My idea is to make an documentary on cosplay and why I do it. I chose this topic to talk about as I have been cosplaying for so long and there is alot I will be able to talk about.
I would like to show my hobby for its positives and not the neagtives because most people look mostly toward the negative.
Final idea plans
I will be showing off my cosplays saying who they are and why I like them, explain what cosplay is, the cost of the hobby and saying why I started.
Showing posts with label D. Documenties. Show all posts
Showing posts with label D. Documenties. Show all posts
Sunday, 15 May 2016
Saturday, 14 May 2016
The nature and purposes of research in the creative media industries
Primary Research
This is when you produce the information that is needed.
Primary research is the work is were you conduct all of the interviews, survey/questionnaires and gathering photos from previous events that you have been to and forums online.
For my primary research I looked at my old photos to use within my documentary and did a survey on survey monkey to find out whether people knew what cosplay was and if they took part in it. The results from that were very helpful for finishing off my documentary. I talked to a girl called Jessica to see if she would be happy to be interviewed for my documentary and she was happy to help me out with my idea.
From previous primary research we did a survey at the end of making the adverts, re-branding a Unilever product. We found out we had successfully re-branded PG Tips to the teenager and uni students.
You can find my primary research for my documentary under the title of 'Primary research' on my blog.
This is a part of the conversation I had with Jessica asking if she would help out and be interviewed for my documentary.
Some snippets from my Primary research post.
Secondary Research
Secondary research is finding the information from other sources to support your work.
Sources of secondary research are internet, libraries, news paper, books that people have produced.
For my secondary research I found some articles linked to cosplay and videos that people have done about why they cosplay. This was in the style of Dejavudea's research around the statement:'Cosplay! Do It Right or Not At All'. I took a few screen shots of the videos I viewed on YouTube to show what some of the content was within. I also looked up a couple of cosplayers I like and found found what social media they used to promote their cosplay. Before starting on my personal research we had to look up three 3 minute wonders and looked at the topics they talked about and how they presented. We also looked at TV programmes on the documentary channels and the got some of the BARB figures for one of the channels program ratings.
Some examples:
BARB Figures
Snippets from my Secondary research post of the links and one of the cosplayers I looked at.
Quantitative Research
Quantitative research is to do with numbers and statistics.
Quantitative research is where there is a collective amount of numbers and statistics. So this would be a tally of video views, the number of likes/ dislikes, sale numbers of DVDs, CDs and the numbers from surveys.
For my quantitative research I used survey monkey to gather information and to see how many people knew what Cosplay was and to find out age, gender and occupation of participants. More females answered my survey than males and the age range was between 16-25 years.
The YouTube videos I also watched for secondary research had quite a lot of views and the likes were also high.
Some examples of quantitative research.
Qualitative Research
Qualitative research is when you get the reasons why someone likes/dislikes certain things and helps researchers to develop ideas.
Qualitative research can detail opinion on a certain subjects, including : game reviews, film reviews discussions on forums and articles.
For my qualitative research I gathered the written answers from my survey. Details include whether they have cosplayed, the list of their cosplays, the conventions they have been to, people who cosplay, the sort of documentaries they watch and whether they were interested in a cosplay documentary.
Some examples of qualitative research.
Data Gathering Agencies
BARB( Broadcasters' Audience Research Board) - BARB produce figure for each TV channel and the programmes most watched to least watched on it. They have the current viewing report to see what is trending.
They give the percentage and numbers for TV shows and that keeps a track of ratings for programmes.
RAJAR(Radio Joint Audience Research Ltd)- They find out the amount of people who listen to the radio. They are the BARB for radio.
They give out the radio listening figures of radio networks following a survey. They also work out an average of hours per listener.
IMDb- They are a site that find out and publishes information about films and TV shows. They review films, games, TV shows, ETC . They also tell you who has worked on said film, game, TV show and who acts in it and the budget that they work with.
They tell you the amount of money that has gone into a film, the actors/actresses and what rating star wise the film has been given.
Audience and Market Research
Some examples of audience and market research is finiding the primary and secondary demographics, the class of people you are asking and advertsising plactment.
For my audience and market research I did a survey to find out the demographics for my chosen topic which was cosplay and we also did the same for when we re-branded a unilever product which was PG Tips.
Some examples of my Audience and Market Research
PG Tips survey
cosplay survey
Production Research
Production research is where you find out whether you can film in a certain place, if you need to buy anything the cost of what you need to buy, the technology resources so finding out if you can hire the equpiment you need and the sources of elctrical outputs are good.
What I did for my production research is that I knew I would be mostly filming at my home it would be very quiet during the day so I wouldn't get disturbed, I didn't need to buy anything for my production so I didn't need to budget and I made sure that I could hire out the right equiment for filming so I knew when filming I was in foucs the sound quailty was good and that the camera was right height. The equiment used for my production was the 700 DSLR, an class ten SD card, a tripod, a hand held mic and one that pluggrd into the camera.
