Interviews

Here are the interview questions that we put together to get peoples different view points on how much you have to spend to be fashionable:

Interview questions for Lisa Smedley who wears mostly clothes from charity shops.

1. Why do you buy clothes from charity shops?

2. What do you look for when going to charity shops?

3. Do you own more charity shop clothes than high street?

4. How much do you spend on charity shop clothes a month?

5. Who are your fashion influences?

6. Does music also influence your fashion sense?

7. Do you think there is prejudice about charity shop clothes? Why do you think this is?

8. Can you talk us through your wardrobe please?

Interview questions for Neil Cooper, a designer at Repooc couture.

1. Where do you get inspiration for your designs?

2. Do any high street or designer stores influence your designs?

3. Have you ever bought clothes from a charity shop?

4. Do you think that there are pressures within society to own designer brands and to be on trend?

5. You said on your website that you believe the fashion world is being dominated by more and more high street giants- can you explain why you think this?

Vox Pop questions for Liverpool Town Centre

1. What do you associate with the phrase 'Shabby Chic'?

2. Where do you shop for clothes? Why?

3. Would you shop at a charity shop? Why?

4. What do you think of what I'm wearing?

5. What if I told you that it only cost £4 from a charity shop?

Storyboard/ Opening Credits

Then we made a story board of our opening title sequence so that we would now each frame for filming. For the opening titles we came up with the idea that we would produce a stop motion video using my partners Digital camera to take pictures of a sequence of clothes forming the words 'Shabby Chic'.

She produced this stop motion animation using an SLR digital camera placed on a tripod; taking individual shots of the items of clothing being moved and then repeating the process until she had an entire sequence. Then she imported the photos onto windows movie maker and adjusted the picture duration so that it would last for 0.125 seconds, therefore making a fast transition from photo to photo so that the clothing looks animated. She added 10 extra frames that she edited on Adobe Photoshop using the Cut out effect. Over the original layer she added the edited layer and adjusted the opacity so that it gradually increased and on the final frame in the sequence the opacity is at 100%.

Here is the first frame from the sequence

Here is a frame in the sequence towards the end, when the editted layer is 50% opacity over the original layer

Here is the final frame in the sequence.

Running Order

Documentary: ‘Shabby Chic’
Channel: Channel 4
Scheduling: Saturday at 8:00pm- 8:30pm
Duration: 27 minutes (including advert break)

Montage of clothes shop logos gradually getting faster - 20 secs.

Suddenly stops, opening titles - 10 secs.

Voiceover introduces the topic, explaining that in a questionnaire people preferred high street clothing to designer and asking the question why this is whilst tracking shot through Liverpool town centre showing high street and designer shops - 1 minute.

Vox pop “whether you would wear clothes from charity shops” Girl standing with us looking stylish with charity clothes on – 1 minute 30 secs.

Interview with a worker at Topshop explaining whether they think people have to spend a lot of money to look good and whether you have to wear designer to look good – 1 minute.

5 MINUTES

Montage of magazine cuttings: high street clothes vs. designer, ‘Vogue’ by Madonna playing – 20 secs.

Slow zoom out from extreme close up to reveal a size zero model. Voiceover explaining how a lot of people have become obsessed with weight and that they think they have to be super skinny to look beautiful – 20 secs.

Interview with Vivienne Westwood about what she thinks about the size zero situation and if she would consider using over size 12 to model her clothes – 1 minute.

Archive footage of Fashion Label catwalks such as Chanel, Vivienne Westwood, Gucci and Burberry showing skinny models modelling them – 30 secs.

Our own version of a catwalk using models of different sizes wearing high street and charity shop clothes showing that they look good too - 1 minute.

Interview with Mary- Kate and Ashley Olsen (size zero fashion icons) talking about whether they think the media effects their weight and if they feel responsible for girls who look up to them and also talking about their own clothing range – 1 minute.

Interview with Kate Moss about her own label at Topshop and whether she shops more at high street or designer and which she prefers - 1 minute.

Montage of models in LBD’s, voiceover discussing ‘Does every woman have to own a little black dress and does it matter if its high street or designer?’ - 1 minute.

Big close up of programme title made out of clothes, jewellery and shoes etc – 5 secs.

ADVERT BREAK

Big close up of programme title made out of clothes, jewellery and shoes etc – 5 secs.

Interview with Anna Wintour and what she thinks about charity clothes. ‘Vogue’ by Madonna in background – 1 minute.

