This is my Radio Advert.
This is my Print Advert.
Again voxpops don’t really have a codes and conventions as they range from different ages and can be any sex so I didn’t matter who we got and how we did it. They are more likely to be filmed with the interviewee on the side of the camera but they can differ and we have got some where they are on the side and in the middle. Voxpops are supposed to show all of the body whereas on ours on one or two they cut the head off. It is meant to be a middle shot which they are. So we challenged and followed some of the codes and conventions on voxpops.
Cutaways and the music don’t really have something to follow as everyone’s are different. They just need to be clear, attractive and entertaining to grab the attention of the viewers.
Interviews have quite a lot of codes and conventions such as the interviewee must be stood to one side of the camera, they must not look at the camera, there isnt to be any light coming from behind the interviewee.
As you can see we followed the codes and convections as much as we could except the few things that couldn’t be changed such as the lighting in the background in one of them and not as much background for another interview. We did repeat one interview twice though so that we could get it better.
3. On a scale of one to five how appropriate is documentary for Channel Four and why?
Rate 1: 0
Rate 2: 0
Rate 3: 2
Rate 4: 6
Rate 5: 6
People rated our documentary more 4 and 5 on how appropriate the documentary was for channel 4. There was no one that rated it 1 and 2 and a few said 3. I think this is positive because it shows more people thought it was appropriate than not thinking it was making it right that we have followed the codes and conventions properly of documentaries that are shown on channel 4 professionally.
4. In your opinion do the camera shots and the music suit the style and genre of the programme?
Everyone that watched our documentary said that the camera shots and the music suit the style and genre of the programme. This is positive because it shows that the way we have shot it and got music was good and the audience gave a good reaction. I have learnt that the camera shots and music were good choices and that it went well with the topic.
5. On a scale one to five how would you rate our documentary in terms of the following?
Rate 2: 1
Rate 3: 3
Rate 4: 7
Rate 5: 2
Informative
Rate 1: 0
Rate 2: 0
Rate 3: 3
Rate 4: 4
Rate 5: 6
We asked them to rate our documentary on whether they thought it was entertaining and informative. For entertaining the answers ranged which were not positive but not negative so were in the middle as the answers ranged from a rating of 2 and 5. More people rated 4 which is positive because it shows that at least more people enjoyed it than people not enjoying it. Negatively though the second popular answer was the rating of 3 meaning it was just in the middle and as this is around our target audience it shows that maybe they were getting the same entertainment as people of 18 and over would get. For informative the results were more different than entertaining. They were more positive as the two popular answers was a rating of 4 and 5 and none less than 3 meaning that more people thought it was informative. Overall people agreed that it was more informative than entertaining which is quite positive because that’s what documentaries are meant to do but also negative because if people don’t find it entertaining then are less likely to watch it meaning they won’t get the informative part out of it. I have learnt to get more research and think more about whether I would be entertained by it then focusing too much on the information. The presentation is more important to people of my target audience.
6. Do you think the camerawork and editing used made our extract look professional?
"I think that the documentary is full of interviews, extra bits to show what they are talking about and it also has alot of useful information which is what other documentaries do really."
8. What are the strengths and weaknesses of our documentary?
When we asked for the strengths and weaknesses of our documentary we got a whole different range of opinions. We got positive and negative results but mainly positive. This shows that there was more of a better outcome than a rubbish one. The negative feedback such as the Voxpops being rubbish were due to technical and weather faults and time. This means it wasn’t fully our fault meaning that they were only issues that we had no full control over but it has taught me to look into these issues and make better solutions.
9. What are the strengths and weaknesses of the radio trailer and print advert?
We then asked for the strengths and weaknesses of our print and radio advert. We got no negative feedback on this question which is positive because it shows that nobody had any bad things and liked them meaning we completed the aim.
10. Do you think the sound bites and voice over in our radio trailer advertised our documentary to its full potential?
For this question we received 12 “yes” and 1 “no”. This is good because it shown that sound bites and voiceover in the radio advertised our documentary to its full potential. I have learnt to put more detail into the sound and research other voiceovers properly so I can get the right words and voice.
Danielle, 23
"I do think that the soundbites and voiceover in your radio was advertising your documentary dead well cause it gave all the details of whats in the documentary and has actual footage. It shows what they should look to in the programme before they watch it."
11. Do you think the newspaper advert effectively advertises our programme and why?
They gave reasons such as
- Suits programme
- Clear image
- Eyecatching
- Relates to audience
- Image connotes what its about
For this question again we received 12 “yes” and 1 “no”. This is also good because it shown that the newspaper advert effectively advertises our programme. We also got reasons why which were all positive. These were good because we did have control over these issues and we got it right. Once again i think more research would have been needed to see the other newspaper adverts but I think that it was quite professional and looked most like the professional ones.
This is what they were all used for:
All these were very important to the research, planning and evaluating stages. They were important to the research stage because without the internet and YouTube I wouldn’t be able to find out all the information that I needed for my documentary to plan the voiceovers and cutaways such as the Michael Carroll story or Paris Hilton’s life.
At first we checked our Ipods and phones too see if we had any songs that resembled to greed. We found one which was High school musicals "I want it all" but this song was not used in the dpcumentary as once we added it to our documentary it didnt really fit in with the topic that well. We then used the internet to research songs that we could put in our documentary. Though the internet gave us some songs that weren’t actually relevant there was some that we could use and that we actually used such as the Liberty x song "Greed" which is at the beginning of the documentary.
Here are the results:
1. Do you think our programme suits our target audience of adults 18+?
Yes-111111111111
Maybe-1
2. Would this five minute extract encourage you to watch the full programme and why?
Yes-111111111111
No-1
-Informative
-Interesting
-Attractive
3. On a scale of one to five how appropriate is our documentary for Channel Four and why?
1- 0
2- 0
3- 11
4- 111111
5- 111111
4. In your opinion do the camera shots and the music suit the style and genre of the programme?
Yes-1111111111111
5. On a scale one to five how would you rate our documentary in terms of the following?
Entertaining
1- 0
2- 1
3- 111
4- 1111111
5- 11
Informative
1- 0
2- 0
3- 111
4- 1111
5- 111111
6. Do you think the camerawork and editing used made our extract look professional?
Yes-1111111111111
7. How do you feel the documentary compares to other professionally made documentaries?
Detailed- 11
Similar- 11111111
Archive material is good-11
Codes and conventions followed-1
8. What are the strengths and weaknesses of our documentary?
Camera work good-111
Music good-1111
Editing good-1
Needs more editing-1
Interesting-1
Good interviews-1111
Voxpops sound rubbish-11
Cutaways good-1
Footage good-1
9. What are the strengths and weaknesses of the radio trailer and print advert?
Good image-11111
Clear voice-11
Easy to listen to-1
Sounds interesting-111
Informative-11
Looks professional-1
Good clips-1
10. Do you think the sound bites and voice over in our radio trailer advertised our documentary to its full potential?
Yes-111111111111
No-1
11. Do you think the newspaper advert effectively advertises our programme and why?
Yes-111111111111
No-1
-Suits programme
-Clear image
-Eyecatching
-Relates to audience
-Image connotes what it's about
These are the students that watched our documentary and gave feedback.