Television Production

Critical Reflection Now the project is completed, I'm going to reflect on the project to understand what went well, and what went wrong, and why. The Process Preparation We began with brainstorming ideas that we thought would be appropriate for the audience. We had some very controversial ideas that would have been very interesting, but hard to justify only addressing for 10 minutes and also would be near impossible for us to get people on board. Some of our ideas included eating disorders, celebrities, body image, and selective breeding in pets. As we thought the selective breeding would be the easiest to find people and get them involved we decided to research down that route. Our idea developed onto dogs that are bred for dog shows as they are bred to have very particular traits, and we wanted to address if it was really ethical. We began to approach contributors who were all very helpful in passing us on to more appropriate people, however no one really wanted to ...

Sync Workshop. In this lesson we had a workshop on how to begin editing our documentary using transcripts and editing together an interview using a transcript and script. I found this lesson harder than usual as it isn't how I usually edit and because I didn't know the footage it made it harder, but I feel the short interview I edited together was okay considering. Working with a transcript did seem to make it simpler as it meant I could quickly get rid of anything that wasn't needed and being able to go through a transcript before editing the video meant that it was more simple to see what was said and narrow down what was needed and what wasn't. It really helps to organise files into narrowed down subjects to make the shots easier to find. So far this has made editing so much easier and I'm able to find the appropriate shot almost immediately. I have edited using our transcripts and it definitely makes it easier as you're able to quickly remove any f...

Editing. Documentaries are edited in a fairly uniform way, and as I will be editor for the project I want to put some research into how documentaries are edited first so that I know how to properly display our story for the screen. As examples, I used Reggie Yates' Extreme- Life and Death in Chicago and Louis Theroux: LA Stories- City of Dogs . I ensured to use BBC documentaries so that I was taking examples of something that is shown on BBC where our documentaries are aimed towards. Style The editing was styled to fit the topic of the documentary. In Extreme , it's a controversial topic that includes a lot of emotional stories. This is shown in the editing with slow-motion GVs while sad topics are discussed. Reggie gives his thoughts before going to an event and after going to an event. This helps the viewer to empathise with him and understand the reasons behind meeting the people. GVs are used to bring in any moments of speech so that the editing is smoother an...

BBC Three. Our documentary is going to be made with BBC Three as the target platform for screening. BBC Three is a popular channel which has moved from broadcast television to being online. This makes our audience more specific and I want to address our platform before making the documentary so that we are able to ensure that it fits into the usual content of BBC Three.  BBC Three moved to being an online channel in 2015, but is still full of content directed towards 16-34 year olds.  Audience BBC Three has a younger target audience at around 16-34. This makes their content quite specific as the channel has a lot of online competition in YouTube and Netflix. They make themselves unique with content that involves the audience; the documentaries are about young adults, the comedy revolves around young adult characters, and the other tabs involve challenges that young adults are facing head on at that age, such as sexuality, health and wellbeing, and drugs. In the ...

Presenters. Presenter-led documentaries create a certain style that is easily engaging for the viewer. They have a sort of 'reference point' to focus on and that feeds them the information they need, while asking the questions they're wondering. As presenter of our group documentary, I want to know what's involved in being a presenter and why a presenter is used for some documentaries, but not others. The Role As a presenter, it's your job to, as you would expect, present the show. Using research that has been done in the pre-production the presenter is able to inform the viewer. They also interact with contributors asking questions, and essentially tell the story of the documentary. It's useful to have a presenter as it means we are likely to get more information from actuality if the presenter asks questions as it's happening. It also adds to the story as the presenter is usually on a journey to learn about the topic of the documentary- this is s...

Documentary Content Research. Kennel Club The Kennel Club is an organisation that dedicates themselves to maintaining the welfare of dogs and educating dog handlers and owners about dog care. Breeders can be Kennel Club registered, which maintains that they are a reliable breeder with healthy and well-looked-after dogs and puppies. They are also one of the main event organisers for the biggest dog show in the world, Crufts, with many other Kennel Club registered dog shows across the country. We have gone through their website to find events that we can include in our documentary or even just people we can contact for information on who we can talk to. They have a very comprehensive list of dog shows in the UK   with the contact details of the organisers of the events so we will be able to use this in order to find people we can talk to and possible events we can contact to film at. Other than actual events, there is a list of dog clubs in South East England that we can cont...