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In what ways does your media production use, develop or

challenge forms and conventions of media products?

� Adhered to several

conventions

� Interviews

� Establishing shots

� Followed an

argument



How did I challenge the conventions of a normal

documentary?

Through carefully choosing my library

footage I was able to manipulate my

interviewee¶s content to make the

viewer follow my argument



How effective is the combination of

the main product and ancillary textFor the ancillary texts to be successful they

must support the documentary.

This meant that they had to create the same

feelings as the documentary itself is designed

to.



Radio Advert

Which is more suitable



Newspaper Advert

The newspaper advert allows the reader to

establish the genre and content of the

documentary before they had seen it



How does this compliment the documentary?

Highlights the

debate around

the subject of

the paranormal

to draw in reader

Darkened

around the

edges to

create spooky

effect

Old fashioned

writing a typical

convention of the

horror genre,

brightened to look

ghostly and to

attract attention

Emphasis on the

detail of the

tombstone to

draw attention to

the topic of the

documentary



What have you learnt from audience

feedback?

Questionnaire� Most surveyed believe in the

paranormal

� Some were more frightened of

µreal¶ threats such as beingmugged

� Others were on the fence sayingthat they would have toexperience to believe it

Opinions and advice of Peers

� Used results of questionnaire tomake documentary

� Peers then watched andsuggested desaturation tool andediting the contrast to make itdarker

� Cross cutting interviews to

highlight the controversy around

the subject of the paranormal� Sound track can increase tension

and frighten viewers more if usedcorrectly



Questionnaire

What aspect/s of the paranormal scares you?

Do you believe in the paranormal?Have you ever seen a ghost?

In what situations do you get scared?

What locations do you find frightening?

Name a scary film you have seen

What aspect of films do you find frightening?



How did you use media technologies in the construction

and research, planning and evaluation stages?



Construction

� Filmed on my own camera

� Use of effects on camera

� Use of transitions



Desaturate tool.Black and white istypical conventionconnected with

horror genre

Night shot effect onthe camera allowedme to shoot in thedark. I saw this effecta lot on programmessuch as Most Haunted

Brightness andcontrast enhanced

to make thepicture appear more spooky

Medium close upwith a lot of headspaceshowing thedarkness behind

portraying isolation



Research

� I used the previously shownquestionnaire on my blog todiscover what my targetaudience want from adocumentary about the

paranormal.� Television programmes such

as Most Haunted and GhostHunters also follow a semidocumentary style structure soI learned a lot from these

shows such as establishingshots

Several point of view shots with

lots of movement giving theimpression of a chase



Research: Who is my documentary aimed at?

The target audience of my documentary has had a

large effect on the way I shot my documentary

and constructed ancillary texts. My documentary

would be shown on BBC 3. This channel isaimed at a young audience but still addresses

controversial issues.



Planning

The use of social media

sites such as Youtube

to find suitable

soundtracks andlibrary footage

Vital to planning as it

reinforced the

message of the

documentary



Evaluation

I compared my text to similar ones on Youtube

and professional documentaries

I used the blog to compare my objectives at the

beginning of the task against the final result of my task

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