute

Inspiration

Supportive images were very important in the documentaries I watched because it showed the audience what the topic was really about and also the information was sent out in a clearer way.

Aim :• Audience understand the topic• Make each point clear• Backup each point given with

pictures • Inform the audience• Get the audience engaged with

the images

Female Aged: 15-25 – average age in which girls may

think about having an abortion Interest- religion, education, society, facts and

statistics about abortion Social class : w/c and m/c, mostly w/c as its

mostly these who think about abortion as they may not have enough money and time to have a child

Channel 4 Time shown: 21:00

Target audience for abortion documentary

Male and female Aged : 25-45 – average age that have young

children. Interest- society, children, influence media

has on young people Social class: m/c – usually m/c people have

more time and are more interested about the education media may give their children.

Channel 4 - real life issues Time shown : 12:00-03:00pm

Target audience for young children watching tv

Channel 4 Contemporary life and relationships Provocative series Shown in series True stories Conventional

Time : 21:00 likely to become talking point television Target audience

Channel & time

Channel 4 Sociological Real life issues Conventional Contemporary topic in UK

Time : 12:00pm Target audience time that parents are

home, waiting for time to pick up children from school.

Channel & time

Use Interviews Informs audience Shows different points of view Priest/ pastor Female who has had an abortion Sociologist Include experiences and perspectives

Conventions

Use Interviews Informative to audience of who is the

person speaking Parents Sociologist Psychologist Aim : Listen to different point of views

Conventions

Use Titles Informs audience : name and vocation Gives a little more information about the

character being interviewed Audience take information into

consideration Used to help audience not get confused

Conventions

Use Supporting images Use it as evidence Get our point across Show footage of celebrities speaking about

the topic (Obama & Madonna) To get a clear aim of documentary

Conventions

Use Presenter/ voiceover Guide the audience Inform what is happening Make documentary more clear Have introduction to what is coming next Explain each point given

Conventions

Use statistics Informative Interesting to the audience Number of abortions made in the uk Persuasive – may change people’s opinion

Conventions

Use Statistics Informative Number of children dependent on Tv Showing what children do during their free

time What channel is the most popular

Conventions

Use natural lighting Making it more conventional Realistic Believable to the audience Audience take the topic more seriously

Conventions

Use establishing shot Informs audience where it is taking place Gives audience a hint of what it is expected Sends image of what it is like to be there Introduction to the topic

Conventions

Plan : is abortion always wrong ?

Establishing shot of a church

Establishing shot of a hospital, voiceover starts with and introduction to the topic

See presenter talking about the topic outside a church

Interview of a sociologist

Shot of presenter outside church introducing religious views

Interview with priest

Shot of contraception and voiceover about it.

Presenter introducing the public’s opinion about it

Show interviews with the public

Show interview with a person who has had an abortion

Interview with a psychologist informing the mother’s feeling for her to do this.

Statistics of abortion in the UK

Plan : should children be allowed to watch TV from an early age ?

Establishing shot of the bbc

Establishing shot of a nursery with voiceover introducing the topic

Presenter walking by a school and talking about the aim of the documentary

Interview of the public, showing images of children watching tv

Statistics of children who are dependent on TV

Show more images of children just watching tv

Presenter talks about the parents’ opinion about the topic

Interview with parents

Statistics showing that tv is the most popular technology that a child uses today.

Show parents supporting their child using technologies

Interview of a sociologist

Presenter interviewing children to hear their point of view

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