This is when you produce the information that is needed.
Primary research is the work is were you conduct all of the interviews, survey/questionnaires and gathering photos from previous events that you have been to and forums online.
For my primary research I looked at my old photos to use within my documentary and did a survey on survey monkey to find out whether people knew what cosplay was and if they took part in it. The results from that were very helpful for finishing off my documentary. I talked to a girl called Jessica to see if she would be happy to be interviewed for my documentary and she was happy to help me out with my idea.
From previous primary research we did a survey at the end of making the adverts, re-branding a Unilever product. We found out we had successfully re-branded PG Tips to the teenager and uni students.
You can find my primary research for my documentary under the title of 'Primary research' on my blog.
This is a part of the conversation I had with Jessica asking if she would help out and be interviewed for my documentary.
Some snippets from my Primary research post.
Secondary Research
Secondary research is finding the information from other sources to support your work.
Sources of secondary research are internet, libraries, news paper, books that people have produced.
For my secondary research I found some articles linked to cosplay and videos that people have done about why they cosplay. This was in the style of Dejavudea's research around the statement:'Cosplay! Do It Right or Not At All'. I took a few screen shots of the videos I viewed on YouTube to show what some of the content was within. I also looked up a couple of cosplayers I like and found found what social media they used to promote their cosplay. Before starting on my personal research we had to look up three 3 minute wonders and looked at the topics they talked about and how they presented. We also looked at TV programmes on the documentary channels and the got some of the BARB figures for one of the channels program ratings.
Some examples:
BARB Figures
Snippets from my Secondary research post of the links and one of the cosplayers I looked at.
Quantitative Research
Quantitative research is to do with numbers and statistics.
Quantitative research is where there is a collective amount of numbers and statistics. So this would be a tally of video views, the number of likes/ dislikes, sale numbers of DVDs, CDs and the numbers from surveys.
For my quantitative research I used survey monkey to gather information and to see how many people knew what Cosplay was and to find out age, gender and occupation of participants. More females answered my survey than males and the age range was between 16-25 years.
The YouTube videos I also watched for secondary research had quite a lot of views and the likes were also high.
Some examples of quantitative research.
Qualitative Research
Qualitative research is when you get the reasons why someone likes/dislikes certain things and helps researchers to develop ideas.
Qualitative research can detail opinion on a certain subjects, including : game reviews, film reviews discussions on forums and articles.
For my qualitative research I gathered the written answers from my survey. Details include whether they have cosplayed, the list of their cosplays, the conventions they have been to, people who cosplay, the sort of documentaries they watch and whether they were interested in a cosplay documentary.
Some examples of qualitative research.
Data Gathering Agencies
BARB( Broadcasters' Audience Research Board) - BARB produce figure for each TV channel and the programmes most watched to least watched on it. They have the current viewing report to see what is trending.
They give the percentage and numbers for TV shows and that keeps a track of ratings for programmes.
RAJAR(Radio Joint Audience Research Ltd)- They find out the amount of people who listen to the radio. They are the BARB for radio.
They give out the radio listening figures of radio networks following a survey. They also work out an average of hours per listener.
IMDb- They are a site that find out and publishes information about films and TV shows. They review films, games, TV shows, ETC . They also tell you who has worked on said film, game, TV show and who acts in it and the budget that they work with.
They tell you the amount of money that has gone into a film, the actors/actresses and what rating star wise the film has been given.
Audience and Market Research
Some examples of audience and market research is finiding the primary and secondary demographics, the class of people you are asking and advertsising plactment.
For my audience and market research I did a survey to find out the demographics for my chosen topic which was cosplay and we also did the same for when we re-branded a unilever product which was PG Tips.
Some examples of my Audience and Market Research
PG Tips survey
Production Research
Production research is where you find out whether you can film in a certain place, if you need to buy anything the cost of what you need to buy, the technology resources so finding out if you can hire the equpiment you need and the sources of elctrical outputs are good.
What I did for my production research is that I knew I would be mostly filming at my home it would be very quiet during the day so I wouldn't get disturbed, I didn't need to buy anything for my production so I didn't need to budget and I made sure that I could hire out the right equiment for filming so I knew when filming I was in foucs the sound quailty was good and that the camera was right height. The equiment used for my production was the 700 DSLR, an class ten SD card, a tripod, a hand held mic and one that pluggrd into the camera.
Friday, 22 April 2016
Thursday, 21 April 2016
Tuesday, 19 April 2016
Primary research
Create your own user feedback survey
From the responses I have received quite a few of the people have never cosplayed or heard of any cosplay conventions. What I would like to take away from these answers is trying to make the documentary as interesting possible as it will be on me and cosplay with parts maybe added in from information I have gained over years of cosplaying.
Slightly more females answered the questionnaire than males. The age range was from the of 16-25 years old.