Formal Proposal

Title: - ‘Shabby Chic’
Topic: - Fashion- high street vs. designer and the pressure within society to look good.
Type of Documentary: - Mixed

Style of Documentary: - entertaining, informative yet informal, variety of content, quite fast moving, some slang used, fashion themed music used throughout.

Channel and Scheduling: - Channel 4, Saturday at 8:30- 9:00 pm

Target Audience: - 15- 30 years old, mostly women interested in fashion.

Primary Research needed: - locations for filming, interviews, music.

Secondary Research needed: - Magazines, Newspapers, internet research, relevant TV programmes.

Narrative Structure: - Single strand, none linear, open.

Outline of Content:
Little Black Dress- Should every woman own one?

Vox Pop- Liverpool about whether people would wear charity shop clothes.
Interviews with Primark/ Topshop about the quality of their items and status.
Interview with designers (e.g. Vivienne Westwood) – Cavern Walks
Footage in charity shops of the goods and to show contrast of how many people shop in them.
Montage of high street shop logos.
Size Zero- the issues with the models and how they influence young people/ whether people feel that they have to be slim to be considered attractive (pressures within society).
Interview with size zero fashion icons- Mary- Kate and Ashley Olsen, Nicole Richie.
Celebrity clothes ranges, Katie Price underwear, Fearne Cotton, Coleen Rooney. Kate Moss for Topshop, Gwen Stefani- L.A.M.B.
Resource Requirements: - Music Videos, cat walks, websites, still images, magazine photos.
Microphones, digital camera video and still, tripod, PC, Adobe Premiere.

Documentary Ideas

We did a class brain storm of possible topics for our documentary; here is the list of what we came up with:

In our groups of three we came up with a spider diagram of the things that we associate with fashion, this was so that we could start thinking of the content of the programme and also the title.

We then decided that the documentary would be called ‘Shabby Chic’ and that it would be broadcast on Channel 4 at half past 8 on a Wednesday. We decided that the target audience for our programme should be predominantly women aged 15-30.

Questionnaire Results

Are you male of female?
Male- 11
Female- 19

This shows that our survey is slightly bias, however our target audience is more likely to be women, therefore the results will be more efficient in our decision making, for the content.
How old are you?

This shows that most of the people questioned were in the age group of 10-20 and fit into our target audience range.

What is your occupation?

This shows that most of the people in the survey were students. Therefore our results will be helpful, because we will be able to make decisions that reflect the target audience.


What is your favourite colour?

This shows that most people like the colour blue therefore we will use this colour in our graphics and opening title sequence to appeal to the audience.


What type of music do you listen to?This shows that most people listen to pop and rock music, this will influence our decisions about what music to have in the background and also whether sub-genres such as ‘goths’ and ‘indies’ clothes are influenced by the music that they listen to.

Would you ever consider buying clothes from a charity shop?
Yes- 17 No- 13

This shows that the majority of people would consider buying clothes from a charity shop. Therefore we will include a vox pop to see if people would wear clothes on a model that have come from a charity shop and record their reactions when they find out where the clothes are from. This will reflect our overall message of whether you have to spend lots of money to look good and whether you have to conform to society’s idea about fashion.

This signifies that most people would buy charity shop clothes for originality. We could potentially refer to these results in our vox pop or in the script for the voice over.

Approximately how much do you spend on clothes a month?

This shows that most people spend £10- £30 on clothes a month. This gives us an indication of whether they prefer to shop for high street clothes or whether they buy more expensive designer wear. From these results I can assume that most people prefer to shop in high street shops.

Do you prefer clothes from the high street or designer?

These results re-enforce the previous results, they show that most people prefer to shop on the high street. We may include these results in the programme to display our views.

9.) Do any celebrities influence the way you dress?
Yes- 13 No- 16

This shows that many people are not influenced by celebrities, however many people do look at celebrities as style icons. Therefore we will include interviews with celebrities about the fashion ranges and the pressures that they face in the lime light to look fashionable and attractive.
The graph below shows the celebrities which people admire and aspire to own their clothes. Therefore we will interview them in the programme.

10.) Are there any fashion trends you dislike?

This graph shows that people dislike a lot of fashions, therefore everyone’s taste in fashion are different. We may use this information in the programme to reflect the issues about looking good, regarding the style and make of the clothes that people wear. This information will contribute to the underlying theme of pressures within society.


