These are our final pieces for our documentary skin deep. We have completed the opening 5 minutes of a documentary, a radio trailer advertising the documentary and a print advert.
Here is the opening 5 minutes of our documentary skin deep:
Here is the radio trailer that advertises the documentary. We have used the same narrator for both the advert and the documentary in order to create consistency. We ave used the sound of a tattoo being done in order to set the scene and we have also used voice clips from our documentary.
We created this poster to advertise our documentary skin deep. It includes one main image of tattoos on a pair of knuckles, thus allowing the audience to see that it is about tattoos. We also made the poster look like a channel 4 one by branding it with the channel 4 logo and also by having the date and time in a text box.
This could be because we included a historian which adds expertise and facts to the documentaries.
80% found it entertaining
This could be because we used graphics at the beginning
60% found the technical quality professional
this could be because we used professional equipment in the filming and editing.
90% found the documentary eye catching
This could be because of the bright colours used when interviewing the tattoo artist.
80% found it conventional
This could be because talking head shots were used
From our audience feedback we found out that our documentary was conventional and eye catching. However, we also found out that the technical quality could've been better and the content could've been more informative.
We looked at a few examples of channel 4 posters in order to see what our poster would have to look like. we saw in all the examples we looked at that each were branded with the channel 4 logo. We also saw that the title of the documentary and the day and time it was on was in a coloured text box at the bottom of the poster. Also, the picture on each poster was simple but shown what the documentary was either about or included.
After looking at these examples we wanted to create a poster which was similar.
Codes and conventions of a print advert
Branding - The channel 4 logo is seen on the right of the image
Title - The title of the programme is at the bottom left of the poster in a text box
The day that the documentary is being shown is seen below the title in a text box
The image of the poster is one simple key image.
Here is our first draft of a print advert for our documentary. It has the channel 4 logo on the right, the title of the programme on the bottom right and the day the documentary is underneath the title. However, We took the image from our sequence and because of this we decided not to use this poster and use an original photo we took our self.
We took a picture of somebody's knuckles and used photoshop to make it look as though there was tattoos on the knuckles. We decided to use this image as it was original and the audience can see that the documentary is about tattoos. Again we put the channel 4 logo on the right hand side and the title and date on the bottom left in text boxes.
We looked at two different radio trailers and the codes and conventions each have;
Madeleine McGann Documentary
Rhythmic, beating music
Narration
-Time programme is on
- The channel the programme is on
- The day the programme is on
Ident - A score to close the programme
Queen's Documentary
Fast rock music
Voice clips of the different people in the documentary
no narration
We found that different types of documentaries have different codes and conventions that are used in order to captivate an audience. the fast music in The Queen's radio trailer is used in order to make the documentary seem exciting whereas the slow music used in Madeleine McGann'sradio trailer is used on order to show the audience that the documentary is serious. Only voice clips are used in the Queens trailer in order to show the audience what type of things are included, however in Madeleine McGann's a narration is used throughout in order to give an overview of the whole documentary.
After looking at these examples we decided to include some of the codes and conventions. We used a narration to state the title, day and time and to also give a bit of informtion about the documentary. We used vox pops from our documentary to show what the documentary included. We used the sound effect of a tattoo gun which relates to the genre of the documentary and we used rock music to mke the documentary seem moe exciting and dramatic. At the end of the radio trailer we used a channel 4 ident.
After creating a logging sheet we got all the shots we knew we would use and created an edit decision list. These would be the final shots we used in our sequence and it helped us when putting the piece together.
Friday 8th October We organised with a tattoo parlour to film in the shop. We filmed; the tattoo being done, interviews with the tattoo artist and person who got the tattoo and also cutaways. We got over 40 minutes of footage and this will create the base for our documentary and this will also be the main footage used.
After filming in the tattoo parlour we thought it would be interesting to find out where tattoos originated from. We got in touch with a local museum and found out there was an expert on tattoos, we arranged to meet up with him. He told us all we wanted to know with added extra knowledge.