Facebook link to my facebook cosplay page
https://www.facebook.com/MagicalFlo/?ref=settings
Asking Jessica if I could interview her for my documentary.
Photos that will be use in my documentary
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=654038914676567&set=a.654036551343470.1073741831.100002113935829&type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=474460579301069&set=a.474459982634462.1073741828.100002113935829&type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=474462035967590&set=a.474459982634462.1073741828.100002113935829&type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=474463052634155&set=a.474459982634462.1073741828.100002113935829&type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/MagicalFlo/photos/a.507203416089540.1073741836.467547243388491/507203782756170/?type=3&theater
From the responses I have received quite a few of the people have never cosplayed or heard of any cosplay conventions. What I would like to take away from these answers is trying to make the documentary as interesting possible as it will be on me and cosplay with parts maybe added in from information I have gained over years of cosplaying.
Slightly more females answered the questionnaire than males. The age range was from the of 16-25 years old.
Facebook link to my facebook cosplay page
https://www.facebook.com/MagicalFlo/?ref=settings
Asking Jessica if I could interview her for my documentary.
Photos that will be use in my documentary
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=654038914676567&set=a.654036551343470.1073741831.100002113935829&type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=474460579301069&set=a.474459982634462.1073741828.100002113935829&type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=474462035967590&set=a.474459982634462.1073741828.100002113935829&type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=474463052634155&set=a.474459982634462.1073741828.100002113935829&type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/MagicalFlo/photos/a.507203416089540.1073741836.467547243388491/507203782756170/?type=3&theater
Monday, 18 April 2016
Research 3 minute wonders
What is a 3 minute wonder?
A three minute wonder is a mini documentary about a specific topic or person.
What is the aim/ purpose of a 3 minute wonder?
They help educate you about what is going on within in a few minutes and to help make you maybe feel intrigued by that topic or person.
What sort of topic would you expect to see on a three minute wonder?
You would expect to see hobby, nature medical, educational related topics maybe more that this selections of topics.
I like how this girl trains birds of prey (falcons) and how she started to practice when she was twelve. She talks about how she goes hunting and talks about how she feeds her bird.
Karl talks about nature mostly about the animals while a visit to the zoo. He talks about how if you take some of the fish out of the sea they sea level should drop, he says the sloth is a really weird animal because it hangs there sleeping most of the day.
What I have learnt about this documentary is that he doesn't go into much detail about what he is talking about which he says most of what he done at the zoo was boring. It is mainly his opinion on this topic.
This guy shows and talks to you about his hobby which is making little clay polymer models of famous people or characters from TV series.
What I learnt is that it can take maybe more that 8 hours to create on of them little models and on the right hand side he would show other bits of work he had done.
This picture shows the tv guide for some of the documentary channels and the times the programmes will be on.
I choose at the crime and investigation programm rating from BARB figures it shows that the most popular TV show aired is Britains Darkest Taboos which had 98.1 thousand viewers and the least viewed was Homucide hunter which was 57.4 thousand viewers.
A three minute wonder is a mini documentary about a specific topic or person.
What is the aim/ purpose of a 3 minute wonder?
They help educate you about what is going on within in a few minutes and to help make you maybe feel intrigued by that topic or person.
What sort of topic would you expect to see on a three minute wonder?
You would expect to see hobby, nature medical, educational related topics maybe more that this selections of topics.
I like how this girl trains birds of prey (falcons) and how she started to practice when she was twelve. She talks about how she goes hunting and talks about how she feeds her bird.
Karl talks about nature mostly about the animals while a visit to the zoo. He talks about how if you take some of the fish out of the sea they sea level should drop, he says the sloth is a really weird animal because it hangs there sleeping most of the day.
What I have learnt about this documentary is that he doesn't go into much detail about what he is talking about which he says most of what he done at the zoo was boring. It is mainly his opinion on this topic.
This guy shows and talks to you about his hobby which is making little clay polymer models of famous people or characters from TV series.
What I learnt is that it can take maybe more that 8 hours to create on of them little models and on the right hand side he would show other bits of work he had done.
Saturday, 9 April 2016
Introducing the News
BBC News at Ten 05/04/2016
The stories covered in this news report were about Icelandic prime minister resigning after being accused of hiding millions dollar in an offshore company and David Carmeron late father is mentioned in some of the leaked papers for them benfiting from offshore money which David Carmeron denies and also the new boss of world football the preseident of fifa, the first minster of Wales visit No10 to find a solution for the steel crisit threatning loads of jobs, 2 teenage girls found guilty for lady toutured and killed in her own home, the theft of millions of pound worth of Chinese treasures from museums, a criminal gang is jailed for 6 years, Glasgow rangers celebrate a win.
They show clips of the stories that are going to be shown and then the goes to what sport story will be told then will go to the intro. The music that they use for the intro part of the news it is meant to be engaging and informative.
