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Research for documentaries

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To start of the initial idea of doing a documentary for our main task i gathered ideas in which we could create something similar. We need to look at the cameras angles, soundtracks (digetic or non digetic), dialogue/ Language and editing, to appeal to a designated audience.

Blumer and Katz theory, A theory that was produced which metaphorically splits the media into for incomplex sections below, the sections ‘Information’, ‘Personal Identity’, ‘Integration and Social Interaction’ and ‘Integration and Social Interaction’ area the areas that certain programs of the media sink into.

Blumer and Katz theory, A theory that was produced which metaphorically splits the media into for incomplex sections below, the sections ‘Information’, ‘Personal Identity’, ‘Integration and Social Interaction’ and ‘Integration and Social Interaction’ area the areas that certain programs of the media sink into.
Starting of with, ‘Information’, this is usually as a passive audience you want to find out suitable information on society and conditions, also to seek out advice on particular matters, opinion or decisions or maybe for general interest and self-esteem, and to gain knowledge or to self educated yourself on a matter that you know very little about. For ‘Personal Identity’ we as an audience look for insight on finding aid towards personal values and finding role models of behaviour/or style (people of similar character) and gaining knowledge into one's self and identifying with valued other (in the media) ,and for Integration and Social Interaction we want to gain a gaining information into circumstances of other, to understand there situation, and to identify characters with others and gain a sense of belonging, to find a subject/ basis for conversation and social interaction and to connect with family, friends and society, and for Entertainment to escape or to diverted from personal problems, to relax and get a cultural or aesthetic enjoyment e.g., emotional release, or for sexual arousal.




Dispatches the truth about fod follows the typical convetions of a documentary, with its simplistic camera shot, prodominatly focusing on the subject matter with close ups, pans on a eyeline veiw.
Simply there is a introduction about the program including snipits of the program, there is a voice over giving us a breif summary on what the program is about, and giving us direct hyperthetical questions in a formal female voice, which could be suggested to be a little patronising.
Dispatches displays facts and figers in some sort of harsh manner that usaual includes the public, they like to put the spotlite on ideviduals to see how much then know. (they like to prove there audience wrong)giving the society a shock.
In this paticualr episode they interview a family and incorperate a family with there concent and moniteter there calorie consumption, to see if there theory of only eating one meal a day, but then sectretly filmimg in other locations (E.g. where they work.

Further on in program show that there isnt a variaty of food for a infant or child in the family resaraunt. Also there was research into one paticluar resaraunt in ascience museum that specificly educates children about eating health, they are controdicting them selves.

The New yourk department of health has included a calorioe consumtion lable for they food in there restaurants and dipatches look apon the matter and resaeach into further detal into reasons why the british dont do the same