We filmed at:
Warrington Museum Museum street/ Bold street Warrington WA1 1JB 01925 442733
Wednesday 10th October
Today we filmed vox pops for our documentary. We used random pupils from Priestley college. This caught some good footage which will be used as cutaways.
We filmed at:
Priestley college Loushers Lane Warrington WA4 6RD 01925 633591
Thursday 16th December
We filmed the audience feedback for our documentary. We filmed two different people at different times and asked them questions based on the audience feedback questionnaire that we handed out earlier.
EDITING
Wednesday 22nd October
Today we started capturing the footage we caught at the tattoo studio and the museum. We had to capture the footage before we did anything else as this was the base for our documentary. After the footage was captured we cut out the parts we wanted to use and put it on our timeline.
Thursday 23rd October
Todaywe put all our captured footage in order on the timeline. We edited the start of the documentary when the tattoo is being done to show continuity and make it easier to watch. We then had the tattoo artists interview followed by the historian. At the end of the sequence we had vox pops.
Monday 27th October
Today we inserted cutaways in order to cut up the two experts speaking. This will make it easier to watch as it gives visual stimulus. We got the images off the Internet and each image we inserted related to what the person was speaking about.
Wednesday 29th October
Today we inserted the music tracks in our documentary, we looked on youtube to find a track that would fit with the genre of tattoos then imported it onto the timeline and edited the sound levels so it sounded smooth when accompanied by the images.
Friday 31st October
Today we recorded our voice over on a video and captured it. We imported the video and removed the visual so only the sound existed. We put this at the beginning of our sequence.
Tuesday 4th December
Today we created the animation for the graphics of our opening title. We got a picture 0f a tattoo gun of the Internet and cut it out on photoshop. We then imported it on our timeline and created a path that the gun would follow. Making it look as though the gun was writing out the title "skin Deep"
Wednesday 5th December
Today we finished our sequence and uploaded it to YouTube.
Before we started editing our piece we wrote a narration script so we knew what the narrator would say so that we had an idea of the order we were going to put our footage in. We then got got somebody to record themselves saying what we had chosen and put it on to our sequence. Narration Script for Documentary The tattoo business is said to be the 6th fastest growing retail business at the moment with 36% of 18-25 year olds having at least one tattoo.
But Where did tattoos come from? Why do people get them? And most importantly, What are the risks?
Narration script for radio advert (SF) Tattoo gun (MB) Avenged Sevenfold - Beast and the harlot (VO) Tattoos, an art, a fad, a disease (VP) I tattooed like his bones Ive had paents coming in asking can their 12 year old son or daughter to be tattooed if they sign for it I believe the oldest person we tattooed was 85 (VO) Skin deep on channel 4 Wednesday 1st December at 9pm Is beauty relly skin deep? (SF) Channel 4 ident
After, choosing our final ideas of what should be involved in the documentary we created a storyboard to show the order in which our ideas would appear. This helped us when filming and editing our piece. This is our storyboard:
Here is some single frames from our storyboard:
This is the frame from the tattoo artist being interviewed. From the start we knew we wanted to put the artist in the tattooing chair as it was ironic and original.
Here is the frame of the boy sitting in the LRC whic is used as a vox pop. We liked the idea of having the mise en scene of the LRC as it shows that he is random, thus giving a random opinion.
Before meeting with the tattoo artist and historian we prepared some questions to ask them in order to get them speaking to put in are documentary. We chose these questions as we thought that they would give good information about tattoos and create entertainment. Tattoo Artist
What made you become a tattoo artist?
How long have you been a tattoo artist?
Would you consider you profession to be an art?
Is your job a vocation?
How many customers do you serve a week?
what is the age range of your customers?
what is the most unusual tattoo you have done?
What is the most popular tattoo?
What do you believe is the fascination with tattoos?
would you recommend tattoos to everyone?
Historian
Where did tattoos originate from?
How were they discovered?
How is the industry safer nowadays?
how does it influence different cultures?
Is there a time in history when they were most popular?
Is there a change in the way tehy are done?
why so you think people get tattoos?
Do you think celebrities influence people to get tattoos?
what tattoos do you have?
what do you think the fascintaion with tattoos is?