The person that presented this news at tenon the 5th of April was Huw Edwards . He is male, age 54.
The role of the presenter is to write there own script on the stories given and then it will be checked over by an editor then put the script into the teleprompter so they can read it for the news later.
The skills a presenter has to have is good communication skills, clear speaking, making quick decisions, being calm, good eye contact.
The news ordering normally starts with the main story which is the longest running then will go into second load of ne which is events that have recently happened an go into the and finally story which is normally a quite a happy story. If something big happens that would be breaking news which would be added in before any of the other stories.
The term given to the list of stories likely to appear in the broadcast is called running order this helps choose the stories that go into the news and break down the sort of stories that go in the news and then the stories will be reviewed first before they go into news. If they can't get the information they need or they can not film due to the sort of circumstanes. Then once they have the infomation for the stories choosen they will be rated importants and the most important would be the lead story then the rest of the stories after, these stories donot get much screen time compared to the lead story which runs for the longest and would use an uplifting story last to leave you on a higher note.
The ablility to think and act fast on the news is important because if really big news comes through they need to act calm then go into the breaking news and they also have about three different people talking through their ear piece telling them to go talk a bit fast or go slower or to move to the next story.
The term 'Slow News Day' means when the media releases trivial stories because of the lack of important topics or hard news stories. For example in the absence of a serious accident a news channel may run a story on a sheep that makes friends goat.
The story that is shown last is called the 'And finally' story. This story is make the news end on a lighter note from most of the stories which are normally important or sad. For example they may use a funny news story on an animal or if an important person like a celebrity visiting another country.
The news values are how news stories are ranked and by the content of what it in the story. Jouurnaist use this to help them choose the news stories for the days news and for what the public intrests.
News stories for each value
Negativiy: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-35957764
New cross stabbing: Myron Yarde, 17, named as muder victim
This shows negativity because someone has been killed due to someone stabbing them.
Proximity:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-35954361
Plymouth 'low impact' train crash leaves 18 injured
This shows proximity because it is based on an incident within the UK.
Recency:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-35918844
Panama Papers:Mossack Fonseca leak reveals elite's tax havens
This shows a news story that has been in the news recently and is of high importact.
Currency: http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/35959302/tommy-whose-brother-ciaron-went-missing-in-2011-wants-to-find-him-more-than-ever
Tommy, whose brother Ciaron went missing in 2011 wants to find him more than ever
This story shows currency as it has been update to people about something that has been going on time, such as a missing person case.
Continuity:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35953730
Moment first passenger flight left Brussels airport
This shows continuity as it keeps people updated with what has gone on and to show you what might happen next.
Uniqueness:http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/35862072
New Zealand 'cat burglar' caught stealing underwear
This shows a light-hearted news story. They don't normally end up on the main news but may end up on something like Russel Howard Good News.
Simplicity :http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-35953847
Santander cash machines: Crime fears at Lancashire and Cheshire ATMs
These stories are easy to understand and people don't have to put a lot into reading them.
Personality:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-35966906
Doncaster Rover fans angry at 1D start Louis Tomlinson's competition win
If it is about a well know person such as a celebrity which gets peoples interests.
Expectedness:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-35971502
Junior doctors dispute: Fourth strike hits NHS in England
This shows that the reader knows what to expect because there has been so many strikes before hand.
Elite nations or people: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-35947702
Nuclear terrorist attack would 'change our world', says Obama
This is when an important person speaks about a certain topic that is currently relevenet within the news.
Exclusivity: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3526140/Parents-baby-died-drunk-WON-T-prosecuted.html
This is the sort of story is normally posted by news papers as it is important but they are the only people who own the story to publish it.
Size: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35977340
Panama Papers: PM 'wont't gain from offshore fund in future' -NO 10
This story has a big impact as it involved the government with important news topic.
From the BBC News at Ten 05/04/2016 I will be talking about the main story and what it is about.
The main story from the ten news at the the 5th of April was on the Prime minster of Iceland resigning after accsued of having millions of dollars in offshore company . Information leaked from the PANAMA Papers from a law firm. The prime minster said he sold his shares to his wife and say he didn't commit any wrong doing. Then it goes onto the linked story about David Cameron's late father doing the same and David talking about it and he doesn't get anything from that funding.
This involed the prime minster of Iceland, people protesing out side of the parliament. The people protesting out side of the parliment were banging on the metal steps and pelting eggs at the building because of what has gone on with their country. The prime minster stood down after claims he had millions of dolars in an offshore company holding his investments.
It doesn't show the Prime minster of Iceland much but when it did it showed him walking away from the cameras to get out of the way and it showed the protester standing up for what they think is right one of them said it is like the people in parliament have different rule to the public.
The way this story made me feel it annoyed me slightly because of the fact in genral the goverments do make the rich richer and them putting money offshore is unfair because also it effect all of the poorer people more and I think that should be no way to get around banks and storing money in another counrty.
