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    Captions from a BBC documentary,

    Too Much Too Young

    A2 Media Studies: Coursework Evaluation

    Our group decided to create a documentary called Perfection, based on the

    main topic ofTeenage Body Image. The style of it was a social

    documentary as it showed the media pressures and peer pressures of body

    image.

    Perfection was broadcast on Channel 4 as their Remit and

    Legal Dutiessuggest that their shows appeals to thetastes and interests of a culturally diverse society. This

    shows that Channel 4 broadcast shows which appeal to an

    ethnic mix, which is one of the reasons why this channel

    was chosen to display our documentary.

    Our target audience is predominantly females 16-24 year

    olds (teenage girls), but also males who get to see how

    females are affected by their own appearance and how

    they are actually influenced by the media. Parents of

    teenage girls and young adults would also be targeted as they may find it

    interesting how the media plays a huge part in their childrens lives today.

    In what ways does your media products use, develop or challenge

    forms and conventions of real media products?

    As our research and planning took place, we

    started to think of ideas for what to include into

    our documentary, so we watched the beginning

    of different and similar style TV documentaries,

    to get a feel of what we can include in our own

    to make it more realistic and professional. We

    also explored teen pressures to get an idea of

    what specifically affects teenagers today. One

    documentary we looked at that was very useful

    and had a similar style to our own to analyse

    and explore forms and conventions was the BBC

    documentary Too Much Too Young, which

    helped us to create a structure for our own. This

    is a clip of Too Much Too Young: Part 1 on

    YouTube -

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBJCkoc-

    ZSY&feature=player_embedded.

    One convention that is usually included in documentaries,

    and is included in Too Much Too Young is a 30 second to

    Our Group

    Channel 4 logo

    Our documentary: Clip of nails in montage.

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    Our documentary: Becky from the case studyputting mascara on and the last clip in the

    montage of the title Perfection.

    a minute long montage sequence at the beginning. In

    this convention, usually the clips and images are on

    screen for no more than a few seconds giving it a quick

    pace, making it more appealing to the audience. In Too

    Much Too Young, we see a montage at the beginning as

    soon as the programme starts with clips of the casestudies that are going to be featured in the

    documentary. It shows young girls being photographed

    and smoking suggesting what type of topics will appear

    in the programme. For our documentary, we also

    included a rapid paced, 1-minute long montage

    sequence with clips of magazines, receipts, voxpops,

    interviews, the teenage girl case study, and teenage

    students which gives the audience a sense of what is

    going to be included in the documentary, making it

    more appealing to the target audience. At the end of

    the montage, the title Perfection is shown on screen byred lipstick on a mirror, enhancing the body image topic

    as we used make up to write the title.

    Another typical convention before a

    programme begins on Channel 4 is an ident.

    This appears as a clip before a programme airs

    with the Channel 4 logo, signalling to the view that

    the documentary is about to

    begin by the voiceover telling

    them what is coming on, and if

    there are any other programmes

    on after.

    Actuality is another convention of TV documentaries. This is what thedocumentary is made of by the images, clips, and topics shown. Actuality

    isn't fake or fiction but it is real footage and shows everyday events and life.

    No actors or scripts are used in the filming process so this is what makes it

    different from fictional programmes. Our documentary involves voxpops of

    students and a teenage girl case study, making it more realistic. Too Much

    Too Young also uses this convention, by the multiple case studies, interviews

    with parents and throughout the documentary as it is of everyday life and

    the sets arent fake.

    Voiceovers or presenters are a typical convention usually used in

    documentaries. The voiceovers are there to make the images of thedocumentary easier for the viewer to understand. It's there to make sure

    Our documentary: Clips of receipts, ClothesShow website and a Reveal magazine with

    Cheryl Cole on the front cover. (All in montage).

    Channel 4 ident

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    Our documentary: Establishing shot ofmake up and skincare store, Space NK

    Too Much Too Young: Establishing shot ofteenagers house before case study

    Our Documentary: MS and MCU shots w ith captions of interviews andvoxpops

    Too Much Too Young: Sashas mum shares her

    own opinion on body image and her daughter

    that the programme flows from clip to clip. In some documentaries, the

    voiceover or presenter isn't bias and in some, they are slightly to convey a

    certain message or opinion to the audience. A voiceover is used in Too Much

    Too Young, instead of a presenter. I think this is because there are a lot of

    case studies and interviews in the documentary, which would be easily

    introduced with a voiceover to explain what is going on and what is comingup next. The voiceover always has

    to relate to what is being shown,

    otherwise, it will confuse the viewer

    and be misleading.