11.) What are your favourite shops?

This shows that most people like River Island, Topshop and Newlook which are all high street shops. This information could be used in the programme and we will also include footage inside these shops and possibly have interviews with the staff and managers about their store.

Questionnaire

Audience Profile

This is Sarah Parkinson, a typical member of the target audience for our documentary. Sarah is 18 years old and attends Weatherhead Sixth Form where she studies three A Levels. Sarah enjoys spending time with her friends, any kind of music and loves chocolate.

As a group we came up with a questionnaire so that we could collate the results and make a list of possible content that we could produce that our target audience would find interesting and entertaining. Here is a copy of the questionnaire that we produced and used for our survey:

1.) Are you male or female?

2.) How old are you?
10-20 □ 21-30 □ 31-40 □ 41-50 □ 60+ □

3.) What is your occupation?


4.) What is your favourite colour?

5.) What type of music do you listen to?
Indie □
Alternative □
Pop □
Rock □
Electro □
Other □ please specify

6.) Would you ever consider buying clothes from a charity shop?

If so Why?
Good value for money □
Originality □
Other □ please specify

7.) Approximately how much do you spend on clothes a month?
£10- £30 □ £30- £60 □ £60-£90 □ £90-£120 □ £120+ □

8.) Do you prefer clothes from the high street or designer? Why?



9.) Do any celebrities influence the way you dress? If so who and why?



10.) Are there any fashion trends that you dislike? If so what are they?




11.) What are your favourite shops?

TV Scheduling

The schedule for each day can be broken down into clear segments.

How would you categorise these schedules?

- Breakfast

- Daytime

- Children's Programmes

- Peak Time

- Post Water

Who are the target audience for these segments?

- Breakfast - Differs according to the channel.

- Daytime - Housewives, elderly, unemployed, students.

- Children's Programmes - Children.

- Peak Time - Families, Mass audiences. This is shown between 7-10pm and is the most important time of the day.

- Post Watershed - Adults.

What would you say are the most popular genres on television?

- Soaps are the most popular e.g. Eastenders, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks.

- Sit-coms e.g. Friends, Skins.

- Reality T.V e.g. X-factor, Big Brother, I'm a celebrity get me out of here.

- Game Shows e.g. The Cube, Deal or No Deal.

- Cookery Programmes e.g. Ready Steady Cook, Come dine with me.

- Football - one off's, not sport in general - football matches.

Who is the target audience of each terrestrial channel?

- BBC1 - Everyone - We have to pay the license fee for it so everyone must be catered for at some time in the day.

- BBC2 - Minority Audiences, although, it has become more popular.

- ITV1 - Everyone (but this channel is not as good as BBC1 as it has no specific kids programmes, however, it does have programmes that children can watch).

- FIVE - Everyone

- Channel 4 - Everyone

Roughly, what percentage of each channel's schedule is taken up with repeats? Why do you think this is?

- BBC1 and ITV1 10% - have hardly any repeats, they have large audiences so they can afford to produce more programmes to fill up the schedule rather than repeating previously shown programmes.

- BBC2 - 30-40% - they do not have the money to be able to produce more shows therefore they must use up the schedule with repeats from previously shown programmes.

- FIVE - 40% - they do not have large audiences therefore they don not get the funding they need to make more programmes so they have to take up the schedule with repeats.

- Channel 4- 30% - they do not have a large audience so they do not get enough money in order to produce more programmes so they have to take up the rest of the schedule with repeats.

Which channels have more imported programmes in their schedule?

BBC2, Channel 4 and FIVE all have mainly imported programmes in their schedule as it is cheaper to import new programmes rather than paying to make them whereas BBC1 and ITV1 can afford to make their own programmes so they don’t have to import them.

What do you understand about the term 'The Watershed' and where does this occur in the schedule?

The term 'The Watershed' is a term used to describe programmes that will be starting from 9 o'clock onwards that are intended for adults only.

