Evaluation

Factual Documentary Evaluation

Jordan Smith

Finished Product

When looking at my final product I noticed some differences from my original idea such as in my original idea I planned to interview Mummit, Ashley and Mike but ended up interviewing Mike, Ashley and Andy Goodwin. Then on my storyboard it is basically the same idea but the only difference is that I didn’t interview Mummit.

I think that the final product is appropriate to the target audience because it’s a serious topic that people would watch and if they have teenagers and advise them to drive responsibly.

The music used I thought it fit well with the documentary but could be improved by the volume being quieter when the interviews start and get louder after the interview answers end.

I learned two different things while making the documentary such as uploading the footage onto the mac by putting the fire wire into the camera and the mac afterwards you rewind to the start of the footage. Next open final cut – click on final cut express- easy set up – format – pal and then use DV – PAL anamorphic – click on file and then capture and then finally press now and the footage starts to upload onto the mac

The other thing I learned to do is putting the camera onto the tripod.

The style of the documentary is formal and would work for raising awareness in tutorials at schools and colleges.

Production Process

During the pre- production process I planned to make my documentary by completing the paperwork and research for the topic.

For my research I got information from news websites such as the BBC relating to the subject of dangerous young drivers and I also got information from books about road safety and what you have to do for emergency care.

Another piece of production paperwork I had to fill out which is the production schedule by filling in a production schedule this helps me to organise my time so I am kept aware of deadline such as research, filming and editing. Also having a production it makes you good for time keeping.

I filled in a recce sheet so that you know where you are filming. This gave me a clear view of the best places to film and where to place the camera.

I used a storyboard so that I have a clear idea of what the documentary will look like and what audio will be use in the background. After the story board I did a shooting scripts are used so that you know what will be said in the advert.

To film my documentary, I used a handycam placed on a tripod to keep the camera steady and I used the day light setting for the cut aways outside in the daylight. Then with the footage I stored it on a tape with my name so that I keep organised and avoiding the mistake of losing the tape.

Sources of Information

Overall I think the finished product of the documentary is very good and that was because I had the documentation to help me get a clear idea of what the documentary would look and sound like but if I didn’t have the documentation I would have no idea of what to do.

I have received comments from peers saying the documentary was good and well structured because of how they found it easier to understand for the people that watch it.

The music used I thought it fit well with the documentary but could be improved by the volume being quieter when the interviews start and get louder after the interview answers end.

Another improvement would be to make the quality of the editing better so that it flows better and the viewer will be able to follow the story clearer.  and also more organised of who I am interviewing so that I know who I am interviewing and when I will be Interviewing them.

Young Drivers Documentary

Here is my documentary called "CAUTION! Reckless Young Drivers and its about reckless young drivers. The documentary includes cut aways, interviews with 2 young drivers and 1 mature driver  and I also did some secondary research.

I chose to do this because of a story I heard on the news  at the time. I thought I would do a documentary to raise awareness and prevent accidents like the story I heard on the news.

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afganistan doc notes

Here are the notes for the afghanistan documentary and from this I have found out what different methods are used like 3rd person sequence or voice overs are used to make the documentary.

Production Schedule

Here is the production Schedule for the documentary

Documentary Introduction

Here is the Introduction of the documentary

Personal Production Log

Here is the Personal Production log

rolling stones doc

here are the notes for the rolling stones documentary

Research Methods

here are the notes on research methods

The apprentice

here is the notes on the apprentice and from this I have found out  what techniques that the apprentice use in an interview.

Louis Theroux

here is the notes for louis theroux and from this I have found out the different methods Louis he uses in an interview.

Qualititive Research

Here is the notes for qualititive research

Secondary research 3

 Here is  the different penalties from the different offences which could be committed by the young driver and from this I have found out how many penalty points  you get for each offence.

Secondary Research 2

Drivers Licence Requirements

 Here is some extra secondary research about the requirements to get your provisional drivers licence.

Documentary Location

 from this screen shot it shows the area I am going to film my documentary which is around the college and other areas in Hyde which is near the college

Documentary ppt.

 Here are the presentation slides for my documentary idea on Teenage drivers

Questions 2

This is the second questionnaire I did to interview Mike with.

