Micheal Jackson and Bubbles: The Untold Story

Type:
Mixed

Themes:

• Friendship


• Companionship

Narrative Structure:

• Closed


• Non - Linear


• Single strand
  

Camerawork:

• Interview: framed ot left or right of the screen, medium close - up or close - up, the eyeline is a 1/3 way down the screen.


• BIV and tracking of / through Neverland.


• Low shot a monkeys in the tree which shows that they are powerful.


• Close - up of Bubbles the monkey in a cage which is being filmed by a handheld camera and and this shows upset and distress.


• Extreme close - up of La Toya's face which shows that she is upset.


• Long shot of the car La Toya is in.


• Two shot of Patti and La Toya in the grass.


• POV shot from Bubbles eye's looking at La Toya.


• Long shot of La Toya and Bubbles

Mise - en - scene:

• The nature reserve were Bubbles now lives.


• The interview backgrounds tell us what sort of person they are and what sort of things they do.


• Dr Jane Goddall has the background of monkey's which conotes that she works with monkey's and she works now with Bubbles.
  

Sound:

• Main sound is Micheal Jackson's music.


• Voiceover: Male, 30 years old, American.


• There are sound effects are of a camera shutter.


• The music complements the mood.
  

Editing:

• Cuts.


• The interviewee speaks about a topic and it will cut to a video clip that is related to what the interviewee has just said.

Archive Material:

• Music Videos.


• Photographs.


• Home Videos.


• Newspaper.


• Chat shows.


• Magazines.


• News Footage.
  

Graphics:

• Font:

Extrodinary People - Haley the 96 year old school

Type:

• Mixed
  

Themes:

• School


• Size


• Loneliness


• Illness
  

Narrative Structure:

• Closed


• Non - Linear


• Single Strand
  

Camerawork:

• Interview: Framed left or right of the screen, medium close - up or close - up and eye line 1/3 way down the screen.


• Tracking shot of Haley on a pier.


• Close - up of Haley.


• Extreme close - up.


• Panning shot of Haley walking through the airport.


• Handheld family camera inside the hospital.


• Long and wide shot of Boston.
  

Mise - en - scene:

• Haley's school


• Haley's House


• Airport


• Boston


• Hospital


• All of the places have a different meaning but they all conote the documentary and what is happening at the exact moment.
  

Sound:

• Voiceover: Male, 30 years old, standard English, clear voice.


• Hapy Music.


• Noises of Boston.


• Noises of in a hospital e.g. the hospital machines.

Editing:

• Cuts


• The interview runs over the shots rather than actaully seeing the interview.

Archive Material:

• Pictures from every episode at the right start of the documentary.


• Clips of Haley playing.

Graphics:

• Font: Basic, White, Simple.

TV Scheduling - 3 main terms

Inheritance - scheduling a programme after a popular programme in the hope that it will inherit some of the audience from the popular programme.

Pre - echo - scheduling a programme before a popular programme in hope that the audience will tune in before the end of the programme and catch the end and decide to watch the whole episode next time it is on.

Hammocking - scheduling a programme between two popular programmes to get some audience from both of the popular programme.

TV Scheduling

The schedules for each day can be broken down into clear segments. How would you catergorise these segments?

1. Breakfast TV
2. Day time TV
3. Children TV
4. Family TV
5. Adult / Evening TV

Who are the target audience for these segments?

1. Children / Teenagers
2. Adults / Elderly
3. Children
4. Families
5. Adults / Elderly

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

• Soap operas
• Sitcoms
• Talk shows
• Game shows
• Films

Who is the target audience of each terrestial channel?

• BBC 1 = everyone / anyone
• BBC 2 = educated audience - children in the morning
• ITV 1 = everyone / anyone
• Channel 4 = young adults + adults + teenagers
• Five = everyone / anyone

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

• To fill up the schedule.
• Its cheap.
• Producers save money.

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

• Channel 4 + Five - Have not got as much money so it is cheaper to import.
• Cheaper to import a programme rather than make a new programme.