Documentary Analysis 3, 4 and 5- Marketing Meatloaf, My Shocking Story and 9- 11 Faker

Type:
Mixed

Themes:
How audiences can be manipulated by the marketing.
Narrative Structure:
Single strand
linear
factual documentary
Binary opposition – ugly V pretty (beauty and the beast)

Camerawork:
low angle of radio city music hall – establishing shot
P.O.V shot into press conference – audience positioned as being part of process
Handheld effect
Still images – close up of pictures and pans across to keep the audience interested

Mise en Scene:
Meatloaf performing at a concert in background
CD as background
logo
Meatloaf in recording studio
costume – code of attire connotes authority

Sound:
Voice over narration – plain exposition direct address commentary/description – non diagetic
sinister, dramatic, orchestral soundtrack
sinister music talking about CD – non diagetic
diagetic/non diagetic Meatloaf music

Editing:
cuts
montage – keeps focusing on name Meatloaf brand
jumps from marketing room to long take of production to show that it is being created
shot-reverse-shot – dissolves

Archive material:
Grammy Awards
Brit Awards
Press Conference
Behind the scenes on video
newspapers
Top of the Pops
The news

Graphics:
Magazine article template
Slow motion

Documentary Analysis 4- My Shocking Story

Type of Documentary:

Mixed - Interviews, Actuality Footage, Archive Material.

Themes:

Obesity and the problems it can cause in later life. (Americans).

Narrative Structure:

Single Strand - The documentary is about one topic - obesity in children. Closed narrative - All the loose ends are tied up at the end of the documentary, the audience wern't left asking any questions, all answers were given.

Camera Work:

Interviews were filmed to either the left or right hand side of the screen and were shot in Close-up or Medium Close-up. Over the shoulder shots were used throughout the documentary. Point of view shot over the state of Texas, America. Fast motion is used as children walk past.

Mise-en-scene:

CHROMAKEY - Blue or green screen used as the backdrop for some of the interviews. Eyeline of the interviews was approximately 1/3 of the way up the screen. The boy Dexter has a very boyish bedroom; blue walls, football posters etc.

Sound:

Voiceover - the narrator of the programme is male, old and speaks satndard English. No clear accent, he is used as the glue to hold the narrative together - he is used to tell the story and anchor the meaning. Relaxing, soothing music is used in the background. A train is heard going past at one point in the documentary.

Editing:

Cut and cross cutting were the main editing used in this documentary, they used simple editing to keep the audiences attention on the story rather than them being distracted by too much fancy editing.

Archive Material:

Canteen
Library
Fat Acadamy

Graphics:

Graphics used to anchor who the people being interviewed were and their relevance to the topic. The text was always on the opposite side of the screen than the interviewee. The font and colour were plain (white) to prevent to much focus on them.

Documentary Analysis 5- 911 Faker

Type Of Documentary: mixed - narrator and interviews

Theme: tragedy, terrorism

Narrative: serious toned voice over

Camera Work: closed up of barbed fence of ground zero to show intensity, steady cam when filming all interviews shows that it is personal between interviewee and audience, wide shot of people being interviewed, long shot showing the whole of NYC

Mise en Scene: interviewees in natural settings e.g. office, at home, setting for interview usually calm and relaxed and not much going on in background

Sound: end of opening sequence there are screams which represents the effect the terrorist attack had on the public, dramatic music when describing tragic events, non-diagetic sound of voices in an office behind voice over - juxtaposed with office setting, voice over reinacting womans statement of her tragic event at 9/11, voice over of extract of womans email

Editing: cuts - linking scenes together

Archieve Material: actuality footage of the events which happened on 9/11, footage of a press conference, actuality footage of journalists

Graphics: still images, name and subtitle under interviewee, opening titles, credits

(Channel 4, Saturday 12 September 2009, Also now on 4OD)

Documentary Analysis 2- That Thing

Title of programme:
That thing / Lara Croft

Type of documentary:
Mixed - Interviews, Actuality footage, Archive material.

Themes:
Icons, feminism, Power of the media, the representation of women.

Narrative Structure:
Single strand

Closed narrative

Non-Linear – It plays about with time; it is not in chronological order.

Camera Work:
Interviews were filmed either to the left or right hand side of the screen and shot in close up or medium close up

The interviewee’s eye line is approximately 1/3 of the way up the screen.

Zoom/Pans across people on computers.

Tilted framing is also used along with a big close up.

Medium close ups are used regularly throughout the documentary.

Mise-en-scene:
CHROMAKEY – Blue or green screen used as the backdrop for the interviews. A lot of the chromakey, the background was out of focus to draw the audiences attention to what was in focus The person being interviewed.

All the interviews are done with good lighting.

Font projection – the projector is over the woman’s face who is being interviewed.

The creator of Lara Croft is treated like a computerised character.

Sound:
Voice over – Male – Standard English – Young. A young person is used because the topic is a game, which appeals to a younger audience. A relaxed approach is used by the man doing the voice over.

