Finished documentary



Finished radio trailer



Finished print advert

1.In what way does your product use/develop/challenge forms and convections of real media products ?

Question one
In what way does your product use/develop/challenge forms and convections of real media products ?
For our media product we were asked to create a documentary in the style of a real media product therefore we only used the forms and convections and did not challenge or develop them.
Framing

The framing of our documentary was essential to real documentaries we did not challenge or develop the forms and convections therefore as you can see from the images the framing is very similar, both interviews are filmed with the interviewee facing lightly off camera. The interview helps connect the target audience and the subject of the documentary because the interviewee is talking about hairdressing. However in another interview the interviewee is a doctor, she is filmed with an appropriate background and helps create a more serious effect.

Graphics

Graphics are present in all documentaries they are there to illustrate who is talking on screen. We used a block white background on out name tags this is because during documentary research we saw that there where many documentaries with this technique. We chose to keep it white because it was a colour that would stand out and be a suitable colour to stay consistent. It is important to include a name because the audience do not know who is talking.

Mise en scene

Mise en scene is important in every documentary. The mise en scene illustrates to the viewer everything that’s goin on and helps support what the interview is talking about. For each of our interview we used natural lighting with some overhead lighting from the celling light, each interview was filmed in front of something that related to what the documentary was about. For example the hairdressing interviews where filmed in font of hairdressing products to tie the subject to the interview.

Narrative structure
For our narrative structure we have talked about trichology, trichotillomania, hair loss and hair dressing.

Cutaways

Cutaways are important for the documentary to help it flow, they are key to the transition of two shots. Cutaways can also be used in the editing process to help cover up any jumps where a section of the film has been cut out.

Voice over
Like most documentaries we used the “voice of god” to address the audience. We made a script for the radio advert and voiceover of the documentary by looking at the codes and convections of real media products. We followed all codes and convections of the real products. For our radio advert we used sections from the documentary. Both the voiceovers are linked together with the title.

Use of sound
Throughout our documentary we used non-diegetic sound and diegetic sound, non-diegetic sound i.e. the music and voiceover where placed in the documentary during editing however the interviews where diegetic sound.

Archive footage

In our documentary we included archive footage, We took this footage from youtube. we found this footage was revent to the content of the documenraty, it was placed in the trichologist interview.

2. How effective is the combination of your media product and ancillary text?

Question 2.
How effective is the combination of your media product and ancillary text?
The radio advert and documentary are effectivly combined because we used sections from out documentary and put them into out radio advert, we also used the same voice over for the voice overs.eg we used the same person to be our voice of god and the voice over on our radio advert. all the products include the same slogan "whats your style" to help link the three thogether, it is said duting the radio advert and placed on the print advert.
The radio advert and documentary both show a sence of fun because they include a hairdresser talking about his prefession but also a sence of seriousness with the trichologist talking about loss of hair, this also helps link all products and helps give it a edge rathe than just a documentary on hair.

The ancillary tasks link closly because of the scheduling and channel, they both include the same time and date that is said in the same order.the main and only image on the print advert is of a girl pulling her hair, this links one of the interviews to the print adver and also the title of the interview "hair you either have it or you dont" also the continued metion of "what if you didnt have any hair" links all three products.


we will not be advertising our documenatry in a tabloid news paper this is because during our reaserch we where unable to find any adverts in these newspapers.

the newspspers would be good for our target audiance.
The newspapers where my print advert would be The Mail and The Express The Times and The Guardian or any other non tabloid newspaper, this is because of the different varities of interviews found in our doucementary. It has the serious side with a Trichologist and a hair loss sufferer but also a fun side with the different types of hair dressers.



we will be able to advertise our radio advert on any radio station that could be targeted at the same audience however it can not be advertised on any of the bbc radio stations because the bbc is funded by the public and a non comertial radio station. we are slao limited to the genra of radio staion, for example a sports radio station would not be a suitable atation to braodcast our advert.


























our radio advert will be braodcasted on weekdays and weekends prefrubly between 12- 4 pm this is because people may find it unsuitable for a documentarie to be braodcasted at a time where people are preparing food.

3.What have you learned from your audience feedback?

Question 3

What have you learned from your audience feedback?
























The image above is the profile of the tipical person who would watch my documentay, this is because she has an interest in hair and is within the age range we targeted the documentary at.

To collect our audiance feedback we created a questionnair, where we then showed a group of people within out target audience our documentary, radio advert and print advert.
they then filled out the questionnair, this is the questionnair and theses are our results.

I then asked another person on my own from my target audiance to comment on our documentary and ancillary tasks. i used some of the same questions from my questionnair.

This are the overall results of our feedback.

