TV listenings - "Fabulous" news of the worlds suplement

where they have the "fabulous" choice of the day is a small right up about what to watch that day on TV. this tells the audience a bit about the programme, obviously i want to include more information and photo's as my piece needs to be longer but this magazine showed how a house style can be carried out through a TV magazine.

For my Ansinary task i had to look at print which was a change from video. i looked at a number of magazine and newspaper supliments to see what different techniques and styles there are for advertising a documentary.

Some Photo's For Ansinary Tasks

Ansinary Taks

• a double-page spread from a listings magazine focused on the documentary

• a newspaper advertisment of the documentary

Filming

for filming the documentary i am going to use a small hand held digital camera, ( a bit like the one to the left) this will not be as intimidating for the people who i am going to be filming as they are not use to being on camera.
i have decided that i want the filming to be very relaxed so am going to interview my Grandad at his work as this is the place where he is most comfortable i am also going to be interviewing my mum as it is about her dad as well and me and my sister as it is three generations. these will take place at home.
i have hundreds of old photographs of my Grandad so would like to incorporate them into the documentary so am going to film the photographs and have voices over them.

Grandad with me (left) and my little sister

My Grandad

My Grandad was born in 1939 in Carlisle. he is now 70 and still lives in Carlisle, he has never been anywhere else. he hasn't been out of Cumbria (well he has been to Gretna a couple of times) since he was 15 and even then he only went to play football. he doesnt understand why we would want to go to university he thinks that people should just work. he's a character and probably represents a generation that most younge popele forget exist.

although he's 70 Donald Nattrass is unlike many 70 years, he worka from 6 in the morning untill 6.30 in Carlisle's market every day of the week apart from Sundays when its closed. he still managed to get himself in with the security guard who he gives lifts to so that he can get in first. his life revolves around his butchers stall which has been in his family for generations.

when Grandad was 65 he decided to retire.....this lasted abou 1 week if that! a butcher from long town who is in his 40's saw grandad's shop as something worth keeping so bought the business allowing grandad to work till his hearts content but still getting a pay check at the end of every week without the hastle of the business side of things.

through out Carlisle Grandad is know, even if he doesn't know who they are! he likes to know all the crack and is probably one of the most Cumbrian people you will ever meet. as a family we are very close to him, in fact for 7 years of my life i lived with him, and now we only a few doors away.

for my documentary i want to show people who he is and interview people close to him to tell the audience what he's like as although to some people he hasnt had the most exciting life when you look at it in more detail its extraordinary.

My documentary

the idea that i have had for my documentary is to follow the life of somebody. as it is very hard to find a celebrity and a bit un realistic i thought i would look closer to home and find a family member to concentrate on.

this person is going to be grandad. i would like to make the documentary personal, and allow the audience to get to know my grandad and my family.

The really wild show

the really wild show was a tv show on CBBC aimed at children informing them about different animals from all over the world. the music is more upbeat as it is aimed at children, and the titles are bright and vibrant making the audience concentrate for longer. a characteristic that i noticed from things aimed at children is that they give them personalities, for example they make it seem as the know the animals personally giving them there own chatacters. this makes the children not afraid of the animals and think that they are just like humans allowing them to understand and learn about them better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb1Bzin5F54

Target audiences

a target audience can determine what the documentary looks like. it can change everything. for example if it was a documentary aimed at children that would be shown on CBBC or shown in schools then the lanuage that is going to be used is going to be simpler and easier to understand compared to a documantary that is aimed at adults about the life of British architect.
for my target audience i want it to be young adults and upwards, i don't want there to be anything inappropriate for children i just think that it would be a more professional documentary if i am able to explore language as well as techniques that are not as simple and plain as children's documentaries.

idea's for my documentary

fly on the wall documentary at work:

• i work at a clothes shop in the city of Carlisle. i could film how the shop works and how we communicate with the customers and just generally how we all work together showing our different personalities.
  
• although this would be interesting, it would be very difficult to get permission and actaully do in work hours.
  

documentary about teenagers:

• it could be something to do with growing up and how your bodies change.
• this could be aimed at teenagers in school to be shown there in personal development lessons
• i think it would be hard to find adolescent teenagers to take part in my documentary and it is also something i would have to research in greatly for the scientific facts.
  

following the life of someone:

• it would be good if i could find somone with an interesting lifestyle to follow like a celebrity.
  
• this could be quite a mission to find one and even once i find one making them agree to take part.
  

My big fat gypsy wedding

My Big fat Gypsy wedding, was on channel 4 and followed the story of four gypsy weddings and the dress maker. the subject of the documentary was very effective as it is something different and would attract all different types of audiences from young girls who like to see pretty dresses to old men who want to see how the traveling people live. i think that the music made the documentary adding humor to it as well as creating a theme throughout. the womens voice over also did this as she was simply narrating. the interesting thing i found about this documentary was the story that was told. the Gypsy community was shown in a good way all the way through, showing how young girls get to live there dream on there wedding day untill the last girl who was getting married. she was shown in a different way, it was almost like she didn't want to get married to his man who had her parents had chosen for her and the whole thing was very sad, with not that many people turning up to the wedding. by the creaters choosing to put this at the end would leave the audience remembering this wedding in particular and how sad and almost unfair gypsy life if for girls which is a completely different way of looking at the subject compared to the rest of the documentary.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HAUmII_hcg

Pineapple Dance studio's

Pineapple dance studio's is a documentary featured on Sky 1. it focus's on the people rather
than what they are doing. and due to there characters it is a really entertaining programme. there are no interviewers seen or heard but there are formal interviews that take place with a back drop of the studio or sat by a piano. this shows that the people are in there own space and are able to relax and show what they are about. in some parts of the documentary it is almost like a fly on the wall documentary where you get too see the characters being themselves and doing ordinary things like eating, this shows that they are human and what we are seeing is real making the audience feel like the know the people. there is a witty voice over all the way through which adds humor to the programme and is almost mocking the people who take part.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwSdgot1-OU&feature=related