Title 'skin deep' show at the start of the documentary being drawn with a tattoo gun for 10 seconds Pictures of celebrity tattoos, shocking tattoos, tattoos from the past and fashionable tattoos for 15 seconds Tattoo being done for one minute 5 seconds Interviews of tattooist for 1 minute 30 seconds Interview of historian for 1 minute Reaction of people for 40 seconds Archive footage for 15 seconds Then image of a quotation for 5 seconds Then image of clip saying ‘end of part one’ 5 seconds Clip of interview with businessman for 10 seconds Over voice with cutaways in relation to subject 30 seconds Interview with businessman on subject of how tattoos effect what job you get for 1 minute 15 seconds. Cutaways of different work places 10 seconds Interview with person that got fired due to tattoos that they had for 30 seconds Recreation playing during this interview 30 seconds Image of quotation for 5 seconds Then image of ‘end of part 2’ for 5 seconds Clip of pope saying disagree with tattoos for 30 seconds Cutaways of religious buildings, with particular focus on hell related statues. Over voice in background. 10 seconds Interview with priest that disagrees with tattoos 1 minute Reactions of people on street who disagree with tattoos 40 seconds Interview with vicar that agrees with tattoos 1 minute Reactions of people on street that agree with tattoos 40 seconds Then image of quotation for 5 seconds Then image saying ‘end of part 3’ 5 seconds Recreation of tattoo being done in past, example from each generation for 1 minute Interview with sailor from war for 1 minute Archive footage of sailor tattoos 20 seconds Interview with person from Auschwitz for 1 minute Archive footage of Auschwitz tattoos 20 seconds Image of quotation for 5 seconds Image saying ‘end of part 4’ 5 seconds Interview with man that has a whole body of tattoos for 2 minutes Reaction of him in street 20 seconds Reaction he has to images of extreme tattoos 20 seconds Image of quotation for 5 seconds Image saying ‘end of part 5’ 5 seconds Cutaways of school related subject 15 seconds Examples of different age groups of children’s ideas about tattoos – 2 minute Teacher’s ideas about tattoos- 1 minute Interview with head teacher about punishments for tattoos and his ideas about them- 1 minute Interview with parent who disagrees with tattoos- 1 minute Interview with parent that agrees with tattoos- 1 minute Image of quotation for 5 seconds Image of ‘end of part 6’ for 5 seconds Interview with different tattooists about when tattoos go wrong- 3 minutes Images of tattoos when they go wrong 30 seconds Over voice talking about how it effect the Media accompanied by images 10 seconds School children singing songs about tattoos 1 minute 30 seconds Over voice with images for 20 seconds Image of quotation for 5 seconds
Our documentary will be based around the topic of tattoos; we will look at the public’s obsession with getting them and the reasons why we are fascinated by them. It will be an objective documentary, and will give an un-biased view of tattoos. A voice over will be put in to the documentary, in order to fully explain the subject. It will show both the positives and negatives of tattoos. This will be an investigative documentary; it will both inform the audience about tattoos as well as hopefully entertaining them. We would aim for this documentary to be filmed on channel 4; at about 8pm.This will attract a wide range of ages as the audience, so it would therefore reach out to more people. We felt that channel 4 would be an appropriate channel to broadcast on, as their audience is usually of a younger age. Tattoos are widely popular in the younger generation, so channel 4 would have the perfect audience. Our scheduled time was 8pm, as this is a time that students tend to relax after college or university. We would aim for the documentary to be shown on a week night, as this is the time that most students will be watching. Our target audience is the younger generation, perhaps those between the ages of 15 to 25 as we believe these are the people who are more interested in the subject of tattoos. Our primary research consisted of us trying to find a place to film our documentary, it took a lot of effort and we had to phone 5 tattoo parlours, finally someone said yes. We had to ask the tattooist if we could film someone getting a tattoo, in order to do this we had to follow certain procedures. The tattooist had to phone her clients and ask if we would be allowed to film them, we also had to discuss a date and time that we would film. We also created 30 questionnaires to give out to people in our local area. These questionnaires asked them questions on what they thought should be in the documentary and what interested them. This was extremely valuable to our final decision, and it gave the audience a chance to give their own ideas. Our secondary research consisted of us finding research to include in our documentary, such as statistics and the history of tattoos. The structure of our documentary will follow a linear narrative, as we will first look at the history of tattoos and then look at tattoos today. Our