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Analysis in relation to other texts Example My feature My feature is about the Olympics and how youth are affected by the Olympics. This is a very mainstream idea as this would affect a lot of people young and old. Therefore I decided I was going to look specifically how the youth was affected in the local areas surrounding the Olympics. Within this I would look to get different opinions on how this has affected youth from young people and people who are connected to youth such as universities. Here is a link to my documentary; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUaWfkpqQqs Old Text The content of this documentary is about a young boy looking to participate at the 2000 Sydney Olympics for the host country. This documentary involved a lot around his personal life and his family as his parents and he both spoke about his life growing up and how the Olympic preparation has affected this. They also spoke with his coach about how he developing towards participating in the Olympics. Here is a link to the old text documentary; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEP9c2cjqIY New Text The content of this documentary is about the development of a young diver called Tom Daley running up to the London 2012 game, this documentary includes footage of his parents and coaches being interviewed about tom Daley. This documentary looks into tom Daley’s background as well as his so you get to know about the athlete not just that he is an Olympic diver for the Great Britain national team. Here is a link to the new text documentary; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRfj4skYePA

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Analysis  in  relation  to  other  texts  

Example    

My  feature    

My  feature  is  about  the  Olympics  and  how  youth  are  affected  by  the  Olympics.  This  is  a  very  mainstream  idea  as  this  would  affect  a  lot  of  people  young  and  old.  Therefore  I  decided  I  was  going  to  look  specifically  how  the  youth  was  affected  in  the  local  areas  surrounding  the  Olympics.  Within  this  I  would  look  to  get  different  opinions  on  how  this  has  affected  youth  from  young  people  and  people  who  are  connected  to  youth  such  as  universities.    

Here  is  a  link  to  my  documentary;    

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUaWfkpqQqs  

 

Old  Text    

The  content  of  this  documentary  is  about  a  young  boy  looking  to  participate  at  the  2000  Sydney  Olympics  for  the  host  country.  This  documentary  involved  a  lot  around  his  personal  life  and  his  family  as  his  parents  and  he  both  spoke  about  his  life  growing  up  and  how  the  Olympic  preparation  has  affected  this.  They  also  spoke  with  his  coach  about  how  he  developing  towards  participating  in  the  Olympics.    

Here  is  a  link  to  the  old  text  documentary;    

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEP9c2cjqIY  

New  Text    

The  content  of  this  documentary  is  about  the  development  of  a  young  diver  called  Tom  Daley  running  up  to  the  London  2012  game,  this  documentary  includes  footage  of  his  parents  and  coaches  being  interviewed  about  tom  Daley.  This  documentary  looks  into  tom  Daley’s  background  as  well  as  his  so  you  get  to  know  about  the  athlete  not  just  that  he  is  an  Olympic  diver  for  the  Great  Britain  national  team.  

Here  is  a  link  to  the  new  text  documentary;  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRfj4skYePA  

 

 

 

 

 

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Content    

My  Feature    

My  feature  is  different  compared  to  both  the  old  and  new  text  as  these  documentaries  are  aimed  at  one  person  who  is  looking  to  take  part  in  the  Olympics  whereas  my  documentary  is  looking  to  see  the  positive  and  negative  effects  on  how  the  Olympics  have  affected  youth  in  the  local  communities.  I  could  not  find  any  documentary’s  sustaining  the  same  angle  on  the  Olympics  as  mine  as  I  think  this  is  a  very  niche  topic  within  the  Olympics  as  a  whole.    However  my  content  of  my  documentary  was  similar  to  the  old  text  as  it  had  cuts  from  the  news  reports  within  both  documentaries.    

 

 

 

 

 

 

Old  Text    

This  documentary  is  very  different  from  my  documentary  as  the  angle  of  this  documentary  is  of  a  young  boy  and  the  upbringing  of  him  to  becoming  part  the  Olympic  team  for  Sydney  2000.  Within  this  documentary  it  gives  you  background  knowledge  of  the  kid.  From  this  knowledge  you  learn  how  old  he  is,  where  he  lives,  what  sort  of  upbringing  he  has  had  and  his  hobbies  and  interests.  You  find  this  information  from  several  interviews  from  family  members  and  coaches  and  the  boy  himself.  In  contrast  to  my  documentary  where  my  angle  is  not  based  on  one  person  it  is  based  on  an  age  group,  however  there  are  still  similarities  between  this  and  my  documentary  as  they  both  have  interviews  with  how  the  Olympics  will  affect  youth.    