The narrative slightly helps the story but I didn't think that it explain the situation very well and the prime minster of Iceland didn't say anything about what has happened other than what news areporter said.
bias through selecyion and omission
This video shows Donald Trump getting cheered by his supporters and how they would of agree with what he is saying. This is just some of his support because I think he mostly gets hate for what he says.
Bias though Placement
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35989759
This story is on the Brussles bombing and there being more footage of one of the men from it and they believe he is one of the only surving members from the paris bomings last November. I do think this story would be of high importance because of the bombings afew weeks ago.
Bias through headlines
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35989955
This story sound like it should of been recent but it says in the report that this lady was killed in 2014 and the girls who were on trial go the minimum of 15 years in jail.
The headline draws you in so you will read the story so it get move views.
Bias through shot selection and Canera angles
Looking at this two photo you see that it shows David Cameron giving a speach which shows power and the the second photo is of Ed Miiliband eating a bacon sandwich which shows him looking a little stupid stuffing his face.
These images are here to make you think over who you would like too vote for which these photos would maybe make you vote for David Cameron.
Bias through use of a name and title
For this example, Adolf Hitler is a good one for this as in Germany he was seen as a god becasue of the things he was doing like killing off the Jews and invading other counrties but in other counties he was viewed as bad for the mass murder he had brought and the thousands of countries he had destroied.
Bias through use of Language
The tone of voice and the way language is used in speeches can be very foward and strong, then sometime it can be caring.
Depend on what the media is talking about or who, they will make what the person is saying sound horrible and make people turn against them or if the media likes them they will choose the best bit of what they have said.
Listening to this speech Margaret Thatcher former british prime minster she was detirmined to send over British forces to the Falklands to protect the land which was british terrortorie. She had to convice the rest of the british goverment to send the forces.
Sources
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQVBxHRFIC0
http://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2014/05/21/11/v3-miliband-selwynv2.jpg
https://static-secure.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Politics/Pix/pictures/2010/10/6/1286373814184/David-Cameron-delivers-hi-006.jpg
http://www.merke.ch/biografien/images/Adolf_Hitler_retouched.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZaP0TgOpig
They show clips of the stories that are going to be shown and then the goes to what sport story will be told then will go to the intro. The music that they use for the intro part of the news it is meant to be engaging and informative.
The person that presented this news at tenon the 5th of April was Huw Edwards . He is male, age 54.
The role of the presenter is to write there own script on the stories given and then it will be checked over by an editor then put the script into the teleprompter so they can read it for the news later.
The skills a presenter has to have is good communication skills, clear speaking, making quick decisions, being calm, good eye contact.
The news ordering normally starts with the main story which is the longest running then will go into second load of ne which is events that have recently happened an go into the and finally story which is normally a quite a happy story. If something big happens that would be breaking news which would be added in before any of the other stories.
The term given to the list of stories likely to appear in the broadcast is called running order this helps choose the stories that go into the news and break down the sort of stories that go in the news and then the stories will be reviewed first before they go into news. If they can't get the information they need or they can not film due to the sort of circumstanes. Then once they have the infomation for the stories choosen they will be rated importants and the most important would be the lead story then the rest of the stories after, these stories donot get much screen time compared to the lead story which runs for the longest and would use an uplifting story last to leave you on a higher note.
The ablility to think and act fast on the news is important because if really big news comes through they need to act calm then go into the breaking news and they also have about three different people talking through their ear piece telling them to go talk a bit fast or go slower or to move to the next story.
The term 'Slow News Day' means when the media releases trivial stories because of the lack of important topics or hard news stories. For example in the absence of a serious accident a news channel may run a story on a sheep that makes friends goat.
The story that is shown last is called the 'And finally' story. This story is make the news end on a lighter note from most of the stories which are normally important or sad. For example they may use a funny news story on an animal or if an important person like a celebrity visiting another country.
The news values are how news stories are ranked and by the content of what it in the story. Jouurnaist use this to help them choose the news stories for the days news and for what the public intrests.
News stories for each value
Negativiy: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-35957764
New cross stabbing: Myron Yarde, 17, named as muder victim
This shows negativity because someone has been killed due to someone stabbing them.
Proximity:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-35954361
Plymouth 'low impact' train crash leaves 18 injured
This shows proximity because it is based on an incident within the UK.
Recency:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-35918844
Panama Papers:Mossack Fonseca leak reveals elite's tax havens
This shows a news story that has been in the news recently and is of high importact.
Currency: http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/35959302/tommy-whose-brother-ciaron-went-missing-in-2011-wants-to-find-him-more-than-ever
Tommy, whose brother Ciaron went missing in 2011 wants to find him more than ever
This story shows currency as it has been update to people about something that has been going on time, such as a missing person case.
Continuity:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35953730
Moment first passenger flight left Brussels airport
This shows continuity as it keeps people updated with what has gone on and to show you what might happen next.
