UNIT27:FACTUAL PROGRAMING-Pre Production 2B

UNIT27:FACTUAL PROGRAMING-2B Pre Production

UNIT27:FACTUAL PROGRAMING- Pre Production 2B

Interview Questions

Maarya 

C'est Mon Block is a 'hood' documentary that consists of one main reporter who reviews an estate, area or block. These reviews are carried out through continuous episodes, however the interviews that are taken place during the documentary are formed by asking a few questions to the people or passersby about the particular area/block. 

At times the director (Maarya) and the Camera operator (Dani) will be asking questions directly to reporter (Timi). 

Questions the reporter would ask to his interviewee 

How do you feel living in this particular area?

Do you feel comfortable in this block?

Do you know everyone well in this block? 

Anyone in particular you don't like?

Do you have any idea what Cest Mon Block means?

Questions the director and the camera operator will ask

What is the most dangerous area in this block ?

What was the worst thing that happened to this block in terms of crime ?

Do you engage in any gang culture ?

Is this gang territory ?

Are you an Actor ?

UNIT27:FACTUAL PROGRAMING-Pre Production 2B

Ideas Development & Programme Concept

Ideas development by the research conducted by Timi our idea originates from a combination of existing products such as 'RS: Hood Documentary' and 'Chicken Connoisseur: Pengest Munch'. These shows all share the level of humour we wish to reach, they are real people playing a character as close to themselves as they can. Another similarity is the tone and context of the show, the Chicken connoisseur reviews chicken and chip shops all over london; this is a urban culture of london in which the audience can relate to making him the successful public figure he is. 'RS' series Hood Documentary was also a success due to the nature of the show being relevant to the audience of Londoners and those living in the urban culture, understanding the look, jokes and activities mentioned. 

Our Idea 'C’est Mon Block: Timi Bangi’ The camera follows him around his area/ estate to find out more about history and stories that have come up. He will also interact with friends and neighbours/shopkeepers to keep the narrative running. 

We have developed it into a pilot series of 3 minute wonders, of a first episode introducing the character and filmmaker 'Timi Bangi'. The narrative and structure for the documentary begins with a opening sequence of him talking then a title sequence with music (produced track or pre existing)  It will contain cinematography of the area, shots of the estates, him and moving.

Posted 23 hours ago by Dani Carroll

UNIT27:FACTUAL PROGRAMING- Pre Production 2B

Target Audience 

Maarya 

We are aiming to target an audience from the ages between 12-35 for this particular documentary. We chose this age bracket as we believe the humour and language that will be utilized will be suitable and understandable for this age group.

Teenagers firstly would want to watch this type of hood documentary as it is a summary of their culture, and it is relatable to them.  

Our primary target audience is most likely to view this 'Hood documentary' on social media platforms such as Youtube, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. This is where we will showcase our finished documentary, as it will  allow us to gain a greater and wider audience. 

UNIT27:FACTUAL PROGRAMING: Pre Production 2B

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVST5dJaNatS_tnXGb3bAW0-ldnivPj2Fv229jMe1BRhttBA/viewform

As part of our primary research I conducted a survey to gain an understanding and intend to discover a specified audience in which we can manipulate our product to best fit.
We received 12 responses, and began with questioning the demographics of our participants.

The outcome suggests over 63% of our respondents are aged between 15-19 from this information we will base our content and material to suit their humour. 

Reality TV has the largest response to what type of documentary people watch, our show 'C'est Mon Block' contains the element of Reality Tv as the area, people and stories are real however we will add a level of impromptu in the mix to create a different level of humour for our audience.

We then asked about Documentary mode, as our show is a Performative and Reflexive format due to the nature of the filmmaker and our concept of showing the area and indigenous people of the area too.  

The reason we asked 'Have you watched Hood Documentary before?' is because we would like to know if they are aware of pre-existing shows that are similar to what we are creating, this enables us to know what their interested in and how we can keep them engaged in the show. We could of also asked what area they are from, whether they liked the show or if they understood it. From this we can only infer they watched it because they knew what it was about and were a fan of the character 'R.S'. 

UNIT27:FACTUAL PROGRAMING:Pre Production 2B

C'EST MON BLOCK: Legal and Ethical Considerations.

Dani

Legal and Ethical Issues

• Permission to film in public places, clearance of permission (product placement)

Our documentary is primarily outside in public space, when looking at locations we shall consider the wellbeing of the public like a TV Production company would we still need to consider all factors despite this not being broadcasted. We will film on Public Housing locations, Open space/parks, Roads and a shop.