1. On a scale of 1-5 how did you find each of the following? (1 being not very 5 being very)Informative- 4 people that answered with 4 and the other 4 people answered with 5, this allowed our group to know that our production is informative as No one rated our production lower than a four and we got good ratings for the information that is given out in the production.

Engaging- Our classroom feedback showed us that our production was engaging to most of our audience as four people rated our production with a 4 and three people rated it with a 5 and there was only one person who rated us with a 3.

Relevant- The results from the questionnaire feedback show us that the content of our production is relevant to our Title. Four people from the feedback gave us a 4 and the other four gave us a 5.

2. Does the title relate to the content of the documentary? Yes NoFor this answers all the feedback from our audience shows us that our title does relate to the content within the documentary. All 8 of the Audience chose to give us a yes for this answer.

3. How did you find the technical quality?We asked our audience about how they thought the technical quality of our production was and here are the answers:

Sound- Five members of the audience rated our sound quality as a 4 and the other three answered with a 5, this shows that are sound quality isn’t bad as we scored over half marks from the audience.

Editing- Four members of the audience decided to give us a 4 on the editing of the documentary and the other 4 chose to rate us with a 5.

Music- The music within the documentary was used to relate the emotion with the audience, therefore the results show that two people from the audience rated us with a 4 and the other six gave us a 5.

Camera Work- The camera work in our production didn’t get rated high with the audience as one person rated us with a 3, four gave us 4 and three gave us a 5.

Framing- With the framing of interviews in our production we got rated with six people scoring us with a 4 and two people with a 5.

4. Does the music relate to the documentary content? Yes NoAll the audience answered yes for this question, this let us as a group know that we have chosen the correct music for our documentary.

5. Would it be appropriate to schedule this documentary on Channel 4? Yes NoWith this question all members from the audience rated us with a yes; this showed us that our documentary would be suitable to be shown on channel 4.

Print advert

1. Does the print advert look like a real print advert? Yes No2.

Is it eye catching? Yes No3.

Is the image chosen relevant to the content of thedocumentary? Yes No4.

Does it follow the codes and convections of a real print advert? Yes No5.

Does the print advert make you want to watch the documentary? Yes No

With all of these answers all the members of the audience gave us a yes for each question. Our print advert tries to make people want to watch the programme just from seeing it and we believe that that is what it does. The print advert is very bright but also conveys the meaning and emotion that we want it to. We believe that people will understand the picture as it relates to the name of the programme and the slogan brings people in and will make them want to watch the documentary.Radio advert

1. Does the radio advert sound like a real radio advert? Yes No2.

Does the radio advert relate to the documentary? Yes No3.

Does the radio advert make you want to watch the documentary? Yes No

All three of these questions were answered bythe audience and they all answered with a yes. Our radio advert has the most interesting bits of the documentary in them, we believe that this will engage the audience and make them feel like they want to find out what the documentary is about. We have many different parts of the interviews in the radio advert therefore we have many different emotions being brought into the advert.

4. On a scale of 1 to 5 how did you find the following?

Engaging- One person from our audience rated us with a 3, Five people gave us a 4 and the other two rated us with a 5.

Sound Quality- One person answered as a 3, four people gave us a 4 and the other three people answered with a 5.

Music- One person gave us a 3, two people gave us a 4 and the other five rated us with a 5

4.How did you use technology?

Question four
How did you use technology?
Technology was the most important thing in the production of the documentary as well as its participation in the research, planning and evaluation. Throughout the duration I used many different types of technology. I used the following technologies.













Video camera
We used a video camera to film our documentary, without it our documentary would not have been filmed.
Mobile phone
I used a mobile phone to record my audience feedback.
Still camera
We used the still camera to document evidence that out documentary was our own work, this also helped us with our audience feedback.
Microphone
We used a microphone to record the interviews; we used the microphone because the voice recorder on the video camera was not of good quality for what we were doing. We used this on all interviews we did.
Tripod
We used the tripod to keep all the interviews steady; we felt that it was important to finish with a clean steady product.
Computer
During the whole process the computer has been a really important part of the production, this is where we captured the film and edited. We used adobe premiere pro to edit all our filming. The computer was the main product used for research and analyses.
Internet
The internet was used for research for the documentary facts, it was also used to help research other documentaries.
Adobe Photoshop
We used this for our print advert, we used one main image.
Adobe audition
We used this to create the radio add this is where we took the audio from the documentary and put into an audition file, we then made and other layer for the voice over.
Adobe premier pro
This is what we used to edit the documentary and where we placed the graphic and voiceover.
Scanner
We used the scanner to scan the plans we made on paper so we were able to upload them to our blogger.
Ice radio suite
We used the schools ice radio studio to record our voice over, we did it in the studio so we were able to have a clear loud finished voiceover.
Windows movie maker
We used movie maker to create movies so the audio clips where able to be uploaded onto our blogs.