DOCUMENTARY POSTERS

Coursework: Print brief research and planning

BLOG LINK Research and planning 1) Research TV marketing poster key conventions. Find at least five examples of posters promoting a TV documentary or similar show. 2) Look at this poster campaign for the BBC3 documentary series 'Not Sorry For Being Me'. How does the campaign use design elements to create a brand for the show? Some design element can be noted. The use of a portrait of the person with the text attached to it is the main catching point. It expresses the main story of this campaign. Another element is the information represented in this production. A hashtag and info on where you can view it helps redirect people to watch it. 3) Now look for examples of marketing material for documentaries on your chosen subject or something similar (do a Google Image search for documentaries in your chosen area e.g. mental health or sports documentary). Planning Sketching 1) Plan the marketing strategy and main focus of each of your posters. For example: Poster 1: focus o...

Documentary Rough Cut Learner Response

Learner Response: Good opening with itv indent and music/graphic Voice over hard to hear, need to redo it Tone of voice-over tone and script sounds more like a player instead of a journalist Good interview - BUT need more detail (who is interviewee, why they are there) Graphic of interviewee name could've been better (what is the F1 branding, can you recreate it) Need more interviews Too short (need to meet 3 mins) go back to brief and read through minimum requirements With more interviewee and new voice over - documentary will be stronger Once added the details above - make sure you go through the little things (length, audio levels, graphics and captions, etc) Improvements: Need more better interviews and more interviewee (better graphics, better explanation) Proportion the documentary (section for explaining, game play, introduction, AS WELL AS EXPLAINING SO THE AUDIENCE GETS THE MESSAGE CLEAR) Meet the brief as well as changing the tone and script for voice over

Editing Analysis

Your final analytical blog task is to find a film or television clip on YouTube that you feel has been edited in a distinctive way and write a 750 word analysis of the clip. This clip is about Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is sent by the US government to rescue a group of politicians being held hostage in Guatemala. The clip starts with Dutch arriving to the base and meeting the general. We then immediately change the scene to inside where they talk about the mission. The interesting part now is the next scenes. The next scene is a long-zoomed shot of Dylan. Different mise-en-scene can apply in this shot. The lighting shows more shadows to portray mystery. The actor pose shows he is relaxed. When the audience is watching this for the first time this scene can build tension. Then the next scene where Dutch slowly turns around and looks at him builds even more tension. Then tension dies off in an exciting manner and goes to the iconic scene. In the next couple of scene, we can analy...

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