    Establishing shots is a convention of a documentary as

    it shows the audience the documentary is moving to

    another part, but also shows them the location. In

    Too Much Too Young, there are establishing shots of

    the teenagers houses before their case study, to show

    the audience where the location is, giving them anidea of what to expect. Some establishing shots can

    be used without an introduction by a voiceover or

    presenter, as a caption on screen can simply be replaced by this, telling the

    viewer who and where they are. In our

    documentary, we had an establishing shot of

    Space NK before the interview with Kellie, the

    manager, and another of The Sixth Form

    College, Solihull before the interview with the

    college counsellor and vox pops with students.

    We also had an establishing shot of Beckys

    house before her case study, so the audiencewere made aware the next clips

    are filmed in a home, in a real

    life setting.

    Documentaries usually consist of interviews. Without

    interviews, we might not know the

    general publics opinion about the

    topic. Questions are asked to the

    people being interviewed but the

    questions must be relevant to the

    topic of the documentary and the

    people questioned should be the primary and secondary

    target audience

    as their views

    would be more

    interesting for the viewer. There are

    also interviews with the general public

    and these are called vox pops and are

    often used to see how the general

    public feel. In Too Much Too Young,

    there are interviews of the teenagers

    parents and the mother of Sasha

    which would be our secondary

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    Our Documentary and Too Much Too

    Young: Mise En Scene Both bedrooms,pink, and informal.

    Our Documentary: Kellie, the Space NK

    manager expert opinion

    Our Documentary: Facts and Statistics in front of afashion image collage.

    audience for our own documentary, showing that opinions from people of

    different ages are varied and fascinating for the audience. In our

    documentary, we included interviews from the Space NK manager and

    college counsellor, showing their different opinions as one focused on her

    experience of customers and make up, and the counsellor expressed how

    students feel pressure to feel good. Also, conventionally, there is a captionon screen to show the audience who the person is, and the interview is

    filmed in a medium shot (MS) or medium close up (MCU) to show emphasis

    on facial expressions and the

    interviewee looks towards the

    bottom right or left hand corner of

    the screen, making it look more

    professional.

    There also has to be expert opinions where there is an

    opinion of someone who would be an expert about the

    topic. Sometimes the experts will disagree or agree withthe topic, but they are giving their opinions. Such as

    Becky in her case study agreed and disagreed with the

    questions and expressed her opinion as she is the

    teenage example in our documentary. Also, Kellie, the

    manager from Space NK, shared her opinion on where

    most teenage girls look to find the latest make-up, like magazines. In Too

    Much Too Young, the expert opinions are the girls in the case studies

    themselves because they are young children who are trying to act older than

    they are and share their opinion of why they do this.

    Another convention in our documentary and inToo Much Too Young is mise-en-scene, as both

    of our case studies are filmed in houses, creating

    an informal, welcoming and friendly vibe towards

    our young target audience. The colour scheme in

    the example documentary and our own both has

    the primary colour of pink, which connotes that they

    have stereotypically girly personalities.

    Facts and Statistics is another convention of a documentary as the

    information makes it more realistic and credible to the genre and topic. In

    our documentary, we included a collage of fashion images and then included

    captions on screen and a voiceover which read it

    out, so the audience could follow along what facts

    we had to reveal. Here is a clip of the facts and

    statistics in our documentary Perfection:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-On65u9jI0&feature=player_embedded

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    Variety of shots is another convention of documentaries as there is more

    visual footage the viewer sees to understand the impact and importance of

    the topic. Also, when we first filmed our documentary, we had hours of

    footage which we cut down and there was some we didnt use as the sound

    quality wasnt great, or the shot wasnt clear, or there was no need for it

    when we put the documentary in sequence. We used much variety of shotssuch as receipts, a shopping centre, the internet, students, make-up, and

    magazines. This helped us to communicate the topic of our documentary to

    the audience, and the depth the subject matter has on teenagers in society

    today. Documentaries use footage from other sources to show evidence and

    help support what they are saying such as internet websites.

    Basic structure of our Documentary produced in Comic Life software:

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    Our completed TV listings page

    The two listings

    page we analysedfor codes and

    conventions

    How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary

    texts?