main focus will be on tattoos in the 21st century, as we feel this effects and interests more people. The documentary will start with a flash of images related to the subject of tattoos, with music in the background. We will then proceed to the title, which in this case is ‘Skin Deep’. We felt this was an appropriate title for a documentary about tattoos, as it implies what it is about without giving to much information. This gives a sense of mystery, which will hopefully attract the audience. A voiceover will then start and will explain the history of tattoos, perhaps with archive images or an interview with a professional. We will then see interviews with people who have had tattoos or plan on getting them. After this visual stimulus occurs, a video of a tattoo being done will come on screen. Perhaps with a voiceover explaining the process. The interview with the tattoo artist will then be put on, with her name and profession put underneath. It will then proceed to showing a bit of the tattoo being done, with particular focus on the subjects face when in pain. The needle noise will play in the background. The interview with the man who got a tattoo with then progress. There will then be music and blackness. The title of the documentary will then come up and underneath the title it will say end of part one. It will then fade to black. The resource requirements for our project are: • Camera to film the documentary • Microphone for the speech and voiceover • Tripod to hold camera • Internet for secondary research • Computers for editing and for initial research
For our documentary we knew we would need to talk to a professional in the tattoo business. We rang around and decided to talk to a tattoo artist . The owner of the shop was happy for us to interview her. We also asked if she would see if any clients would be happy with us interviewing them, she found somebody and they also allowed us to film them getting a tattoo done, this provided us with the main body for our documentary.
We filmed at: Well Inked 8 Bruche Heath Gardens Padgate, Warrington, Cheshire WA1 3TP 01925 479 071
We also asked to have an interview with an expert from Warrington Museum. We emailed him and asked if we could meet up to speak about the history of tattoos including; where they came from, the influence on different cultures and the dangers of tattoos. He emailed us back.
Secondary research Statistics
17% of those with tattoos have considered having it removed
36% of 18-25 year olds have at least one tattoo
61% of people say that the reputation of a tattoo artist and tattoo studio is the most important factor when selecting who will tattoo them and where they will get tattooed
36% of those with tattoos are between 25-29 years old
Tattooing is the united state's 6th fastest growing retail business
In 1936 10 million Americans (about 6%) have at least one tattoo
Celebrity influence
Most celebrities nowadays have tattoos, this is considered as one of the main reasons why tattoos are now so popular.
History
Tattoos date back 5000 years, when they were thought to be a form of healing as their position and shape resembled acupuncture. 3000 years ago, japanese figures were found that resembled the dead and had tattoos, mainly of religious significance. 2400 years ago they represented status. After captain cook returned from his voyage to polynesia tattooing became a tradition in the British navy. By the middle of the 18th century most british ports had at least one professional tattoo artist in residence.in 1862, the prince of wales, later to become king Edward VII, received his first tattoo - a Jerusalem cross - on his arm. he started a tattoo fad among the aristocracy when he was tattooed before ascending to the throne. In 1882, his sons, the duke of Clarence and the duke of york were tattooed by the Japanese master tattooist, hori chiyo.
Magazines Skin Deep Tattoo Magazine has been available on the high street for over sixteen years now and as they approach their 200th issue, it remains the UK’s best selling tattoo magazine with a huge international reach.
You can buy single issues, back copies or subscribe online using their ordering system, chat with the Tattoo Community in their forum, or find out what's going on in the Tattoo Conventions Calendar.
Purposes
Decorative and spiritual uses
Memorial tattoos for deceased family members and friends
Christian Symbols to show somebody's religion
Extensive decorative tattooing is common among members of traditional freak shows and by performance artists
Identification
A Nazi concentration camp used tattoos as a identification system
Animals can be tattooed for ownership
Cosmetic
Permanent make up
Eyebrows
Moles
Medical
To make sure instruments are repeatedly located
Health risks
Because it requires breaking the skin barrier, tattooing may carry health risks, including infection and allergic reactions. Infections that can theoretically be transmitted by the use of unsterilized tattoo equipment or contaminated ink include surface infections of the skin, herpes simplex virus, tetanus, staph, fungal infections, some forms of hepatitis, tuberculosis, and HIV.