Music and sound effects from the game were used throughout the documentary.

The music used in the documentary signifies that the target audience of the documentary is younger people.

Editing:
Simple cutting is used to avoid distracting the attention of the audience from what is happening on screen.

Fast motion is used in the documentary.

Archive Material:
Websites
Extracts from the game
Emails
Nike Advert
Interview with Angelina Jolie

Graphics:
Text is always on the opposite side of the screen than the person.

The top line of text is always bigger than the bottom line of text; this draws emphasis on the persons name rather than their occupation.

Capital letters are not used.

Documentary Analysis 1- The Devil Made Me Do It

Today we analysed a documentary called ‘The Devil Made Me Do It’. This documentary highlighted whether Marilyn Manson’s music and ideals influenced 3 teenage girls to commit murder.

Type of Documentary

Mixed- Contains interviews, actuality footage, achieve material, Manson music video clips, TV programmes

Themes
Religion, Good vs. Evil (binary opposition), the power of the media- can music influence the behaviour of young people?

Narrative Structure
Single strand- one narrative- Why was the murder committed?
Open narrative- question not answered, points of view given with no definite answer.
Non Linear- flashback as to why Manson had a bad experience in Italy.

Camera Work
- Hand-held- actuality footage, so that camera person can react quickly to surroundings.
- Close up/ medium close up- interviews framed either to the left or the right of the shot (conventional)
- Low angle shot of Manson- lighting on one side of the face (represent good) and the other side of his face in shadow, with white eye (evil). Duality two sides to the person.
- Slow pans across the town- day and night- sense of being quiet and deserted. Shots of deserted streets contrast with shot of busy street full of teens at the end of the programme.
- Lots of shots of religious iconography to re-enforce message.
- Press conferences- observer’s shots of viewfinder of camera and journalists to show different motives of filming conference.
- Shots of Manson’s gig- observing
- Police shot outside door through glass- trying to get in on the action but there is a physical barrier.

Mise-en-scene
- Interviews- reflects life and occupation- e.g. police chief placed behind desk with hat placed nearest to the camera.
- Contrasts between what Manson stands for (against government, religion and the establishment) goes to McDonalds- shows he is just like everyone else, going against his beliefs and that he is a hypocrite.

Sound
- Voice over of Narrator- male, quite young, standard English (everyone can understand), no clear accent- purpose of the voiceover- glue that holds the narrative together.
- Voice over’s used to translate Italian- English with Italian accent- anchor that the audience is watching an Italian person. The age and gender of the translator also matched the visuals.
- Music- reflected subject matter/ mood e.g. Religious choral music
- Sound effects e.g. heart beat, stabbing sound
- Manson’s music

Editing-
- Cut, cross cutting
- Montage- from later in the programme- teaser of what is coming up
- Fade to black/from black- used to signal end of scene, take from one place to another
- Created pace- frenetic pace- busy streets
- Slow motion- fans arriving at the gig
- Juxtaposition- religious music over images of teenagers swearing highlights good vs. evil.

Codes and Conventions of Docmentary Genre

Narrative Structure
• Open, Closed and Circular Narrative are used to provoke interest or debate on the topic.
• Linear or non linear.
• Single Strand is used to inform and entertain, if a multistrand is used it could confuse the audience as documentaries are usually on one topic or issue.

Camera Work
• Framing to the left or right side of the screen when filming an interview.
• Eye line is one third (1/3) of the way up the screen on interviewees.
• Medium close up or close up is used during interviews.
• Handheld for actuality footage so the person with the camera can react to action and what is going on around them.
• Variety of shot types and camera movement is used, to sustain the audience’s interest.
• Pan/zoom are used on still images, not very often you get a shot of a still photograph.

Mise-en-scene
• The background behind interviews This can either be:
- Chromakey
- Location
- Backdrop
• Anchors the audience to the subject matter or shows the purpose of the person being interviewed.
• Lighting can be used creatively on interviews.

Sound
• Voice over (the narrator) is in Standard English.
• The narration is the glue that holds the narrative together; it sets the scene or introduces the topic and the beginning, links items or concludes the narrative.
• The age and gender of the narrator is usually relative to the target audience or the subject matter.
• Juxtaposition can be used when the narrator doesn’t relate to the subject matter or the target audience e.g. ‘ A males show has a female narrator’
• Celebrities can sometimes be the narrator.
• Music as a bed (a music bed) can be used, this is background music is used, images and speech is used on top of it, the music must be relevant to the topic.
• The music or bed is used to heighten the emotion.
• All questions are edited out (the audience doesn’t hear them).
• Background noise/sound on interviews is kept to a minimum.
• Sound effects are used in reconstructions, not used on interviews as this could offer a false picture.