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    Standfirst before

    the article, in alarger font size, as

    a summary about

    the article soreaders know what

    the article is

    primarily based on.The rhetorical

    question lets the

    audience question

    themselves aboutthe topic. We alsoused Impact font

    for this which is

    the same as thefont we used for

    the captions in our

    documentary.

    The layout of theimages on both

    article pages is

    similar with onemain image of the

    case study and theother two of make-

    up. They both also

    include pagenumbers, helping

    the audience to find

    the page.

    Conventionally, the

    time, date, andtitle of the

    programme are

    shown before thearticle. This makes

    the important

    details of when itwill release

    important and

    easier for ouryounger target

    audience to find onthe page, as it is

    even separated

    with lines.

    Another typical

    convention was ouruse of columns for

    our text. This

    created aprofessional look

    and made it easierfor the audience toread it, as it follows

    a particular format.

    Another typical

    convention is a

    caption which weused to anchor the

    main image of Beckyapplying lipstick. We

    labelled it as Becky,

    Obsessed Teenagerto emphasise to our

    target audience with

    our case studyexample the

    extremes people goto about body image

    and how teenagersin society respond to

    it today.

    When we analysed listings pages, we found that the main image dominates more that half ofthe page to appeal to the target audience. As we have a primary young target audience, we

    used an image of a female teenager, Becky, who was in the case study, so they can relate to it

    and it also links with the article, advertising the documentary. This is a focus image, showingshe has a main role in the documentary as a clip of her interview is also in the radio trailer.

    Our listings page was made for the Radio Times magazine, and this is emphasised as it is

    shown in the centre of the page. This shows the audience that this article is specifically madeto be advertised in this magazine only. However, even though the page is made specifically for

    a younger audience, not many of our audience look in magazines for promotional material

    about documentaries. If we advertised it else where it would be on TV, billboards, and busesas they are more visual and big, grabbing the attention of teenagers and young adults as they

    typically wouldnt read a Radio Times magazine. Although, this TV listings page is credibleand similar to the documentary, as we converted images from the documentary itself onto the

    page and the font and colour schemes are bright and appealing for our target audience.

    We also used the Adobe InDesign software to create our listings page, and edited the images in AdobePhotoshop by increasing the brightness/contrast to make them more eye-catching and bright.

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    Script for our Radio Trailer:

    V/O - Are teenage girls too obsessed with their appearance?

    [Clip from documentary - Case study Becky speaking]

    V/O - From Nails to hair and accessories, has the media influenced them in a

    positive way?

    [Clip from interview with Counsellor from The Sixth Form College]

    [Clip of voxpop of boys saying some girls look ugly without make up]( this

    created suspense and a dramatic effect at the end of the radio trailer,

    intriguing viewers to listen in and find out more about how serious this body

    image topic is on teenagers.)

    V/O - Perfection, Thursday, 8pm, on Channel 4

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    Conventionally, our radio trailer was 30

    seconds in length. It included the same person

    for the voiceover and snippets of interviews

    and voxpops to make the trailer and

    documentary similar, and to make the

    audience aware that they both related to thesame product. We used the software

    GarageBand on the Apple Mac computers to

    create our radio trailer. We mixed and created

    beats which were already installed as

    copyright free tracks on the software.

    We used rapid, upbeat tempo dance music in the background which had the

    same speed as the minute long montage at the beginning of our

    documentary, because if we used slow tempo sound, it wouldnt appeal to

    our younger target audience, and it wouldnt be similar to our documentary.

    We also used extracts from the documentary itself, giving the audience a feeland sneak peak at what will be included in the documentary, increasing

    awareness in the topic and linking them, successfully advertising the main

    product. We created our radio trailer in GarageBand by adding layers for

    each extract and audio track so it was easier to

    blend the sound and change the sound levels on

    each clip.

    However, the finished version of our radio trailer

    could have been improved. We could have done

    this by blending the sound levels more finely, and

    included a presenter and radio station who would

    release the trailer. We could have also used some

    of the same music used in the documentary so the

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    trailer and the documentary have the same sound, making it more unique

    and specific for the programme.

    But, we did include males and females in the radio trailer, emphasising to the

    listeners that both genders are targeted to watch the documentary, even

    though it is primarily aimed towards females. We also included the day, time,title and channel at the end of the trailer to summarise when and where the

    programme will air, which increases interest to watch it towards our target

    audience, but also as the information was at the end of the trailer, it would

    stay fresh in the audiences minds after they hear it.