New  Text    

This  documentary  is  similar  content  to  my  documentary  as  they  interview  several  professionals  about  how  the  Olympics  if  affecting  Tom  Daley.  This  is  the  same  as  I  spoke  to  several  people,  Chris  Cummins,  mike  gapes  and  Elizabeth  Egan  to  get  their  views  on  the  Olympics  and  how  this  will  affect  youth  in  the  local  community.  This  documentary  also  is  quite  different  to  my  documentary  as  it  does  not  contain  any  Vox  Pops  or  views  from  the  public  whereas  mine  does.  

 

 

 

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Mode  of  Address  

 

My  Feature    

The  mode  of  address  used  in  my  documentary  was  informal;  this  documentary  also  consists  of  an  indirect  mode  of  address  and  is  very  upbeat.  This  was  the  mode  of  address  for  my  documentary  as  this  is  what  would  appeal  to  them  the  most,  rather  than  having  a  slow  and  formal  documentary.  Although  some  of  the  interviews  within  my  documentary  were  formal  this  still  worked  well  with  the  rest  of  my  documentary  as  it  gave  it  a  good  balance.    

 

 

 

 

 

The  locations  I  used  where  casual  and  easy  to  access  for  my  target  audience.  My  target  audience  would  either  go  to  these  locations  or  the  locations  I  used  where  landmarks  that  would  be  well  known  by  my  target  audience.    

 

 

 

Old  Text      

This  documentary  is  completely  in  contrast  to  my  documentary  as  it  is  very  formal  and  direct  to  the  audience.  Even  in  the  interviews  with  the  young  boy  and  family  the  mode  of  address  is  kept  very  formal  and  direct.  As  this  documentary  is  quite  old  and  with  this  mode  of  address  then  this  documentary  would  be  aimed  at  a  much  older  target  audience  then  mine  indicating  why  there  is  a  difference  in  the  mode  of  addresses.    

The  presenter  pieces  to  camera  are  very  formal  and  direct,  he  comes  across  very  posh  which  would  not  appeal  to  my  documentary  target  audience  as  the  people,  he  is  also  dressed  very  smart  in  a  suit  which  wouldn’t  appeal  to  my  target  audience  as  none  would  wear  suits  unless  they  were  in  school  or  sixth  form.  This  connotes  that  the  old  text  is  aimed  at  a  much  older  target  audience.  

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New  Text    

This  documentary  is  quite  new  and  sustains  a  very  similar  mode  of  address  to  my  documentary  as  overall  I  would  say  this  documentary  is  informal  and  indirect  however  there  as  parts  where  this  documentary  comes  across  quite  formal.  For  example  the  voice  overs  within  this  documentary  come  across  very  direct  and  formal,  however  the  interviews  with  Tom  Daley’s  coach  and  father  and  very  informal  and  come  across  chatty  which  helps  the  documentary  appeal  to  a  younger  target  audience  then  the  old  text.    In  the  new  text  people  are  dressed  very  casual  in  shirt  and  jeans,  which  gives  the  documentary  a  laidback  and  informal  mode  of  address.    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here  is  two  interviews  one  with  Tom  Daley’s  father  and  one  with  his  coach  wearing  casual  clothes.  Such  as  jeans  and  a  shirt  or  a  polo  and  jumper.  This  helps  with  the  informal  mode  of  address  as  it  gives  the  documentary  a  casual  feel  to  it.    

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Conventions  

My  feature  

In  my  documentary  I  feel  that  I  used  a  range  of  conventions  throughout  my  documentary,  these  being;  archive  footage,  graphics,  music,  voice  over,  interviews,  vox  pops,  transitions  and  signing  on  and  off  from  presenter.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here  is  a  screenshot  of  some  archive  footage  I  used  in  my  documentary  of  the  announcement  of  London  winning  the  Olympics  for  2012.    

Here  is  a  screenshot  of  the  style  of  graphics  I  used  throughout  my  documentary.    

Here  is  a  screenshot  of  my  presenter  Damiano  Shehu  signing  on.    

Here  is  a  screenshot  of  one  of  my  Vox  Pops  in  Stratford.    