Questions 1

These are the questions that I will interview Ashley and Andy with.

Audience Profile

This documentary would be mainly aimed at teenagers aged 15-19 because this documentary would inform them about how dangerous driving could be if you don't be responsible of the speed of the car they are going at and also what accidents are caused by reckless driving.

This documentary would also be aimed at the parents of the teenagers because then they have a good idea of how irresponsible  teenagers could be when driving  so then they can advise their son or daughter to be more responsible on the road so that they won't be involved in dangerous accidents.

Storyboard

 Here is the storyboard for my documentary on reckless young drivers

Documentary Timeline

 Here is the timeline of the documentary that I have planned to make and what is involved and needed to make the documentary.

The only thing that is needed now is a person for 3rd Interview.

Programme Summary

Programme Summary

My documentary is about dangerous young drivers and I will be interviewing  some young drivers about what they get from driving, what is it like to drive and have they or anyone that they know have been involved in car accidents.

I will also will be getting an adults point view  of dangerous young drivers , the amount of accidents that involve teenagers and how could it be changed so that less teenagers are involved in car accidents.

Interviewee profiles

Michael O'keefe
age 48, Male
College tutor

Ashley Wilcock
age:18, Male
College student


Andy Goodwin
age 19, Male
College Student

Competition/similar products and competitor analysis

This documentary is similar to mine because it tells you about how reckless young drivers are, how many accidents young drivers are from the ages of 25 and under. The things that are different about my documentary is that in my documentary I don't have footage of car crashes. The camera in this documentary is placed on the window inside the car so you can see the behaviour of the drivers from when they are in the drivers seat of the car. The statistics give the audience who are watching this documentary who might be at the age of 16-18 a clear idea of what not to when they are driving.

This documentary is similar to mine because it shows interviews with different people after they have experienced accidents by them saying that they thought that "it wouldn't happen to them" and how lucky they were not to get seriously injured. The differences between my documentary and theirs is that  I don't have footage of people nearly being involved in accidents.

Sweet Cherry Pie Evaluation

Here is the evaluation to the sweet cherry pie documentary and from this I have found out the different opinions of the video

John's Not Mad Newspaper Article

For this task I've learned how to use the programme inDesign which is used for editorial design such as newspapers , magazines and posters.

Using this programme I've made a newspaper article on a documentary that I analysed called 'John's Not Mad'. I started with making the headline to do this. I clicked on 'text' and dragged the text box over two guides and the size of the font was 60. I did this because it make it look professional, just like if you were to look at an actual newspaper's headline.

Under the headline I clicked on 'text' again and made a text box and started to describe about what we have learned about the subject of the documentary 'John's Not Mad'.

I then had pulled a couple of quotes carefully selected from my essay and made the font stand out by making the font bold and larger to make the quotes stand out, like if they were in a actual newspaper article.

Next I started to copy and paste 'My John's Not Mad' essay into all the columns of the newspaper guide line and after that I collected some images from Google which relates to the information of the 'John's Not Mad' article. I then made the text go around the pictures by clicking the action 'Text Wrap', which wrapped the text around the image. I then adjusted the images to make sure that there is enough space between the text and the image.

STRENGTHS 

I think that I have made the layout look professional on the first page of newspaper article.

I made the pictures go around the text well with the correct amount of space between the image and the text.

WEAKNESSES

On the second page I could have made the quotes smaller because there is more space between the image and the text.

Another weakness is that I had an image which could have been moved to the next column if the quote was made smaller.

One other weakness was on the second page and some of the images are pixelated.

IMPROVEMENTS

The improvements I would make would be to make the quote smaller on the second page and make sure there is enough space between the image and the text.

Another improvement would be to move the word which is under the picture to the next column.

The final improvement would be to make the pictures on the second page less pixelated.

John's Not Mad essay

Media Level 2 Analysis of ‘Johns Not Mad’

In this essay I am going to analyse the documentary ‘Johns not mad’ and look at how Tourette syndrome affects John and his mum in every day life but also how the Tourette’s affects the pupils and teachers at Johns school.