    The radio trailer was a great way to advertise the documentary as there are

    many ways in which the target audience could have heard it such as word of

    mouth, in the car, on a stereo player, on the internet, YouTube, Facebook,

    Twitter, MySpace, blogs, podcasts and many other social networking sites.

    This increases awareness for the documentary as this form of advertising can

    be spread and heard from many places.

    Moreover, an aspect of the advertising was effective as it appealed to the

    same target audience of young females, 16-24 year olds. This is because the

    variety of shots, sound, and people interviewed all contributed so all of the

    three products targeted the same audience.

    Overall, the ancillary tasks were successful in that they both anchored the

    documentary well by including the same quotes and examples from the

    documentary itself, which fulfilled the task of promoting the main product

    and helped to establish this brand identity. I think

    they both communicate the message of whether

    teenage girls are getting too obsessed with their

    image or not, which creates a theme through them all

    and links the three texts together effectively.

    Although, internet advertising would have been more

    effective than a listings page as teenagers nowadays

    spend most of their time on the computer and on the internet, which

    suggests that promoting on here would reach our audience quicker as their

    access to the advertisements would be easier, increasing more younger

    teenagers awareness to our documentary.

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    What have you learned from your audience feedback?

    Below are the findings from our questionnaires based on our documentary

    and one of the graphs of the overall rating:

    1. Overall, how would you rate this documentary?

    Excellent Very Good Good Satisfactory Poor

    III I IIIII I

    2. Please rate the documentary on the following categories.

    Excellent Very

    Good

    Good O.K Poor

    The choice of

    topic for T.V

    IIII IIIII I

    Filming/shooting of

    appropriate

    material

    III III IIII

    Editing so

    viewer can

    understand

    meaning

    IIII II IIII

    Using sound +

    music

    appropriately

    IIII IIIII I

    Using effectssuch as

    transitions,

    captions etc

    IIIII I II II

    Appropriateness

    for target

    audience

    IIIII II III

    Professionalism/

    How well does it

    compare with

    real television

    documentaries?

    III II III II

    3. What did you like most about this documentary?

    Fast paced, good interviews, montage, variety of shots, very professional,

    good transitions, vox pops, good music, interesting, good editing, the topic.

    4. What changes would you suggest in order to improve this

    documentary?

    Sound levels, could have had background music in interviews, positioning of

    interviewee in Space NK, smoother music transitions, voiceover doesnt

    sound very professional, vox pops.

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    Overall, majority of our audience during feedback gave

    Perfection a good to excellent rating, which gave us

    the impression that our documentary was not at a poorstandard. Generally, this shows that our documentary

    received positive feedback and that we had a good

    choice of topic that teenage girls can relate to.

    I wasnt surprised at any of the feedback we received

    from our audience feedback such as the sound. This is because in some

    areas such as one voxpop, the sound was too quiet. Also, the non-diegetic

    sound in our documentary was quite quiet or loud in some areas that could

    have been improved, and was definitely noticed in our feedback as one of the

    points that could have been improved. However, we did use appropriate

    music for the genre of our documentary and a variety of tracks, but it wasthe sound levels and editing which could have been improved.

    We got a variety of opinions in our feedback for

    filming and shooting of appropriate material, as

    30% of the students rated it excellent, another

    30% rated very good, and 40% rated it good,

    showing the documentary was at a good

    standard. However, if we filmed more clips of

    professionals and the shopping centre and more

    to do with the media, we might have gained a

    higher rating in our feedback.

    Also another thing they said was a weakness was the close up shots of

    students in voxpops. Originally, these shots were two

    shots of two students, but using Final Cut Express, we

    edited the frame by zooming in on the clip and onto

    each person when they spoke so show their were many

    opinions. We knew the quality wasnt as clear when we

    did this, so we werent surprised with this feedback.

    However, we only had a small sample of ten 17-18 year

    old media students, showing that this is not an overall

    representation of our target audience of also young adults and parents of

    teenagers. This suggests our results are only representative of an older

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    teenage age group. Plus, as it was a media class, this shows that they

    viewed our documentary in an analytical way and not in a way where they

    watched it solely for the topic itself, or as a typical target audience.

    How did you use media technologies in the construction and

    research, planning and evaluation stages?

    When we started this coursework, we created a

    blog on the Internet on http://www.blogger.com/.

    Here we documented in time order our thoughts,

    processes, development, analysis and information.