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

• It is 9 O'clock.
• Watershed - getting rid of chidren so that they can play more adult programmes.

Codes and Conventions of the Documentary Genre

Narrative, Editing, Sound, Camerawork, Archive Material, Mise - en - scene, Graphics

• Single strand
• Cut is the most common edit.
• Editing techniques may be used on actuality footage and archive material.
• Well paced.
• Voiceover - hold the narrative together.
• Voiceover - gender is sometimes relevant depending on the topic.
• Voiceover - relevant age to the topic.
• Voiceover - standard english.
• Relevant music.
• Creative and varied camerawork.
• Conventional framing on interviews.
• Camera usually on a tripod.
• Interviewee sits down and on a stable chair.
• Still images etc. zoom in or out.
• Variety of relevant material.
• If chromakey is used it shouldn't detract from the interview.
• Graphics are used to anchor who the person is and what they do and when or where something has happened / happening.

That Thing - Lara Croft

Type

• Mixed.

Theme:

• Power of the media.


• Representation of women.

Narrative Structure

• Closed.


• Non - Linear.


• Single strand.

Camerawork

• Interviews - framed left or right of screen, extreme close - up, medium close - up or close - up, eyes 1/3 way down.


• High and Low angles.


• Panning shot of sheet for competition.


• Tracking - when people are all on the computers.


• Titled frame shots.

Mise - en - scene

• CHROMAKEY (blue or green screen)


• Chromakey background - the game.


• Chromakey background were out of focus.


• Front projection over some people's faces.

Sound

• Voiceover - male, 20s, a person who would play the game.


• Sound of game - gun fire.


• Music of game.


• Madonna's track - interviewee mentioned Madonna.

Editing

• Cutting.


• Tinted screen of guy interviewee in a fake computer screen - he was the creator / inventor of the game.


• Fast motion - camera going in cybercafe.
  
  

Archive Material

• Clips of Lara Croft tomb raider games and movie.


• Websites about Lara Croft.


• Angelina Jolie interview.
  

Graphics

• Name and job of the interviewees.


• What the person does within the game - it says 'that thing' at the end of every graphic which is saying that it is that thing that the person does within the game e.g. creator / producer.


• Basic, simple, sanserif, white font.

The Music Biz - The Marketing of Meatloaf

Type of documentary:

• Mixed

Themes:

• Power of media to influence audience behaviour


• Creation of image for a band or singer


• Marketing of music
  

Narrative Structure:

• Non - Linear


• Closed


• Single strand

Camerawork:

• Interviews - framed to left or right of screen, medium close - up or close - up and eyeline 1/3 way down screen (conventional).


• Variety of camework.


• Different shot types.


• Camera movement.


• High and Low angle used.


• POV shot of someone walking into a betting office.


• Handheld camera - behind the scenes of music video.


• Two shots of meatloaf and produce.

Mise - en - scene:

• CHROMAKEY (blue of green screen).


• Background of chromakey is archive, actiality footage related to the interview that is happening.
  

Sound:

• Voiceover - Sarcastic, Male, standard english, calm and clear delivery - intertwined with the footage.


• Meatloaf's music.

Editing:

• Intervies dissolve in and out.


• Intercutting / crosscutting between interviews to construct the narrative.


• They freeze the background when the interview fades in so that people are not distracted by the background.


• Crosscut - behind the scenes video and actual video.


• BAD EDITING - Just flipped a guy over makes it look like two interviews even though it is actually just one.

Archive Material:

• Magazine covers.


• CD covers.


• Music videos.


• Clips of him performing.


• TV shows.


• Award shows.


• Mr Blobby music video.


• Village people music video.


• Newspapers


• News reports.


• Chromakey background.
  

Graphics:

• Title of documentary.


• Series logo.


• Name of person on screen.


• Jobs of person on screen.


• What the person is to the documentary topic.


• Simple, white, serif, italic font.