Types of tattoos
Traumatic tattoos - the result from injuries
Amateur tattoos
Professional tattoos
Medical tattoos
Cosmetic tattoos
Tattoo conventions
Tatto conventions are held every year across the country where people can go to; compare tattoos, watch people get tattoos and get tattoos themselves. They are largely successful and attract many people each year.
Instead of giving everybody our questionnaire to fill in we filmed some responses :
Here is our questionnaire:
Questionnaire Do you have a tattoo? If no, would you consider one, and what would it be if yes? If yes, how many and of what?
Here we can see that it is mostly Females between the ages of 16 and 25 that have a tattoo.
Do you prefer: Big, Small, don’t like any tattoos Do you prefer: Colour, Just black, don’t like tattoos Where would you get one on your body/ where have you got one?
Most people prefer just black tattoos with no colour on and the others mostly prefer no tattoo.
Where would you get a tattoo done in Warrington?
Most people wouldn't chose to get a tattoo from some of the more well known places in Warrington, they would prefer to go to a parlour outside of Warrington.
Are you influenced by the tattoos that celebrities have?
The majority of people are not influenced by celebrities with tattoos.
Who is your favourite celebrity with a tattoo?
The celebrity that most people admire with a tattoo is Cheryl Cole.
Would you be interested in watching a documentary about tattoos?
Half of the people we spoke to would be interested by tattoos and half wouldn't.
If yes, what aspects would you like to see concerning tattoos? If no, why not?
most people we spoke to would be most ineterested in seeing how tatoos are done.
This wouldnt work as we would be unable to film in a science lab.
Toyland
This wouldnt work as it would be difficult to get to a toy factory to see how they are made.
Do you believe in ghosts?
This possibly wouldnt work as when interviewing members of the public they might not admit to believing in ghosts.
Best films of all time
It would be difficult to get inside a studio to see how films are made.
Fashion
This might not work as it is such a wide subject and it would be hard to figure out where to start.
RSPCA
This wouldnt work as some images of abandoned animals could be upsetting
Hospital
It would be hard to be able to film inside a hospital.
Make-up
This wouldnt work as it would be difficult to get into somewhere that makes make up.
Hair dye
It would be difficult to see how hair dye is made.
Preliminary ideas
Tattoos:
Title - Skin Deep
Channel - Channel 4
Time - 8pm
RSPCA:
Title - Raining cats and dogs
Channel - Channel 5
Time - 7pm
Toys:
Title - Toyland
Channel - BBC 2
Time - 4 pm
Final idea
Tattoos
Here is our ideas of what we could of included in our documentary. It included the things that we thought were typical of a documentary like the title and interviews with experts. From this we created our timeline as we then knew what we would like to include.
Programme Title: Skin deep Director: Sophie Edgar, Katharine Bann Producer: Sophie Edgar, Katharine Bann
Date Production started: 27th September Treatment started for final idea: 27th Septembe Target research and researvh started: 28th September Timeline started:30th September Storybooard started: 30th September Formal Proposal started: 1st October Filming started: 8th October Editing started: 22nd October
Location Equipment required: Camera, Tripod, Microphone, Headphones Transport requirements: Bus, Taxi Crewing Requirements: Sophie Edgar, Katharine Bann Camera person: Sophie Edgar, Katharine Bann Interviewer: Sophie Edgar, Katharine Bann
Actors/interviwee: Claire Jonesberry, Michael Roberts, Students from Priestley college Props: Tattoo chair, tattoo gun, cleaning materials, book shelves
In all documenatries certian codes and conventions are used in order to allow the audience to see that the genre of the piece is a documentary. These conventions are suitable and particular to the genre.