• Privacy issues of public - This means we need to inform those around and owners that we are filming, we will have release forms on hand to give permission for individuals to be filmed either in an interview or a passerby this is to safeguard and protect them from exploitation without the go ahead. Eg. Shopkeeper..before pressing record we will inform the shopkeeper of who we are and why we are filming as well as his role in our documentary he is then given the option if so we will move on or make a change to our plan. 

• Libel is the crime of publishing a false statement that could be detrimental to an individual's reputation. As filmmakers it is our job to include a form of realism and a sense of accuracy for all therefore we will not be publishing or creating stories to intentionally damage someone's reputation from made up claims for entertainment. 

• The Broadcasting Act of 1996 was put in place to make new provision about the broadcasting in digital form of television and sound programme services as well as the broadcasting in that form on television or radio frequencies of other services. It adhered to change the previous act, to make provision about rights in order to televise national interest events such as sports providing for the establishment of a Broadcasting Standards Commission. 

• BBC Producers Guidelines -  'The BBC's Producers' Guidelines are a public statement of those values and standards and how we expect our programme-makers to achieve them.'

                    5 Main sections

1.  Impartiality 
2. Accuracy and truth 
3. Fairness and privacy 
4. Respect 
5. Independence 

These areas are all explored and regulated by the BBC producers before and during any broadcast, these are a set of guidelines for filmmakers, radio presenters and online content creators to consider in any filmmaking activity commissioned by the BBC or independently. Our group are aware of all 5 areas and will make sure they are well respected when in production. In order to stay impartial our filmmaker Timi who is discussing his area by default would be bias as this is the area he lives in despite all, we are exploring the location and its history and therefore Timi would be learning while the viewers learn in addition to retelling the other side of the story. 

Posted 17 hours ago by Dani Carroll

UNIT27:FACTUAL PROGRAMING- Pre Production Roles

In our groups we will be carrying out research to help us with our 3 minute documentary.

We allocated our roles and shared them out equality. 

GROUP- Ideas development; programme concept, target audience, development techniques, creative of narrative, scenario, synopsis, research process, interview questions

MAARYA- Carry out research in to primary sources (contacts and participants, interviews, location)

TIMI-  *Research existing programmes /films

range of documentary formats and styles that inspire us. (secondary research) 

* Carry out other research in to secondary resources (reviews, internet, archives; checking information)

DANI- Legal and ethical considerations ( Permission to film)

UNIT27:FACTUALPROGRAMING Practice

Idea: 
As a group we decided to base our idea around the college food in the canteen; addressing the fact that is it worth its money ? 
we will be conducting interviews from students who taste the food in the college.

Interview Questions: 
#1
Would you change the menu if you could?
Do you have any specials?
Do you enjoy cooking?
Do you feel pressured at times?

#2
Do you enjoy canteen food?
If so which is your favorite?
Do you think the food is worth it?
Is it worth your money?

Shot List:
Establishing shot of the canteen area.
Close up of speakers.

Equipment:
Camera
Mic
Tripod

UNIT27:FACTUAL PROGRAMING 1B Report

For task 1B I will be writing up an analysis a Documentary and two other factual programmes of my choice; giving a detailed report of the codes and conventions utilised. Lastly I will be conducting an analysis of the codes and conventions of a news broadcast.

Documentary- Britain's Crimes of Honour

The documentary was broadcasted on BBC one Panorama and is based on the crimes in Britain which are going unreported, this being the beatings, imprisonment and even murder committed by those closest to the victims, and their families. These are crimes of so called 'honour'. This type of documentary is expository and utilises typical conventions such as narration, Interviews and conventional narrative structures.

For example there is narration (voice of God), which is used to directly address the viewer, giving an explanation between the footage and voice over. The narration is a direct relationship between what we see in the documentary and what we hear in the voice over. The documentary is carried out in a conventional narrative format with all the scenes in chronological order.

The narrator is also a reporter in the documentary, she plays a main role conducting interviews and visiting the places of where the crimes were committed, and these interviews help support the argument of the documentary.   

The genre of this programme is combined with reality television and educational, as the documentary presents a sense of the reality that lives in the UK within Asian society’s and this educates the audience on the realism of the attacks carried out. The programme displays the photographs of the victims before and after these attacks had occurred.

Also with access to police investigations, Panorama reveals the outrageous details of 'honour' killings, of women who were driven to suicide and those on the run, in fear of their lives. These were essential to include in the documentary as it represents the accuracy showing that this was not false information in fact true to life.

During the documentary it mentions a national helpline that is used to contact for domestic violence, there are statistics shown on how many people have called in a year, this also represents the quality of facts used to prove accuracy during the documentary.