Uniqueness:http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/35862072
New Zealand 'cat burglar' caught stealing underwear
This shows a light-hearted news story. They don't normally end up on the main news but may end up on something like Russel Howard Good News.
Simplicity :http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-35953847
Santander cash machines: Crime fears at Lancashire and Cheshire ATMs
These stories are easy to understand and people don't have to put a lot into reading them.
Personality:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-35966906
Doncaster Rover fans angry at 1D start Louis Tomlinson's competition win
If it is about a well know person such as a celebrity which gets peoples interests.
Expectedness:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-35971502
Junior doctors dispute: Fourth strike hits NHS in England
This shows that the reader knows what to expect because there has been so many strikes before hand.
Elite nations or people: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-35947702
Nuclear terrorist attack would 'change our world', says Obama
This is when an important person speaks about a certain topic that is currently relevenet within the news.
Exclusivity: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3526140/Parents-baby-died-drunk-WON-T-prosecuted.html
This is the sort of story is normally posted by news papers as it is important but they are the only people who own the story to publish it.
Size: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35977340
Panama Papers: PM 'wont't gain from offshore fund in future' -NO 10
This story has a big impact as it involved the government with important news topic.
From the BBC News at Ten 05/04/2016 I will be talking about the main story and what it is about.
The main story from the ten news at the the 5th of April was on the Prime minster of Iceland resigning after accsued of having millions of dollars in offshore company . Information leaked from the PANAMA Papers from a law firm. The prime minster said he sold his shares to his wife and say he didn't commit any wrong doing. Then it goes onto the linked story about David Cameron's late father doing the same and David talking about it and he doesn't get anything from that funding.
This involed the prime minster of Iceland, people protesing out side of the parliament. The people protesting out side of the parliment were banging on the metal steps and pelting eggs at the building because of what has gone on with their country. The prime minster stood down after claims he had millions of dolars in an offshore company holding his investments.
It doesn't show the Prime minster of Iceland much but when it did it showed him walking away from the cameras to get out of the way and it showed the protester standing up for what they think is right one of them said it is like the people in parliament have different rule to the public.
The way this story made me feel it annoyed me slightly because of the fact in genral the goverments do make the rich richer and them putting money offshore is unfair because also it effect all of the poorer people more and I think that should be no way to get around banks and storing money in another counrty.
The narrative slightly helps the story but I didn't think that it explain the situation very well and the prime minster of Iceland didn't say anything about what has happened other than what news areporter said.
bias through selecyion and omission
This video shows Donald Trump getting cheered by his supporters and how they would of agree with what he is saying. This is just some of his support because I think he mostly gets hate for what he says.
Bias though Placement
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35989759
This story is on the Brussles bombing and there being more footage of one of the men from it and they believe he is one of the only surving members from the paris bomings last November. I do think this story would be of high importance because of the bombings afew weeks ago.
Bias through headlines
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35989955
This story sound like it should of been recent but it says in the report that this lady was killed in 2014 and the girls who were on trial go the minimum of 15 years in jail.
The headline draws you in so you will read the story so it get move views.
Bias through shot selection and Canera angles
Looking at this two photo you see that it shows David Cameron giving a speach which shows power and the the second photo is of Ed Miiliband eating a bacon sandwich which shows him looking a little stupid stuffing his face.
These images are here to make you think over who you would like too vote for which these photos would maybe make you vote for David Cameron.
Bias through use of a name and title
For this example, Adolf Hitler is a good one for this as in Germany he was seen as a god becasue of the things he was doing like killing off the Jews and invading other counrties but in other counties he was viewed as bad for the mass murder he had brought and the thousands of countries he had destroied.
Bias through use of Language
The tone of voice and the way language is used in speeches can be very foward and strong, then sometime it can be caring.
Depend on what the media is talking about or who, they will make what the person is saying sound horrible and make people turn against them or if the media likes them they will choose the best bit of what they have said.
Listening to this speech Margaret Thatcher former british prime minster she was detirmined to send over British forces to the Falklands to protect the land which was british terrortorie. She had to convice the rest of the british goverment to send the forces.
Sources
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQVBxHRFIC0
http://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2014/05/21/11/v3-miliband-selwynv2.jpg
https://static-secure.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Politics/Pix/pictures/2010/10/6/1286373814184/David-Cameron-delivers-hi-006.jpg
http://www.merke.ch/biografien/images/Adolf_Hitler_retouched.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZaP0TgOpig
Saturday, 19 March 2016
Documentary formats:texts
La sortie des usines Lumiere
With this documentary it was one of the first of its kind as being just filming workers leaving Lumiere factory.
With the editing it would mostly be cuts or when the film had ended and they had put new film in.
The way it has been filmed feels a little forced as it shows only people walking to the left or right but not straight on. It also looks like it has been filmed in the morning because no one has a small bags.
