ASSIGNMENT 10: PURPOSE AND INSPIRATION MODE THEORYRosalin Zein

13 Pius

PURPOSE Of documentary (consider you target audience)

What is the purpose of the documentary ?

The purpose of the documentary is to:

Educate people on the topic

Teach them important facts

Inform them of the impact on culture

What would people learn about this topic from your documentary ?

People will learn about

Social media – the different types

Culture - subcultures

The positive and negative impact

INSPIRATIONOther Documentaries, forms and conventions

How did other documentaries inspire you ?Don’t Blame Facebook:

• Forms:• 1) non-diegetic background music • 2) voiceovers• 3) cutaways 

• Conventions:• 1) public interview • 2) expert interview• 3) archival footage + photos• 4) narrator • 5) reconstructions

How did other documentaries inspire you ?

Breaking the Taboo:

Forms:

1) background sound 

2) handheld camera movements 

3) voiceovers 

4) cutaways 

5) sound bridging 

Conventions:

1) archival photos and footage 

2) statistics 

3) expert interviews 

4) narrator 

5) credits

How did other documentaries inspire you ?Food inc:

Archival footage & Archival photographs

Animation

Statistics

Expert interviews

Narrator

Voice overs & sound bridging

Cutaways

Non-diegetic score music

Credits

How did other documentaries inspire you ?

The Culture Show: Youtube – The Future of Tv:

http://chelseafasholelukea2media.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/the-culture-show-youtube-future-of-tv.html

MODEWhich applies to your documentary

Which Documentary mode applies to your documentary ?

Mode Conventions & Examples How it applies to your documentary

Expository mode (voice of God) Narrator to address audience directly to present exposition.

e.g Blue planet

I will be using a presenter who will address the audience directly asking them questions.

Observational Mode (window of the world)

Objective reality with filmmaker as neutral observer.

E.G Skint

n/a – This is not relevant to my topic or any footage that I will be getting. E.g I would not have to rush to get footage.

Participatory Mode (filmmaker and subject together)

Direct engagement between filmmaker and subject

E.G Sicko

I would like to do an experiment in my documentary so he filmmaker will be taking pat in this.

Reflexive Mode (aware of process) Acknowledges construction of documentary

e.G Catfish

n/a – I don’t think that this would be needed as it is not something which is related to my topic.

Performer Mode (filmmaker as participant)

Emphasises emotional and social impact on the audience

It relate to my topic and the filmmaker will be participating in the documentary.

Which mode will I use?Expository mode:

The presenter will be addressing the audience directly asking them questions.

Performer mode:

It relates to the topic of my documentary which is to show the impact of social media

The filmmaker will be participating in the documentary by presenting and through public and expert interviews