To do this I am going to analyse certain scenes from the documentary. I shall be focusing on scenes such as the supermarket and how his Tourette’s causes John to swear reluctantly. I would be analysing various aspects of this production and why they wanted present the documentary like this.

Observational footage

In the scene at the supermarket we first get to see how Johns Tourette’s affects him and his mum in a public place. We also find out how other people react when they hear John swear uncontrollably and just stare at him as if he was ‘mad’ not knowing that he has Tourette’s and as his mum explains in an interview ‘He just says the first thought that comes into his head’. The scene is set out in a supermarket to show what its like someone like John in a public place.

Later on in the documentary we see John on a school trip at the garden centre and how his Tourette’s becomes worse by developing a spitting habit and randomly spitting at people who are unaware of his disability.  would find the habit disgusting   and won’t want to be around John. This would create sympathy towards John because people don’t want to be around him and he would be lonely.

In another scene of the documentary we see John having dinner at home with his family and how the family cope with the Johns Tourette’s but also find out that Johns dad avoids having to deal with Johns condition and choses to either work late or go the pub which would also creates sympathy because also one of his parents doesn’t want to be around Johns disability. They showed this scene because the audience watching this documentary would want to know what he is like at home.

Interviews

Throughout the documentary they also show 4 interviews from different perspectives of John, Johns Mum, Oliver sax and Johns teacher.

First we look at the perspective of John on how he suffers from not being able to control his Tourette’s and how frustrating and upset it makes him which would make the audience of the documentary feel sorry for John. Each interview is run through out the documentary, which works well with the context of the narration of the show.

Next we look at the perspective of Johns mum and how she has to deal with explaining Johns situation to people like at Johns school with situations of bullying from the pupils and teachers at the school.

We also look at the Interview from the schoolteacher on how she deals with the comments from john because some people would find the comments offensive and she explains about his disability.

After we see a perspective from neurologist Oliver sax explains the disability of people like John.

Voice Overs

The voice overs of the documentary provides context by telling the audience what’s going on in the different scenes of the documentary and explains how Johns Tourette’s is effecting him in that certain situation. They use a female narrator in the documentary because they provide a soft and calm tone and also a soft caring approach to encourage empathy and understanding for John and his Tourette’s.

Evaluation

Through out this essay I have chosen to focus on three different scenes such as, from when John is at the supermarket, garden centre and when he has dinner with his family at home. From my observational footage we first see John and his mum at the supermarket to see how John’s Tourette syndrome affects him in public places like the supermarket, we see that he starts to shout swear words to people, including his mum. We then get to see the reaction from the other people looking shocked from they were hearing John swear at them, they then cut to the voice overs to explain what is going on with John and his Tourette syndrome at the supermarket. After that they cut to interviews from John to show his perspective on how he feels about his Tourette syndrome in a public place, which makes us feel sorry for John having to deal with his disability and other people thinking that he is rude with swear words that he says to people. We also see an interview from John’s mum to see how she feels about the situations from when people react to John’s disability.

The next scene I chose to look at was when we see John on a school trip at the garden centre, from my observational footage we see John’s Tourette syndrome get worse by developing a spitting habit and randomly spitting at his teacher. After that we see the reaction from John’s classmates looking disgusted, which would make them want to avoid John, which would create sympathy because john would feel lonely.

The last scene I chose to analyse was when he is having dinner with his family, from my observational footage we see John suffering from his disability of Tourettes and his family trying to cope with the disability and his mum starts to talk about how his dad walked out and how he tries to avoid John’s disability.

Tourette’s syndrome is a neurological condition, which affects the brain and the nervous system, and you can notice tourette’s by a combination random noises and movements called tics.

Some examples of tourettes are things like randomly swearing, physical movements. The causes of tourettes are unknown but doctors are thinking Tourette syndrome is linked with the brain.

Codes and Conventions for Newspapers

Visual Elements

Identity tags - These are used to identify companies or publication.

Headers and footers -

Headers are small straps of text, placed at the very top of the page. Footers
are similar to headers  but the information  is placed at the bottom of the newspaper.

The text at the bottom of the page exaggerates the headline because it is bigger
than the top part of the headline.

These slides show the different parts of the newspaper like the basic codes and conventions





The other slides are the visual elements of the news paper.