Initial magazine article draft

Magazine article research

Creative Explorations

Since our documentary covers the topic 'Online hysteria', our media teacher reccommended we look into theories and theorists. He suggested Creative Explorations by David Gauntlett before filming our interview with the social media expert.

Planning of filming

Documentarian Auditions

Target Audience Feedback

Location shots

We took pictures of both Jodie (pictures 1 and 2) and Anna's (pictures 3 and 4) bedrooms, as possible locations for an interview, as we wanted the interview to be with a typical Tumblr user, so thought that their bedroom would be an appropriate setting. We chose Anna's to film in.

Filming plan

Request for interview - Kira Jones

Kira Jones,

We are writing to request an interview concerning your use of the social networking site Tumblr for use in our A level Media Studies documentary. The documentary, titled ‘Internet Culture: Online Hysteria’, is one episode of a series about Internet culture, with this episode looking closer at fan communities online. The interview will cover your own use of the site, as well as your opinions regarding the different communities on the website.

We would also like to request permission to use screen capture footage of your blog, to be edited into the final interview. The purpose of this is to provide viewers with a visual representation of a typical Tumblr blog, as well as to better reinforce the points you may discuss in the interview.

The documentary will go towards our final A level grades in Media Studies. As such, the footage will only be used for educational purposes, and will not be broadcast publicly. However, the final product will be uploaded to YouTube, as per the requirements of the exam board. If this or any of the above would be an issue, please inform us and we will arrange a way to work around this issue. Since this is a no-budget production, we would have to unfortunately request that you would agree to the interview free of charge.

If you would be happy to partake in the interview for our documentary, please reply to this email in order to discuss any concerns or questions you may have and to hopefully arrange an interview date.

 Many thanks and we look forward to hearing from you soon.

Regards,

Tom Barden                                                                                                      
Josh Endersby                                                                                                  
Anna Ingoldsby
Jodie O’Neill

Evidence of shot planning

Interview Questions for Kira Jones

Storyboard - animatic

Due to technical limitations of uploading and embedding .swf files, it is only possible to display the animatic as a looping image.

Storyboard 5

Storyboard 4

Sb from Jodie O'Neill

Storyboard 3

Storyboard 2

Storyboard 1

Storyboarding For People Who Can't Draw

Blog feedback

In class we evaluated each others blogs. The green post it notes are positive and the pink are things I could work on.

Internet Culture Titles [First Cut]

Michael Moore - Fahrenheit 9/11

Michael Moore

 Michael Moore is an American filmmaker and documentarian, perhaps best known for his 2004 documentary film, Fahrenheit 9/11. Moore is also well acclaimed for his documentaries Sicko and Bowling for Columbine. To date, Moore has directed/produced eight documentaries/documentary films, and one satirical film, Canadian Bacon.

Fahrenheit 9/11

Fahrenheit 9/11 is a 2004 documentary that focuses on the presidency of George W Bush, as well as the war on terror and how it is conveyed in the media. The film suggests that Bush and his administration are not working with the interests of the American people at heart, as well as picking apart the war in Iraq, and whether the US has done any good there. The documentary film received the Palme d'Or at the Cannes film festival, as well as being rated the highest grossing documentary of all time. The film grossed over $200 million worldwide, including $120 million in US box office revenue. After it's release, the documentary gained a large amount of controversy, as well as disputes over accuracy. However, Moore has since released a list of all his sources and facts that were used in the film.

Initial Ideas

Questionnaire

Questionnaire by Jodie O'Neill

Obesity Documentary Practice

Documentary Modes - Interviews

Louis Theroux

Louis Theroux

Louis Theroux is a 43 year old journalist and documentarian best known for his series 'Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends', 'When Louis Met...' and his BBC 2 specials, including 'Louis and the Brothel', 'Louis and the Nazis' and 'The Most Hated Family in America'. He initially started work as a journalist, but after working as a correspondent on Michael Moore's TV Nation, he found himself signed to the BBC and working on 'Louis Theroux's Weird Weekend's'.

In the programme, he followed American subcultures such as white supremacists and porn stars, by living with or close to the subjects, and exposing their beliefs. Theroux said "To me, it's almost a privilege to be welcomed into these communities and to shine a light on them and, maybe, through my enthusiasm, to get people to reveal more of themselves than they may have intended."

After three series of 'Weird Weekends' in 1998, 1999 and 2000, respectively, he began his series 'When Louis Met...'. In the series, he followed celebrities around, seeing what they do on a day to day basis, and interviewing them as they went. The show included Jimmy Savile, Neil and Christine Hamilton and Keith Harris.

Page One: Inside the New York Times - Analysis

Page one can be defined as expository, observational and reflexive in terms of documentary modes. Expository since it gives the audience an insight into the New York Times and provides never before seen information and interviews, observational since it follows the staff unobtrusively and observes the goings on of the business, and reflexive since it incorporates interviews and interactions with the staff, the subjects of the documentary.

The documentary uses mid shots that frame a specific subject , Mr Carr, in the centre of the picture, which gives the audience the idea that he is a central character in the film. It also uses over the shoulder shots to put emphasis on the actions of the subject, such as making a phone call or using a computer.

The documentary focuses on a fly-on-the-wall technique, following the subjects of the documentary, the staff of the New York Times and the paper itself without getting involved, creating a more realistic atmosphere. The film differentiates from this technique in places, using interviews and conversations to gain further information on the subject.

Love Documentary Script

[LONGSHOT: Tom – walking down street]

In September of 2012, schoolteacher Jeremy Forrest, a man of 31 years old, eloped with the then 15-year-old schoolgirl, currently under the alias of Gemma Grant. What the pair had undoubtedly hoped would be a smooth get-way soon fell under the scornful eye of the public, after Forrest was arrested and brought into custody just eight days after their escape.

[Clips from news videos, newspaper headlines, news presenters underneath VO]

VO: In late June of 2013, Gemma was arrested and brought into court to appear as a prosecution witness against her lover, all just hours after sitting her GCSE maths exam. She had been arrested because she refused to give evidence against Forrest in trial, while Judge Lawson had other plans. In an interview, Gemma stated the following:

[Text imposed on black screen] “Why would I want to give evidence against him?” “I always thought Jeremy had done nothing wrong. We were in love – that’s not a crime.”

[“We were in love – that’s not a crime.” hangs on screen]

VO: Love is not a crime. But what is love?

[Relevant images and video clips]

VO: Is love spiritual, or chemical? Is love beyond our control? Does Jeremy deserve his five and half year long jail sentence, for acting on what may well be beyond his own control?

VO: Research into the science behind love has found that chemicals released in the brain, such as dopamine, oxytocin and norepinephrine, which are released by phenylethylamine (or PEA), all have impacts on our bodies, and our behaviours.

PEA is the chemical released when we begin to fall in love; we when meet someone we connect with. As well as stimulating the release of oxytocin and norepinephrine, PEA is responsible for that elated feeling of love, while norepinephrine gives us sweaty palms and a pounding heart.

Other chemicals such as dopamine have a more evolutionary purpose. When dopamine is released when in the presence of another, this is to do with the body registering that individual as a potential mate, and is often accompanied by the feeling of lust from a surge in testosterone levels.

[Medium shot on Tom] So with all these chemicals flying around our blood and our brains, is it really fair to say that we are truly in control of ourselves, or does love really take over?

Love Documentary

Unfortunately, after filming for this love expository, the footage was lost, so this is a very rough version we managed to put together.

Africa - David Attenborough

David attenborough africa from joshendersby

An Inconvenient Truth

An inconvenient truth from joshendersby

Documentary modes

Love - Expository

Love Expository.pptx