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For  the  music  I  used  mainstream  artists  that  my  target  audience  would  know  and  appeal  to  them.    I  songs  I  used  were  Labrinth  earthquake  instrumental,  Coldplay  paradise,  Louder  and  Example.  These  are  all  well  known  musicians  and  all  these  songs  a  mainstream  to  my  audience.  

 

 

Old  Text    

The  conventions  in  my  old  documentary  were  similar  to  most  that  I  had  included  in  my  documentary.  The  conventions  in  this  documentary  were;  sign  in  and  sign  off,  interviews,  archive  footage  and  graphics.    

The  difference  between  the  conventions  we  used  was  voice  over,  music  and  vox  pops.  The  reason  this  documentary  does  not  include  vox  pops  because  they  do  not  need  to  get  the  public  opinion  on  the  matter  as  the  documentary  is  about  a  14  year  old  boy  and  becoming  and  getting  an  Olympic  spot.  However  vox  pops  could  have  been  included  of  the  boy’s  family  members  talking  about  the  boy  who  would  of  gave  the  documentary  more  humour  and  fast  paced.      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New  Text    

The  new  text  is  more  similar  to  mine  as  it  included  much  more  conventions  then  the  old  documentary.    This  documentary  included  voice  over,  graphics,  interviews,  music,  and  archive  footage.  Other  then  these  conventions  this  documentary  was  also  quite  different  as  not  at  any  point  during  the  documentary  was  the  presenter  on  screen  whereas  in  mine  I  had  about  3  or  4  parts  where  my  presenter  was  on  screen.  Not  having  a  presenter  does  not  make  this  documentary  bad  as  they  include  a  clear  voice  over  throughout  the  documentary.  I  feel  this  gives  the  documentary  a  more  formal  and  serious  feel  to  the  documentary  as  you  cant  see  the  person  your  talking  to.  Although  for  this  type  of  documentary  it  is  just  affective  as  having  a  presenter.  

Here  is  a  graphic  of  the  Logo  of  the  company  producing  the  documentary.    

Here  is  a  screenshot  of  an  interview  from  the  old  text.  

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The  music  in  this  documentary  was  very  different  to  mine  as  I  used  mainstream  songs  that  would  appeal  to  my  younger  target  audience  of  16-­‐24  year  olds,  however  this  documentary  only  one  piece  of  music  which  was  like  a  melody  at  the  beginning.    

 

   

 

 

 

Style  and  Form  

My  Feature    

In  my  documentary  I  wanted  it  to  be  like  other  sports  documentary.  I  wanted  there  to  be  a  vast  variety  of  shots  and  the  music.  The  range  of  shots  would  appeal  to  my  target  audience,  as  this  would  allow  my  documentary  to  be  fast  paced  and  would  look  good  when  changing  from  shot  to  shot.    The  music  helped  the  style  and  form  of  my  documentary  a  lot  as  the  music  was  very  mainstream  and  in  the  charts.  This  is  similar  to  other  sports  documentaries,  as  they  would  use  upbeat  music  like  what  I  used.  I  felt  that  my  opening  set  the  style  for  an  upbeat  and  fast  documentary  as  I  used  Labrinth  earthquake,  which  is  very  upbeat  and  fast.  This  would  appeal  to  my  audience  as  it  has  such  a  distinctive  beat  it  is  recognisable  straight  away.  I  continue  to  use  similar  fast  or  upbeat  pieces  throughout  the  rest  of  my  documentary.  Below  are  a  variety  of  shots  I  used  throughout  my  documentary.  

 

 

This  convention  is  of  the  interviews  between  both  New  text  and  my  feature.  These  shots  are  both  similar  side  on  shots  for  the  interviews,  which  shows  that  they  are  not  being  direct  to  audience.  Both  these  shots  also  having  talking  space  which  is  the  space  between  the  way  they  are  facing  and  the  edge  of  the  shots.  For  example  in  my  shot  on  the  right  the  talking  space  includes  Mike  Gapes  desk,  which  connotes  the  location,  is  in  his  office  whereas  the  other  is  against  a  plan  wall.  