Night Mail
Night Mail shows you the journey from London Euston Station to Glasgow then on to Edinburgh and Aberdeen.
With editing to get the birds eye view of the train moving they use a model train set. The cuts within the messages transferring round it looks slightly odd as it doesn't look right when the person starts pulling the leavers as it don't match.
Bowling for Columbine
In this documentary film Michael Moore talks about the Columbine high school massacre in 1999.
in this clip from the film it shows Michael going to a bank / licence gun holders to get a gun. I think he wants to show how easy it is to get a gun.
It looks like he deliberately wears the same clothing to make it look like the same day from the day he got interviewed but it isn't as the people at the bank they said it would take a couple of days to clear to see if he was in the clear to own a gun.
He acts like he is really stupid before he gets the gun but when he gets the gun he looks like he knows how to handle.
When Louis met Jimmy and Louis and the Nazis
In these two documentaries Louis interviews the new day Nazis in America and Jimmy Savile.
In the Jimmy Savile one Louis wanted to try to make Jimmy to talk about him being a paedophile because Louis knew so he tried to lead his questions towards that way but Jimmy would change them to he could avoid letting the truth out. So it also probably played mind game to make him think about what he was doing.
In the Nazis one it was scary to see that these people were so racist and even bringing their Children to be like that. There was one person that Louis talked to, to see where he fitted in with this group of people because he never gave a straight answer. There was one mum called April who was home schooling her daughters Lynx and Lamb and teaching the way she lives and how to be Nazis. One other family kept asking Louis is he was Jewish and to turn his camera off and if he was Jewish that they would beat him up and leave him on he streets.
With this documentary it was one of the first of its kind as being just filming workers leaving Lumiere factory.
With the editing it would mostly be cuts or when the film had ended and they had put new film in.
The way it has been filmed feels a little forced as it shows only people walking to the left or right but not straight on. It also looks like it has been filmed in the morning because no one has a small bags.
Night Mail
Night Mail shows you the journey from London Euston Station to Glasgow then on to Edinburgh and Aberdeen.
With editing to get the birds eye view of the train moving they use a model train set. The cuts within the messages transferring round it looks slightly odd as it doesn't look right when the person starts pulling the leavers as it don't match.
Bowling for Columbine
In this documentary film Michael Moore talks about the Columbine high school massacre in 1999.
in this clip from the film it shows Michael going to a bank / licence gun holders to get a gun. I think he wants to show how easy it is to get a gun.
It looks like he deliberately wears the same clothing to make it look like the same day from the day he got interviewed but it isn't as the people at the bank they said it would take a couple of days to clear to see if he was in the clear to own a gun.
He acts like he is really stupid before he gets the gun but when he gets the gun he looks like he knows how to handle.
When Louis met Jimmy and Louis and the Nazis
In these two documentaries Louis interviews the new day Nazis in America and Jimmy Savile.
In the Jimmy Savile one Louis wanted to try to make Jimmy to talk about him being a paedophile because Louis knew so he tried to lead his questions towards that way but Jimmy would change them to he could avoid letting the truth out. So it also probably played mind game to make him think about what he was doing.
In the Nazis one it was scary to see that these people were so racist and even bringing their Children to be like that. There was one person that Louis talked to, to see where he fitted in with this group of people because he never gave a straight answer. There was one mum called April who was home schooling her daughters Lynx and Lamb and teaching the way she lives and how to be Nazis. One other family kept asking Louis is he was Jewish and to turn his camera off and if he was Jewish that they would beat him up and leave him on he streets.
Types of documentary (mini task)
A documentary is showing you events that have happened. They will sometimes recreate scenes to make the documentary make more sense of what they are saying. There are many different types of documentaries, they can be made as a series or a film based documentary. Sometimes the director or writer will be very involved with the documentary meaning they will appear in front of the camera.
Reflexive documentaries
This sort of documentary shows the emotional aspect and has an aspect of an autobiography with in it. Bill Nichols says 'The performative documentary evokes the mood or atmosphere traditionally found in fiction films'.
This documentary is film based and it is talks and shows you about sexual and racial differences. It is about how black gay men had to keep quiet in the white and black heterosexual society and how the man who filmed this (Marlon Riggs ) also talk about this experience of the American black gay culture. This documentary fits the criteria because it left me with the impression of it being emotional and vivid.
Conclusion
When I watch documentaries I like to look for the factual sort of documentaries. I mostly enjoy the ones about animals. Sometimes I do think the person who has made the documentary may twist the truth a little. It depends on the documentary whether I agree with that approach. The types of documentaries that may twist the truth a bit are the ones about crime because the people who could be witnesses they can lie just because they don't like the person who is on trial and there may not be a lot of evidence on what happened.
With watching the different types I would say the most interesting to me are the Interactive and Expository based ones as I enjoy finding out about the different animal species that David Attenborough talks about and I like how Louis interacts with the people he is interviewing. I do think that the information given within them two sort of documentaries are quite truthful as you can find out more about the topics they cover.
