Codes & Conventions

After looking at two double page spreads I have identified the features that must be included in a double page spread to make it successful.

Similar Products

I have deconstructed three double page spreads to see what the generic codes and conventions they include are. I will also be able to see what works well and what doesn't so I can make my own double page spread successful. The first double page spread is taken from The Daily Mail's TV listings magazine, 'Weekend.' It goes behind the scenes of the BBC1 drama, 'Merlin.' The second double page spread is taken from 'TV Choice' and is a summary of the new 'Spooks' series. The third double page spread is from the Radio Times and is about the new Doctor Who.

Chosen Brief: Ancillary Task 1

I have decided to make a double page spread from a TV listings magazine as my first ancillary task. I have chosen this brief because I enjoy creating print media products and I like writing.

Animatic

Here is the animatic we have created for our production. We have included all of the transitions and camera movements we will use in the final product.

Audio

We will make our own voice-overs and use background music in our documentary. We have decided to use the following audio from http://beatsroyaltyfree.com in our documentary. We decided to use this piece of music as it's modern and would appeal to our young target audience.

Location Recce & Risk Assessment: Location 3

This is the location recce and risk assessment we carried out at our first location, Mr Parker's office at Manshead Upper School.

Location Recce & Risk Assessment: Location 2

This is the location recce and risk assessment we carried out at our second location, outside the entrance of Manshead Upper School.

Technical Diagrams

We have created technical diagrams to show how we are going to set up the lighting some of the more complicated shots.

Camera Composition
The diagram below shows the camera composition for one of the interview shots.

Location Recce & Risk Assessment: Location 1

This is the location recce and risk assessment we carried out at our first location, Manshead Upper School's Library.

Storyboards

For our product, we have created the following storyboards based on the first 5 minutes of our documentary. We have included a colour coded key to show which part of the description is dialogue, camera movement and sound.

Test Camera Shots

We carried out a variety of test camera shots so we could see what the final filming of the different shots will look like. It also allowed us to experiment with different compositions of the shots before filming the final version.

Equipment, Costume & Props

This is the list of equipment, costumes and props we will be using in our documentary.

Production Schedule

Here the the production schedule we will stick to whilst filming our documentary.

2 Column Shooting Script

When researching how to make a documentary we came across a technique used by professionals, like Alan Rosenthal, called the ‘2 column shooting script.’ This can also double up as a shooting script. This allows us to plan what is going to be shown on screen and what voice-over/sound will be playing over it.

Questions for Interview

So we are prepared for our interview with Mr Parker, we have planned what questions we are going to ask him. He has also been sent a copy of these questions so he is able to plan his answers. The questions are:

1. Have you had any issues of cyber bullying in the school?
2. What has been the worse case of cyber bullying you have witnessed in your teaching career?
3. What affect has it had on the students involved?

Script

‘FACELESS; WHO’S FOLLOWING YOU?’

BY JASMINE ROBSON AND EMILY KEENS

BIPPA PRODUCTIONS

Mindmaps of Ideas

These are the mindmaps we created when we were discussing our documentary. We discussed:

1. the name of the documentary
2. the ordering of topics/events in the documentary
3. the interview subjects we could use
4. the locations needed for filming
5. the presenter

Pitch

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The name of my group is, 'Bippa Productions.' This group consists of Jasmine Robson and myself. We will both take on a variety of roles throughout the making of this documentary. However, for some of the roles we will work together to spread the work load and make sure the project is a joint effort. The roles each member of the team will take on are explained in the table below.

Final Idea

After conducting our research, we have decided to stick to our original idea of a current affairs documentary on the topic of social networking. It will incorporate ideas from Bill Nichols 'Modes of Documentary,' as it will be a mix between the  participatory and performative modes. It will be a mix between these two modes as the presenter will engage with the subject through interviews and Twitter experiments yet highlight the social importance it has to our target audience.

We will include the dangers and security risk users’ face when using these sites. We will also cover the advantages to using such sites to make sure the documentary remains unbiased.