Interview with an expert - this adds facts into the documentary and makes it more informative, which documentaries should be
Graphics - The name and occupation appears at the bottom of the screen to introduce the expert. This is only seen when the expert first comes on screen
Rule of thirds - This positions the interviewee on eye level with the camera and allows the interviewee to connect with the audience better.
The expert looks at the interviewer rather than straight at the camera - this makes the interview look professional
Talking heads - this puts emphasis on what the interviwee is saying and allows the audience to focus on just the expert rather than lots of different images
Cutaways - these are insertes when the expert is speaking so that the audience doesnt get bored by just looking at the expert, also, the audience have visual stimulus.
Montage - a montage is normally seen in a documentary in order to show the audience different ideas
A variety of camera angles - this is so the audience can see the chosen topic from different angles
Voiceover - these are used to say what just images on there own cant.
Music - the music suits the topic of the documentary.
Sound effects relating to the documentary - sound effects relating to what is being spoken about is used
Reconstruction- are used to illustrate what is being spoken about
Mise en scene - the mise en scene is is relevant to the documentary
Title - the title suits the documentary and an opening title sequence is seen
Vox pops - vos pops of the general public are used in order to add opinions to the documentary.
Simple open questions when interviewing - so the interviewee cant just answer yes and no
The documentary "the devil made me do it" is an investigative and a reflective documentary meaning the documentary goes in depth about the subject. It is also a circular narrative as it starts at the end, then goes to the beginning and then goes through to the end. This is done in order to get the audience's attention at the beginning and then when they want to watch more they explain why the end result happened.
Hand-held cameras are used in order to show a point of view shot, this is to reenact the situation which is being spoken about and also to add some urgency when it comes to talking about the court scenes. Talking head shots and cutaways are also used, which is typical of a documentary. Talking head shots are used when interviewing a person, this is to put the focus on the person speaking. Cutaways are used in order to keep the audiences attention by showing images that are related to the topics the person is talking about, in this case; concerts and crime scenes. The archive material used is that of the trial and the concerts.
Throughout the documentary there are two main people that are being spoken about: the nun and Marilyn Manson. When talking about Marilyn Manson the editing is fast paced to show his fast lifestyle. Whereas when they are speaking about the nun the editing is slow paced to create sympathy.
Throughout the documentary the mise-en-scene is more or less the same, with religious affects and concerts commonly scene throughout. There is also an emphasis on costumes in order to show the extremities of the people they are talking about, e.g, Marilyn Manson.
As the documentary is about Marilyn Manson his music can be heard in the background when he is on the screen and when the girls are being spoken about, but in contrast to this when the nun is being spoken about the music is religious, operatic music. sound effects like heartbeats are also used.
Themes
Culture
Religion
Music
Power
Rebellion
Satan
Influence
Youth
Crime
The Meth Epidemic
The documentary "The Meth Epidemic" is an investigative police documentary which is narrated in a linear style, meaning it goes from beginning of the story to the end of the story and thus reaches a conclusion.
Like all documentaries, talking head shots are used in order to put the attention on the interviewee. Images of drug traffickers and extreme close ups of meth addicts adds to the emphasis on drugs. Hand held cameras and aerial shots are used on order to show the urgency that the police have in catching the traffickers. The archive footage used are images of people affected by the drug, websites and pictures of victims. cutaways are also used in order to keep the audiences attention.
The mise-en-scene throughout the whole documentary is dark and night vision is used as it is such as dark subject. Sudafed props are used commonly in the documentary to show how easy it is to get your hands on drugs. The setting is in Portland's police station and therefore actors are used for policemen.
Serious music is used when there is images of the raid or explaining about the sudafed, whereas emotive music is used in order create sympathy when the victims are shown. A voice over is used in order to explain to the audience the problems with meth.
In editing, cutaways of the props, sudafed, are used in order to aid the interviewee's words. Also, the name and job title of the interviewee is seen underneath the person.
Archive material such as; websites, pictures of users and pictures of victims are used to put emphasis on the affects the drug has.
Themes:
Crime
Drugs
Sociological
Victims
Loose Change
The documentary "loose change" is an; informative, historical and reflective documentary. It is told in a linear narrative meaning it goes from beginning to end.