I think the most truthful documentary type is Interactive as it the interviewer is communicating and getting to know the more about what topic the documentary is on. Louis Theroux does this well as he learns about the topic given and interviews people about it. He will try and manipulate his questions to get the truth out of people to get as much information as possible.
In some way I also think this could make the person who is getting interviewed feel uncomfortable and they may not answer the question given which doesn't help the interviewer if he/she is trying to uncover secrets about them.
Expository documentaries
They use voice overs explaining what it is going on within a clip so it will also tell a little story along with it. The voice overs are talking directly to the viewer to engage you. They give you information about the topic given to help you understand more about it.
Bill Nichols says that an expository documentary uses 'disembodied and authoritative' voice overs.
Bill Nichols says that an expository documentary uses 'disembodied and authoritative' voice overs.
Someone who does this sort of documentary well is David Attenborough. He does voice overs for mostly animal based content within these documentaries and explains the animals’ lives. The sort of things that he talks about is the habitat, food sources, breeding habits and migration patterns.
Observational documentaries
There is normally very little editing, one take per section, and no voice overs to explain what it is going on, they let the viewer think about what is going on. Bill Nichols say that 'The emphasis is to present a slice of life'. The film maker is trying to be invisible throughout the making of an observational documentary.
A good example for this sort of documentary is Titicut Follies directed by Frederick Wiseman who also directed another documentary called high school. In Titicut Follies it shows you inside a mental hospital/ prison and what goes on within them. This documentary film I chose to look at fits the critieria for the observational documentary because there is no voice over and you are left to think what is going on within a scene shot in real time.
Interactive documentaries
The interviewer appears within most of the documentary, they speak and interview people giving their opinions and getting to know about the topic. These sort of documentaries are quite different as it shows interaction between the people and the presenter as well. This sort of documentary is based mainly on interviews.
Louis Theroux is very good with this sort of documentary as he has done a few series like this. An example of his work is with the series ‘When Louis met …’.
This documentary I have found is where Louis talks about love and involves old people with dementia and how their families and friends deal with it. This documentary fits the criteria because Louis talks/interviews the people. This also helps fit criteria because he creates a bond with the interviewees.
This documentary I have found is where Louis talks about love and involves old people with dementia and how their families and friends deal with it. This documentary fits the criteria because Louis talks/interviews the people. This also helps fit criteria because he creates a bond with the interviewees.
Reflexive documentaries
Reflexive documentaries are like an interactive documentary but they go deeper into the story that is being told. Bill Nichols he says ' In the reflexive documentary, the properties of the film and the film-making process become the main focus of attention'.
This documentary is in a montage style showing you a day of a Russian life. There is no music which makes you think of a tune to go along with it. It doesn't feel like it has been forced, it just looks like he has got the permission to film. There are some parts where it looks fake like when the folding chairs moved by themselves- this is one way this documentary fits the criteria.
Performative documentaries
This documentary is in a montage style showing you a day of a Russian life. There is no music which makes you think of a tune to go along with it. It doesn't feel like it has been forced, it just looks like he has got the permission to film. There are some parts where it looks fake like when the folding chairs moved by themselves- this is one way this documentary fits the criteria.
Performative documentaries
This sort of documentary shows the emotional aspect and has an aspect of an autobiography with in it. Bill Nichols says 'The performative documentary evokes the mood or atmosphere traditionally found in fiction films'.
This documentary is film based and it is talks and shows you about sexual and racial differences. It is about how black gay men had to keep quiet in the white and black heterosexual society and how the man who filmed this (Marlon Riggs ) also talk about this experience of the American black gay culture. This documentary fits the criteria because it left me with the impression of it being emotional and vivid.
Conclusion
When I watch documentaries I like to look for the factual sort of documentaries. I mostly enjoy the ones about animals. Sometimes I do think the person who has made the documentary may twist the truth a little. It depends on the documentary whether I agree with that approach. The types of documentaries that may twist the truth a bit are the ones about crime because the people who could be witnesses they can lie just because they don't like the person who is on trial and there may not be a lot of evidence on what happened.
With watching the different types I would say the most interesting to me are the Interactive and Expository based ones as I enjoy finding out about the different animal species that David Attenborough talks about and I like how Louis interacts with the people he is interviewing. I do think that the information given within them two sort of documentaries are quite truthful as you can find out more about the topics they cover.
I think the most truthful documentary type is Interactive as it the interviewer is communicating and getting to know the more about what topic the documentary is on. Louis Theroux does this well as he learns about the topic given and interviews people about it. He will try and manipulate his questions to get the truth out of people to get as much information as possible.
In some way I also think this could make the person who is getting interviewed feel uncomfortable and they may not answer the question given which doesn't help the interviewer if he/she is trying to uncover secrets about them.
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