Thursday 2 October 2014

Conventions of a Documentary

I have decided to research the conventions of a documentary so that I can meet these through my plans for my own production. This will allow me to make my documentary more professional and suitable for its genre and style. For this research, I am analysing the textbook 'Documentaries, Classroom Resources' by Jo Wilcock, published by Auteur. I have posted photos of my annotations of appropriate pages in the textbook where I have demonstrated how I plan to meet these conventions and details of other conventions which I need to consider.




From this research, I have learnt some conventional narrative, editing and style techniques from a reliable, modern and published source. I will use this research as a guide for my own production so that it will be a conventional documentary. I will also extend this research online to find the conventions of documentaries which Channel 4 produce, so that my product is appropriate for my exhibitor.

1 comment:

  1. excellent evidence of secondary research - it makes a sound introduction to analysing the genre of documentary
    BUT
    he annotated sheet is not always fully clear

    next action:

    add a postt that presents your summative understanding of the genre / which style of documentary you will be delivering and the conventional
    form
    structure
    narrative mode
    style
    scheduling
    audience
    industry - who will exhibit it / why and where

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