Questionnaire

Evaluation

My preliminary task of making a documentary had many positives as well as negatives. For example, it had good music, cut aways and mise-en-scene. These were all keys points in my task which I personally took a lot of time thinking about and producing. It was framed properly, with the mise-en-scene positioned properly. The lighting was good and effective and suited the theme of the documentary. However the bad points needed to be improved and could not be repeated in my coursework. This included not using a tripod. This caused the filming to be shakey and didn't look professional. The interviewee wasn't facing the right was and it also made the documentary look very unprofessional. The cut aways needed to be over the actual interview, not at the end of each question and there should have been a music bed throughout the whole documentary. Also, I should have used cuts from each frame rather than a cross fade.

Inital Plans

Topic: Milk Target Audience: 25+ Channel: BBC1 Scheduling: 7:30pm Title: Man's Milk

TV Scheduling 2

TV Scheduling 1

Tv scheduling

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

6:00am-11:30 am- Childrens programmes/Adult News

Midday- Magazine programmes (Bargain Hunt) for retired, students and stay at home Mothers

3:00pm-5:00pm- Childrens programmes after school (especially BBC1)

6:00pm-9:00pm- Dramas/soaps/hospital dramas.

6:30pm-7:00pm- News

9:00pm-11:00pm- Comedy and strong adult content (Big Brother Channel 4)

Who are the target audiences for these segments?

Depending on the times it varies from Some middle aged adults, some Oap's. Whereas after school programmes are specifically targetted at children. Tv is rarely specifically targetted for teens apart from some programmes on channel 4, but they are mostly targetted for what people like and not a certain age group. For breakfast shows it is aimed broadly at adults and children as this is a time when both ages are getting ready for work or school, or elderly people are waking up and watching morning news.

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

I would say the most popular genres are: Soaps and Dramas, Magazine shows, Chat shows & News.

Who is the target audience of each terestrial channel? including examples.

BBC1- Mass audience- teen to 30+ (Eastenders) and for kids programmes aimed at young children.

BBC2- Middle aged (Eggheads) and Niche for Children.

ITV1- Mixed wide audience- predominantly Female audience (X-Factor) in the morning (Loose Women).

CHANNEL 4- Niche channel- People who like certain things eg sport (Paralympics), childrens programmes (Hoobs), Mixed audience (Come dine with me) This channel is specific at times but mostly it's for mass audiences.

CHANNEL 5- Mostly a male audience, programmes such as Police Chase and Car shows.

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

Roughly 30% This is because it is cheaper to repeat programmes than to broadcast new ones.

Which channels have more imported programmes in their schedules? Why do you think this might be?

CHANNEL 5- Australian/American soaps (Home & Away), (Neighbours).

CHANNEL 4- Simpsons is an American cartoon.

These channels have a specific target audience and also it may be because its cheaper to import programmes from other countries.

What do you understand by the term watershed' and where does this occur in the schedules?

Shows broadcasted after 9:00pm are programmes involved in the Watershed. These are usually shows that involve slight adult humour or are not age !2+ rated films also programme containing adult content involving slight violence and sexual scenes and maybe drug use.

After 11:00pm It is even more explicit involving extreme violence, intimate sexual scenes and Drug abuse. There is a second 'Watershed' as some children may be old enough for 12+films but when programmes become more agressive there is another time slot for films such as these.

'Get Smart' Documentary

Editing 'It's Good to Talk'

Editing 'It's Good To Talk' (Get Smart) on Prezi

Filming 'It's Good to Talk' ('Get Smart')

• We organised the day previous that we would be using a mutual friend for the interview who we thought would be suitable to use.
• We printed off the background to create the mise-en-scene before meeting the interviewee.
• We then met the interviewee and went to a classroom so that there was no background noise in our documentary.
• We asked her all of the pre-wrote questions and used a variety of camera angles throughout the filming of the documentary.
• We made sure that she answered all of the questions properly and clearly, asking her to answer the question by saying the question at the beginning for example,
  
  Q) How often do you use your mobile?
  A) I use my phone around 5-6 times a day.

• While recording the interview we also took pictures to document that we had done it.

The filming process was a very fun, relaxed enjoyable experience which gives me positive thoughts on my future coursework.

Planning 'It's Good to Talk' (Get Smart)

Filming 'It's Good To Talk' (Get Smart) on Prezi

Codes & Conventions of Filming and Editing an Interview

The Codes and Conventions of a Documentary

Codes and conventions
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The Music Biz: Marketing Meatloaf

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How It's Made

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