    This blog I found easy to use and understand to

    upload text, images and embedded videos from

    sites such as Grazia, Channel 4 and YouTube. Such

    as http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-

    On65u9jI0&feature=player_embedded,

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObvDqe4TbUs&feature=player_embedded and

    http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1817812374?bctid=6102312

    69001. It was easy to find past blog posts and edit them, which was great,

    as I didnt find it difficult to upload and use at all.

    When we created our documentary, we used digital camcorders,

    an audio technical directional microphone, headphones

    and a tripod, which were all used to film our clips. I found

    these easy to use, however the tripod was at times hard

    to stand up by missing pieces, or it wasnt securely

    fastened. It was easy to connect the equipment, also when uploading

    our videos onto the computer, which we used an adapter and USB

    cable to do. Before we started filming, we captured still

    images of what we might include in our documentary,using HD still cameras. This was quite useful in helping

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    us to arrange the order and structure of our documentary, and I was

    effectively able to use the camera and upload images onto the computer.

    When creating our radio trailer, we used the camcorder, directional

    microphone, and headphones. We recorded in the same way as we did when

    filming our documentary, however after we uploaded it to the computer, weimported it into Final Cut Express, cut the clips where we wanted it, and

    exported it as an Audio File only and then imported it into GarageBand.

    Before we started this project, I had never used the software Final Cut

    Express on the Apple Mac computer. Now, I am able to use the basic

    controls, but also effectively edit on the software.

    After we filmed the clips for our documentary, we opened up Final Cut

    Express and clicked into Log and Transfer. This allowed us to select the clips

    we wanted to use, and certain parts of it, name them so we knew what each

    one was, and then Add clip to queue which then added to our sequence of

    videos saved under our Body Image file name. When we completed this, we

    dragged a clip we wanted to use into the first viewer, watched it, selected

    the part we wanted by (Ctrl+I) for the beginning and (Ctrl+O) for the end,

    and then we dragged it onto the timeline. We did the same for the rest of the

    clips and organised a basic order of what sequence we wanted our

    documentary to go in, and then changed this if we didnt think it was right.

    After we got all our clips in place, we selected many copyright free tracks

    from genres such as beats, dance and electricity. We dragged this into the

    bottom audio section of the timeline and edited the sound levels using the

    pen tool, giving us more control of the sound as the entire track didnt have

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    to be in the same sound level. At the end of making our documentary on this

    software, I was easily able to create captions and put them on top of

    interviews in the same Impact white coloured font, so it didnt change

    throughout the documentary, making it look more professional. We also

    created an image collage by putting each picture on a different layer and

    decreased the sizes with Image + Wireframe, making them all appear oneby one, and then put captions of facts and statistics over it. When we

    completed our documentary, we exported it in QuickTime Conversion as a

    Video and Audio file, putting it in a movie format. After this, I am now

    effectively able to use Final Cut Express, as before this, I had no clue how to

    use it. Before I could only use softwares I had self taught myself on such as

    Windows Movie Maker, Sony Vegas and Sony Movie Studio.

    After we were happy with our finished main product (documentary), we

    opened up another software iDVD. I have had no previous experience also on

    this software, but I have used DVD exporting softwares before on a Windows

    computer. On this software, we put the title Perfection on the main titlepage and Play which people would click to watch the documentary. Then we

    put the blank DVD into the computer, and burned the documentary to disk.

    This software was quite simple and straight forward

    to understand and use, which was great, as I was

    able to effectively export video to disc.

    When we were creating our documentary and radio

    trailer, we saved our files and work to the main

    computer hard drive and video drive so we could

    easily access and save our work and final products.

    This wasnt hard to use as we separated our workinto clear named folders, so we found it easy to

    locate and access our work.

    Last year, we created a mock radio trailer in

    GarageBand so get us used to the software and understand how to mix,

    blend and add tracks to layers. This was very beneficial as the knowledge I

    learnt in the previous year, I applied when we created the radio trailer to

    advertise our documentary. Below is a screenshot of an example of

    GarageBand and its use of layers from the internet:

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    We selected copyright free tracks from the bottom of the screen, previewed it

    to see if it would be a good addition to our trailer, and then dragged it onto

    our timeline and shortened or repeated it throughout. I was able to

    effectively use this software, by remembering the knowledge we learnt last

    year. This helped us to make our trailer efficiently as we knew what tools to

    use.