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Old  Text    

The  old  text  has  very  few  similarities  to  my  documentary.  The  only  similarities  that  our  documentaries  shared  were  the  presenter’s  pieces  to  camera  as  they  were  both  are  talking  straight  to  the  camera.  The  reason  for  not  many  similarities  is  because  this  documentary  was  very  formal  and  this  is  what  I  was  not  going  for  as  I  was  going  for  a  more  informal  and  casual  mode  of  address.    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New  Text    

In  this  documentary  I  felt  the  style  was  very  modern.  Everything  was  very  clean  and  simple  for  example  graphics  used  in  the  documentary  were  plain  white  but  still  stood  out  which  gave  this  documentary  feel  fresh  and  clean.  The  shots  in  this  documentary  were  similar  to  mine  as  I  felt  they  worked  very  well  within  the  new  text  documentary  and  would  also  work  well  in  my  documentary  therefore  both  documentaries  consisted  of  similar  shots.  For  example  in  the  interviews  in  my  documentary  I  had  talking  space  so  It  doesn’t  feel  like  there  talking  straight  to  the  camera.    

I  also  felt  the  editing  within  this  documentary  was  good  as  the  cutting  of  shots  allowed  the  documentary  to  keep  a  fast  pace  feel  to  it.  I  also  felt  this  would  suit  my  documentary  so  In  interviews  I  tried  to  cut  them  down  as  much  as  possible  to  get  the  most  relevant  information  out  of  the  interview.  

 

 

 

As  you  can  see  both  of  these  shots  are  very  similar  opening  shots  where  both  presenters  sign  on  talking  straight  direct  to  the  camera.  

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Technology  

My  Feature    

I  think  that  for  my  documentary  I  used  standard  technology  that  was  provided  by  my  school.    I  feel  that  the  equipment  was  good  enough  for  what  I  was  filming  although  I  would  have  preferred  to  film  on  a  HD  camera  so  the  shots  would  of  come  out  more  clearer  as  the  come  out  blurry  on  the  normal  Panasonic  Camera  I  was  given.    

I  also  think  the  editing  programme  iMovie  on  the  Mac  was  good  enough  for  what  I  wanted  to  do  to  my  documentary  as  it  had  a  wide  range  of  transitions  and  sound  effects  to  chose  from.  Although  If  I  had  more  time  I  would  have  like  to  move  my  work  over  to  Final  Cut  pro  where  you  can  add  more  effects  to  clips  and  also  make  better  graphics  using  the  Live  Type  software.  If  I  was  to  use  the  Live  type  software  I  would  of  made  more  animated  and  clearer  graphics  and  as  I  had  to  create  them  on  IMovie  I  felt  this  let  down  my  documentary  as  they  didn’t  fit  with  what  I  was  planning.    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Old  Text    

For  the  old  documentary  you  can  tell  that  the  technology  used  back  then  is  a  lot  less  developed  then  today  as  the  shots  are  very  blurry  and  pixelated.  However  the  way  they  used  the  technology  is  to  a  very  high  standard  as  all  the  shots  have  been  filmed  properly.  The  sound  of  very  presenter  and  interviewee’s  is  very  weak  and  muffled  so  it  is  hard  to  understand  them  in  parts.    

 

 

For  these  shots  they  are  very  clever  how  it  was  cut  and  edited  as  the  first  shot  was  of  him  giving  instructions  to  Tom  Daley  with  a  cutaway  of  a  dive  then  it  went  to  Andy  Banks  interview,  which  I  thought  was  very  good  as  you  already  know  who  the  guy  is  before  the  interview.  

As  you  can  see  even  though  the  graphics  on  the  new  text  is  just  white  it  is  more  effective  and  stylish  then  the  graphics  on  my  documentary.  

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New  Text    

The  new  text  would  be  using  much  better  equipment  then  me  as  the  BBC  are  the  producers  of  this  documentary,  where  they  are  going  to  have  the  highest  quality  equipment  to  film  with.  The  camera  used  was  probably  HD  as  the  footage  is  very  clear  when  watching  it  and  they  probably  also  used  a  Boom  Mic  for  interviews  to  pick  up  the  sound  very  clearly.  They  probably  also  used  some  lighting  for  certain  interviews  to  allow  all  the  focus  on  the  interviewee’s.    

 

As  you  can  see  from  the  screenshot  that  the  graphic  is  quite  pixelated  in  this  documentary  due  to  them  not  having  the  same  technology  as  we  have  today.  

From  these  three  screenshots  you  can  Cleary  see  that  the  new  text  documentary  by  the  BBC  is  filmed  in  HD  and  with  much  better  quality  equipment  compared  to  both  the  old  documentary  and  my  documentary.