Documentary- Walking the Americas

Walking the Americas is a travel documentary featuring Levison Wood, an explorer and writer who begins his trip from the north-eastern tip of Mexico, and continues his walk across the entire length of Central America, through eight countries. This programme was broadcasted on Channel 4 and was continuous every week showcasing four episodes.

This programme is combined with three different documentary formats; Expository, Interactive and Performative. There is narration (voice of god) by the same reporter which is edited in to the documentary addressing the viewers of what they are seeing. For example there is an establishing shot taken by a drone camera and along with this is the narration addressing the relationship between what the viewers can see and where they are.  

There are elements of interactive techniques which are used such as the acknowledgement of the camera and crew but also the film-maker who is speaking directly to his subjects for example, whilst Levison walks past villages and towns there are people who he bumps in to that have something to say to the camera.  This is also a representation of different viewpoints where these people contribute different information about their town/village.

This travel documentary is performative as the filmmaker stars in his own film, he is given camera equipment to film his journey. In one of the episodes it shows the process of the filmmaker making the film, this is shown by his partner on the journey giving the viewers a sense of how the film is made, this is known as self-reflexive. 

Another example of how this documentary is performative is the filmmaker uses a hand held camera throughout the journey; giving the audience a sense of his personality and views, this is also portrayed through conducting interviews with local people within the town and giving his opinion about it. 

The purpose of the travel documentary is to educate and entertain the viewers of the countries landmarks and cultures which Levison Wood explores. During the episodes he explores the different towns in which gang violence and drugs are well known, this gives the audience a sense of the realism that lives within those countries, towns or places.  

I also saw in one episode where Levison crosses the border and comes across a refugee camp that lives in terrible conditions, this portrayed awareness to the viewers of what the sad reality is of those refugees trying to look for work but are stuck in those camps. This was a representation of the way things are for them and demonstrations the accuracy in the documentary showing the true to life. 

The episodes were made in to the form of a narrative structure throughout the documentary. For example the episodes consisted of the journey moving forward giving us a sense of the explorer’s story from where he began his journey.  This was an effective way of addressing the audience and telling them the story of the documentary.

Documentary- Planet Earth II

Planet Earth II is a 2016 multinational nature documentary series produced by the BBC as a sequel to Planet Earth, which was broadcast in 2006. This programme is an example of an expository documentary as it relies on verbal commentary to give us a direct relationship of the footage and voice over; explaining what we are seeing.

The audience for this type of documentary listens to the narrator (David Attenborough) who’s voiceover emphasis what is happening with argumentative logic. For example during each episode there would be footage captured of the wildlife in different parts of the world and as that footage is being displayed; David Attenborough narrates and explains what is happening.

Planet Earth enables us as an audience to see the realism of the wildlife animals and how they survive around the world in magnificent places. The footage almost looks fake however the filmmakers have gone to the extreme; using brilliant cameras and perfect timing to film this footage. For example in an episode, we can see lions attacking a giraffe, this scene gives the viewer an intense feeling, particularly with the sound and narration from David Attenborough.

The use of narrativisation is a key factor within this documentary as David Attenborough narrates the story of the animals; telling the audience the life of each animal that lives within that specific area of the world. 

News Broadcast- Al Jazeera

The news broadcast that I’m analysing is an extract from “Al Jazeera News”, which covers different types of stories. During the broadcast there are studio news readers who are the main reporters/presenters that appear on TV conducting an in depth research to identify and develop news stories of interest. 

The presenters edit copy from other reporters or external news agencies, and also write news bulletins, links and assist in the production of scripts. Whilst watching this broadcast I was not able to see all the pre-production documentations of the presenter, however the presenter did hold papers in her hand which she occasionally looked at.

News readers need to have certain skills and attributes, these are having knowledge of editorial, having good interpersonal skills, good communication skills and also to have a key understanding of the legal and ethical issues which affect journalism. During this news broadcast I was able to clearly understand what news story the reporter was addressing. The presenter had good, interpersonal and communication skills and I was able to identify the five W’s of the particular story.

It is essential for the visual codes to be put in practice when watching the reporter and how they should be presented towards the viewers. The reporter looked professional and was elegant in her appearance; her hair was neat. 

There are contributors that appear in news broadcasts, these are usually experts, witnesses or members of the public. During Al Jazeera’s broadcast there was a news story which consisted of an attack in Sudan, along with this were eye witnesses who appeared on TV giving information of what happened. These contributors impact the broadcast as it strengthens the news report.

The report structure is set out in a conventional way; compromising the same techniques. This is applied with the piece to camera then cut away, interview, voice of the people and lastly graphics.

UNIT 27:FACTUAL PROGRAMING 2A Pitch

UNIT27:FACTUAL PROGRAMING 1A Analysis