    Also, last year for our AS coursework, we created music magazines. To put

    all the pages together and to create the contents and article pages, we used

    the software Adobe InDesign. For this project, we created the TV listings

    page in Adobe InDesign. Below is an example of the layout in InDesign when

    creating our listings page. There are many place boxes on the page where

    the images will be imported, and column lines for when we copy and paste

    the article text.

    I am effectively able to use this software, as I can easily add pages, create

    place boxes, resize images and text, change colours, export it as a jpeg or

    pdf file, and organise the layout clearly.

    Furthermore, in our previous year for our AS coursework for magazines, we

    used the software Adobe Photoshop to create our magazine front covers. This

    was because we could add more effects such as a drop shadow on text, and

    we used change the appearance of images such as increasing the brightness

    and contrast, to make it more eye-catching and bright on the page. I also

    use this software at home to edit images, and in my other A2 subject,

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    Graphics. Last year I learnt the basics of using Photoshop, but now I am

    effectively able to use the technology to an expert standard. I know how to

    add layers, change effects, crop and select certain areas. This is beneficial,

    as I know how to edit, so I didnt struggle when I edited images on the

    software. For our TV listings page, we simply changed the effects of the still

    images that were exported from our actual documentary of Becky and make

    up. We did this by adjusting the brightness and contrast, and increased it,making it appear brighter on the page, which targeted our audience by the

    bright use of colours in our images, as most of our audience would look at

    images which appeal them to watch a programme.

    Before we started filming our documentary, the best way to know what we

    were going to film was to arrange a simple structure in

    a storyboard of what order our documentary was

    going to be in, and what clips would be included. We

    first sketched our storyboard with pencil and paper,

    and when we were happy with this, we captured some

    still images of what we might include in our

    documentary and put it into a simple storyboard,

    using computer software Comic Life. We also created

    another storyboard when we completed our

    AdobePhotoshop:

    adjusting the

    brightness andcontrast

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    documentary, to show a basic overview of the variety of clips and interviews

    that were included. We also included speech bubbles, which we put captions

    in to say what part of the documentary it was and who was in the image.

    We learnt to use this software from scratch, so I had no previous experience

    using it. We learnt from the basics, by choosing a layout of how many frameswe wanted for our storyboard, and then selecting images we were going to

    include in it. We then dragged the images we wanted into different frames

    and then added captions using speech bubbles to show what was in the

    image. I cant effectively use Comic Life as none of the roles which I carried

    out in this project required me to use this technology. I know how to use the

    basics such as importing images and text, but I dont have an extensive

    knowledge of how to use everything in the software, which could be

    improved if I used the software again, or if we improved on our work.

    Additionally, we used the software QuickTime Player toview videos. When weexported our final documentary, we watched it on the computer usingQuickTime Player as it was saved as a QuickTime Movie file. When we chose

    what Channel 4 ident we wanted to use before our documentary began, we

    viewed the options also using this software. This technology was easy to use

    and view videos.

    When we carried out our

    research and planning tasks

    before we started making our

    documentary, we researched

    using the Internet, the

    Channel 4 website for whatdocumentaries already come

    on and YouTube, 4OD and

    iPlayer to view documentaries

    and clips. We used YouTube a

    lot in our project, to research,

    view videos, and upload our

    radio trailer and clips of our

    own documentary on our blog

    by embedding the video,

    making it more interactive for

    people to watch

    directly, instead of

    opening a new

    window or tab.

    Videos that weuploaded onto our

    blog, byembedding the

    link, so it is more

    interactive

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    Link to 4OD Documentary One Born Every Minute:

    http://www.channel4.com/programmes/one-born-every-

    minute/4od#3160121

    Also, we used Microsoft

    Word spell check and write

    our blog entries before we

    pasted it into the blog. I also

    used it for putting all of myresearch and planning

    together, and for structuring

    and writing out this

    evaluation. I find it easy to

    use this package from

    Microsoft Office, as I am

    quite familiar to it, by using

    it from a day-to-day basis at

    home and at college.

    When I collected and put my results together

    from our audience feedback, I inserted the

    results into Microsoft Excel. I then created a

    pie chart with percentages for each question

    so our findings were summarised in visual

    statistics. I find it easy to use this package, as

    I have used it for making graphs many times

    before.

    Lastly, when I upload this final

    evaluation onto the Internet, I will use

    the website Scribd. I have an

    information pack as a guidance to use

    the site, and I have also carried out a

    trail run previously, so I know how to

    save my work. This website was

    relatively easy to use, and I had no

    problems when uploading my work.