As Preperation for filming our Documentary, we have done some practise shots of a short style documentary based on CCTV in school.
The shots are shaky and unstabilised as we did not use a tripod but we think we have explored the different interview techniques that are used in a documentary by looking at Formal Interviews, Anonymous Interviews and a Participatory Interview.
Tuesday, 5 October 2010
Research on CCTV
We have explored different ways to research our topic of surveillance and this has really helped us with some ideas of what we can include in our Documentary.
Websites we have looked at:
http://tech.blorge.com/structure:%20/2010/10/05/internet-eyes-allows-home-cctv-spying/%20/2010/10/05/internet-eyes-allows-home-cctv-spying/ying/
This website link argues and raises the issues of how watching cctv over the interent can be a way of fighting crime and how it can be voyeristic.
This is an example of a live steam website which is available for anyone to watch a Crossing located in London over the internet.
http://www.abbeyroad.com/visit/
Visits:
I took a trip to the tate modern exhibition- Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera.
This has helped give ideas towards our documentary and how we can expand on the topic further.
Research through Newspapers:
I have looked through the local newspaper and found this report of how the powers of The Regulation of Investigatory Powers act, have caused Controversy since their inception of 2000, with many critics accusing councils of using the legislation to 'spy' on people.
This is a serious topic we can explore for our Documentary as it is interesting yet intriguing as it is based in a local area.
[insert scan of newspaper cutting]
Photographic Research:
We went out to see what type of Closed Circuit Television is used around our school and where they are located.
Websites we have looked at:
http://tech.blorge.com/structure:%20/2010/10/05/internet-eyes-allows-home-cctv-spying/%20/2010/10/05/internet-eyes-allows-home-cctv-spying/ying/
This website link argues and raises the issues of how watching cctv over the interent can be a way of fighting crime and how it can be voyeristic.
This is an example of a live steam website which is available for anyone to watch a Crossing located in London over the internet.
http://www.abbeyroad.com/visit/
Visits:
I took a trip to the tate modern exhibition- Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera.
This has helped give ideas towards our documentary and how we can expand on the topic further.
Research through Newspapers:
I have looked through the local newspaper and found this report of how the powers of The Regulation of Investigatory Powers act, have caused Controversy since their inception of 2000, with many critics accusing councils of using the legislation to 'spy' on people.
This is a serious topic we can explore for our Documentary as it is interesting yet intriguing as it is based in a local area.
[insert scan of newspaper cutting]
Photographic Research:
We went out to see what type of Closed Circuit Television is used around our school and where they are located.
Wednesday, 8 September 2010
Documentary Ideas.
Idea 1:
Our first idea is on CCTV, as Britain is one of the countries with the most CCTV cameras in the world capturing our every movement. The Documentary would be about how cctv has helped/effected us and its pros and cons. The Spider diagram below will explain our ideas of what would be in our documentary based on CCTV.
Idea 2:
This is an idea based on how the beauty industry has tricked girls and woman of all ages, particulaly teenagers under 16 through the magic of airbrushing and into what seems 'perfect' through television adverts, magazines which are modelled by their favourite celebrities but is actually faked and enhanced through post-production.
The idea of the documentary is to get the message through of what the process is and how it has affected teenagers around the world especially by cosmetic surgery and also interviewing what the general public (male and female) view on it is. This is a mind map to explain a bit more on the idea:
Our first idea is on CCTV, as Britain is one of the countries with the most CCTV cameras in the world capturing our every movement. The Documentary would be about how cctv has helped/effected us and its pros and cons. The Spider diagram below will explain our ideas of what would be in our documentary based on CCTV.
Idea 2:
This is an idea based on how the beauty industry has tricked girls and woman of all ages, particulaly teenagers under 16 through the magic of airbrushing and into what seems 'perfect' through television adverts, magazines which are modelled by their favourite celebrities but is actually faked and enhanced through post-production.
The idea of the documentary is to get the message through of what the process is and how it has affected teenagers around the world especially by cosmetic surgery and also interviewing what the general public (male and female) view on it is. This is a mind map to explain a bit more on the idea:
Friday, 3 September 2010
Friday, 16 July 2010
Celebrity Documentaries
Celebrity Documentaries generally follow the day to day life of a celebrity or a celebrity couple.
The idea of the documentary is to give the audience and insight and behind the scenes look into their lives. The viewers are typically young adults and teenagers with a particular interest in up to date celebrity news or a fan of the celeb.
Some examples of Celebrity Documentaries are:
-Kerry and Me:
A Fly on the wall Documentary based on Kerry Katona's private life after her divorce.
- What Katie did next:
What Katie Did Next is a fly on the wall reality TV show that documents the model/television personality Katie Price after her separation from her husband Peter Andre. The show follows on from the Katie & Peter series which documented the couple when they were together.
This is a youtube clip of Part one of first episode of 'What katie did next':
The idea of the documentary is to give the audience and insight and behind the scenes look into their lives. The viewers are typically young adults and teenagers with a particular interest in up to date celebrity news or a fan of the celeb.
Some examples of Celebrity Documentaries are:
-Kerry and Me:
A Fly on the wall Documentary based on Kerry Katona's private life after her divorce.
- What Katie did next:
What Katie Did Next is a fly on the wall reality TV show that documents the model/television personality Katie Price after her separation from her husband Peter Andre. The show follows on from the Katie & Peter series which documented the couple when they were together.
This is a youtube clip of Part one of first episode of 'What katie did next':
Thursday, 15 July 2010
Conspiracy Documentaries.
Conspiracy documentaries reveal a new argument to why or how an historical event occurred.
They are typically subjective to only one point of view in order to persuade the audience.
They usually feature voice overs of the presenters explaining their theory whilst presenting footage of evidence as well as interviews to support their claims.
This type of documentary has a wider audience depending on the conspiracy theories featured. They are generally between 30 minutes to an hour in length.
They are typically subjective to only one point of view in order to persuade the audience.
They usually feature voice overs of the presenters explaining their theory whilst presenting footage of evidence as well as interviews to support their claims.
This type of documentary has a wider audience depending on the conspiracy theories featured. They are generally between 30 minutes to an hour in length.
Mockumentaries
The length of mockumentaries varies much more than documentaries of other genres as they can be documentaries presented as films or series. they include material that is often involved in current news or society such as Bruno making fun of the on going celebrity world or The Office making fun of the stereotypical office man.
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