Editing
• Cut is the most common edit.
• Editing is unnoticeable so the audience’s attention is kept on the subject matter and what is happening on screen rather than the editing.
• Dissolve is also used as this is reasonably unnoticeable.
• Editing effects are kept to a minimum e.g. slow motion.
• All questions are edited out.
• Fade to and from black are used.
• Montage can be used at the beginning of the documentary to give the audience a flavour of what the documentary is about.
• Montage on a topic, different clips from interviews or archive material to emphasise a point.

Archive Material
• Film extracts
• Videos
• TV
• Newspapers
• Magazines
• Audio
• Websites
• Still images
• All relevant to what is being talked about and relevant to the subject matter behind the documentary

Graphics
• Title is unique in someway to make it stand out.
• Logo is unique.
• The name and the relevance to the topic anchors who the interviews are.
• The name is in a larger size than the occupation of the person being interviewed.
• Simple colour and typo graphics are used.
• Credits scroll up at the end and include a tribute to all archive material.
• Superimposed over archive material.
• To anchor a period of time.
• Subtitles are used where necessary.

Construction of Reality

• Construction of reality means that it is constructed for the audience.
• Gate keeping is a term that refers to the selection and rejection of information. Make decisions of what goes in the documentary
  
  Different types of narrative structure:
  There are six main types of narrative structure used when making a documentary:
  
  Open
  There are loose ends and questions are left unanswered. The audience is left to make up their own mind.
  
  Closed
  All loose ends are tied up. No questions are remaining in the mind of the audience.
  
  Single Strand
  One narrative running throughout the documentary.
  
  Multi Strand
  More than one narrative running throughout, they sometimes cross over or converge.
  
  Linear
  Follows chronological order. Events follow the order of time i.e. things happen in order.
  
  Non Linear
  Doesn’t follow time e.g. flashbacks can be used and flash forwards.
  
  Circular Narrative
  Is usually a documentary that begins with a question and throughout the programme you get evidence which could answer the question. There are normally two sides to the answer. At the end of the documentary it goes back to the question (in a circle) Start and end point is the same.

Documentaries

We had a class discussion on documentaries that we have seen and their purpose. This was so that we could start to produce our own research in preparation for the production of our own documentaries. This is the research we gathered:

Documentaries
A record of something
Purpose of documentaries- to inform and entertain
To document i.e. report with evidence something that has actually happened. It can show this by using actuality footage or reconstructions. So it is like a historical record.
Documentaries are mediated to an audience. They undergo a creative process e.g. picked out emotive facts, music used to heighten emotion, footage, dramatic reconstruction.

Types of Documentary

Fully Narrated- e.g. National History documentaries
An off screen voice over is used to make sense of the visuals and anchor their meaning.

Fly on the wall- origins of cinema varité. The camera is observing real life as it happens and the participants are ‘’unaware’’ of the cameras presence.

Mixed- using a combination of interview, actuality observation and narration to advance the narrative. Uses a wide variety of material.

Self- reflexive- when the subjects of the documentary acknowledge the presence of the camera and often speak directly to the film maker.

Docu-drama- re-enactment of events as they are supposed to of actually happened.

Docu-soap- genre originated in the UK, examples of this include; ‘Driving School’, ‘Airline’ and ‘Rat Catchers’. It is a multi-strand narrative that follows different characters throughout the programme and it is usually occupation based.

Course Outline

Course Outline

In our media lesson today, we were told what to expect during the course of the year and what we would be completing in terms of coursework and exams.

Coursework

For our coursework we have to do these:
- TV Documentary- opening 5 minutes
- Newspaper advert promoting our documentary
- A radio advert promoting our documentary
- Blog

Exam
‘Critical perspectives in Media’
A) Theoretical evaluation of production
1) Skills development
- Digital technology
- Creativity
- Research and planning
- Post production
- Using conventions from real Media texts
2) Evaluate one production in relation to a media concept: - genre, narrative, representation, audience, media language.
B) Contemporary media issues
Media and collective identity
‘We Media’ and democracy