The documentary is completely archive material like; websites, news reports, other documentaries, newspapers, government reports and recordings. This is because the documentary is an historical one meaning the makers would not have necessarily have been there meaning they would not have the resources or the budget to gain primary research. The camera work is either hand held or off a news report as it is all archive. Computer generated images are also used in order to strengthen the narrators arguments.
A voice over is used throughout as it is all narrated and a repetitive non diegetic drum loop is heard behind the narrator in order to create tension and momentum. Also, the foley sound of an aeroplane engine is used in order to create atmosphere.
In editing, cross fades and fades in and outs are used in order for the documentary to run smoothly. this also makes it easier to watch.
Themes
Government corruption
Terrorism
Comparative Documentary Analysis
Every documentary has been written with a different purpose, audience and genre.These can be determined by the key themes seen, the channel it was shown on and the different technical aspects that are used. "The most hated family in America" was aired on BBC2 meaning this documentary was aimed for an older audience. Whereas "Super botox me" was aired on channel 4, thus aiming for a younger audience.
"The most hated family in America" starts with a slow montage of clips with slow paced music and a voice over that tells the audience what he is going to do in the documentary. This is to show that the documentary is less of an entertaining one but more informative. "Super botox me" is different from this as it starts with fast, contemporary music and a montage of archive images in the form of covers of fashion magazines. This relates to the intended audience as it is fast paced and easy to watch which gets the audiences attention. There is also a voice over stating statistics, again, to catch their attention.
The Documentary "The most hated family in America" is an informative and investigative documentary with a linear narrative.
There is a lot of tracking shots and point of view shots as the documentary is following one man who is trying to find out about the family. not much archive footage is needed as the audience can see what the family is like from the footage. Religious objects are used throughout to show the religious influence the family has, also, posters are seen showing the family's hatred.
A voice over is used throughout to narrate the man's feelings. Also, contemporary music is used to keep an audiences attention. Fades are used to show the transition of one day to another.
The documentary "super botox me" is an investigative documentary with a linear narrative as it shows her journey from London to the USA.
Typical of a documentary talking head shots are used in order for interviews to be shown and in editing the words "before" and "after" have been inserted. Close ups and tracking shots are used to show the progression of different pictures that have been changed. Also, as the documentary is set in two different countries so establishing shots are used. Studios, cameras and photographs are seen to show the fashion scene. Adding to this, archive footage of magazine covers have been used.
A voice over is used throughout to narrate what is happening and fast modern music is heard behind to keep the audience's attention. Slow music is heard when decisions are being made
Even though you can tell that both texts are in fact documentaries because of their narration, they many differences in the presentation of information.
In all documentaries certain codes and conventions are used in order for the documenatry to fit its genre. talking heads are normally used with the rule of thirds when interviewing a person. vox pops are used in order to give different ideas and opinions. Interviews with experts are used in order to add facts and opinions.
Types of documentaries
Poetic documentaries
Which first appeared in the 1920’s, were a sort of reaction against both the content and the rapidly crystallizing grammar of the early fiction film. The poetic mode moved away from continuity editing and instead organized images of the material world by means of associations and patterns, both in terms of time and space. Well-rounded characters—’life-like people’—were absent; instead, people appeared in these films as entities, just like any other, that are found in the material world. The films were fragmentary, impressionistic, lyrical. Their disruption of the coherence of time and space—a coherence favored by the fiction films of the day—can also be seen as an element of the modernist counter-model of cinematic narrative. The ‘real world’—Nichols calls it the “historical world”—was broken up into fragments and aesthetically reconstituted using film form.
Expositary documentaries
Speak directly to the viewer, often in the form of an authoritative commentary employing voiceover or titles, proposing a strong argument and point of view. These films are rhetorical, and try to persuade the viewer. (They may use a rich and sonorous male voice.) The (voice-of-God) commentary often sounds ‘objective’ and omniscient. Images are often not paramount; they exist to advance the argument. The rhetoric insistently presses upon us to read the images in a certain fashion. Historical documentaries in this mode deliver an unproblematic and ‘objective’ account and interpretation of past events.
Observational documentaries
Attempt to simply and spontaneously observe lived life with a minimum of intervention. Filmmakers who worked in this sub-genre often saw the poetic mode as too abstract and the expository mode as too didactic. The first observational docs date back to the 1960’s; the technological developments which made them possible include mobile lighweight cameras and portable sound recording equipment for synchronized sound. Often, this mode of film eschewed voice-over commentary, post-synchronized dialogue and music, or re-enactments. The films aimed for immediacy, intimacy, and revelation of individual human character in ordinary life situations.
Participatory documentaries
Believe that it is impossible for the act of filmmaking to not influence or alter the events being filmed. What these films do is emulate the approach of the anthropologist: participant-observation. Not only is the filmmaker part of the film, we also get a sense of how situations in the film are affected or altered by her presence. Nichols: “The filmmaker steps out from behind the cloak of voice-over commentary, steps away from poetic meditation, steps down from a fly-on-the-wall perch, and becomes a social actor (almost) like any other. (Almost like any other because the filmmaker retains the camera, and with it, a certain degree of potential power and control over events.)” The encounter between filmmaker and subject becomes a critical element of the film. Rouch and Morin named the approach cinéma vérité, translating Dziga Vertov’s kinopravda into French; the “truth” refers to the truth of the encounter rather than some absolute truth.
Reflexive documentaries
Don’t see themselves as a transparent window on the world; instead they draw attention to their own constructedness, and the fact that they are representations. How does the world get represented by documentary films? This question is central to this sub-genre of films. They prompt us to “question the authenticity of documentary in general.” It is the most self-conscious of all the modes, and is highly skeptical of ‘realism.’ It may use Brechtian alienation strategies to jar us, in order to ‘defamiliarize’ what we are seeing and how we are seeing it.
Performative documentaries
Stress subjective experience and emotional response to the world. They are strongly personal, unconventional, perhaps poetic and/or experimental, and might include hypothetical enactments of events designed to make us experience what it might be like for us to possess a certain specific perspective on the world that is not our own, e.g. that of black, gay men in Marlon Riggs’s Tongues Untied (1989) or Jenny Livingston’s Paris Is Burning (1991). This sub-genre might also lend itself to certain groups (e.g. women, ethnic minorities, gays and lesbians, etc) to ‘speak about themselves.’ Often, a battery of techniques, many borrowed from fiction or avant-garde films, are used. Performative docs often link up personal accounts or experiences with larger political or historical realities.
Here Jess is the interviewer, so she asked all the questions, she is sitting out of shot of the camera. Sarah was in charge of the camera so she recorded everything that was said
Matthew is the interwiewee, the camera is pointed at him but he is looking at Jess, the interviewer.
Here i am fixing the lighting so it is on Matthew and you can clearly see his face whilst he is being filmed.
Codes & Conventions: 1) Each answer expands on previous one, either developing or adding points to the current topic. 2) Interviews are edited together to create a coherent narrative. 3) Speakers look at the interviewer, not the camera. 4) Questions are usually edited out of the final production. 5) Graphics containing the name and title of the interviewee (e.g. John Doe, Murder Expert) are used, placed in the bottom corners or across the bottom of the screen. 6) Cut-away images illustrate the spoken points, such as images of a hotel when it is brought up. 7) Mise en Scene of the background is relevent to the subject. 8) Usually only one interviewee is on screen at a time. 9) Rule of thirds is employed, with the eyes on level with one of the upper focal points.
From these responses from our documentary we know what we did well in our documentary and what needed improving. 
We took a picture of somebody's knuckles and used photoshop to make it look as though there was tattoos on the knuckles. We decided to use this image as it was original and the audience can see that the documentary is about tattoos. Again we put the channel 4 logo on the right hand side and the title and date on the bottom left in text boxes. 
The majority of people are not influenced by celebrities with tattoos. 
Here is our ideas of what we could of included in our documentary. It included the things that we thought were typical of a documentary like the title and interviews with experts. From this we created our timeline as we then knew what we would like to include.
