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Title of documentary: Dont blame Facebook

Channel/ Time: Channel 4, 10pm Monday 22 July 2013

Target Audience: Mainly teenagers, some parents of teenagers

Summarise the opening 5 minutes:

What is the documentary about? Whats the main controversy? The main controversy isabout social media- the documentary is biased as it portrays social media in a negative way.

Generally what happens? What would you expect to happen in the remaining 25 minutes?

Analyse the first minute of the documentary (0-60 seconds)

The opening:

How does the opening 10 seconds begin? There is a pan of somebody using a computer andits slightly blurred. There are also some effects used - a fuzzing noise is used during this clipwhich resembles an electric fault sound. There are many wipe transition leading you fromone clip to another. These quick cuts are used in a montage. There is an over the-shouldershot of somebody watching a child on a computer, and a shot used involving lots of screens,with different forms of social media on them. There is then a fade out to the title screen.

Images used:

What images are used and why? Image of child on computer to indicate how social mediadominates childrens lives, pan of somebody typing reflects the topic of the documentary,images of the like button on facebook; twitter dashboard - accentuates how popular thelogos are for the sites, image of somebody on their mobile, image of a girl taking a selfie ,low angle shot of men walking in a business environment with a screenshot of a tweet acolleague had put.

Provide examples of how mise en scene is used to add to the sense of realism -

Sound used:

What dialogue/speech is used and why? Just voiceover at first, then vox pops- nointerviewer.

What questions are asked/ likely to have been asked (work this out from answers given)-what happened to you on social media? What did you post which you regret?

Is there a voiceover/ narrator? Yes, there is a voice over- providing facts, immediatelyprovides a biased opinion some of us are just one click away from a cock-up.

Music/ sounds- why are they used? They have used non-diegetic music (a woman singing,pop song) to begin the program, leading up to the title screen. There are also zappingsounds (like electrical fault). It then changes to upbeat high pitched music.

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Facts and stats: There are over 750 million of us with facebook on phones, 6 billion hours of videowatched each month on YouTube.

Vox pop: There are vox pop interviews as a montage involving people who have been in troublewith social media- posted bad things which have got out of hand- medium close ups, medium shots,

zooms into their face.

Establishing shots, voiceover, framing/composition of shots, vox pops, interviews, to addinterest/entertain the audience, facts/stats and use of captions.

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Images used: What images are used and why? Someone typing at a keyboard, man sitting on his sofa on

his laptop. Reconstruction of somebody on laptop tweeting mean tweets. Quick cuts fromreconstruction to the interview. Image of man boxing- introduced before story of Curtis isintroduced. Long shot of Curtis practising boxing. Over-the shoulder shot of Curtis on hismobile phone. Cuts from medium shot to medium close up of Curtis.

Provide examples of how mise en scene is used to add to the sense of realism- laptops,phones, casual clothes, normal living room for reconstruction- shows wherever you are youcan post mean things. Location of John Peggs interview - outside Hall Green Boxing Club.

Sound used:

What dialogue/speech is used and why? Voiceover, Voice of Curtis woodhouse describing hisnegative experience of social media.

What questions are asked/ likely to have been asked (work this out from answers given) whydo you use social media? What sort of things does your twitter troll post about you? AsksJohn Pegg, trainer how Curtis reacts to mean twitter posts.

Is there a voiceover/ narrator? Yes, throughout, unless interviewees are speaking. Music/ sounds- why are they used? Upbeat music when introducing Curtis woodhouse- the

boxer- alongside medium long shot of him boxing, music matches punching. Ping sound asmean tweet appears on screen. Sad, low paced music after Curtis says about the meantweets hes received and when it says about Curtis losing his English boxing title.

Captions when introducing people.

3-5 minutes

Images used: quick cuts of different angles of the motorway on the way to Sheffield to find his mean

tweeter. Cuts from reconstruction of tweeter to Curtis in car on the way to him.

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What images are used and why? Tracking shot when Curtis is in the car on the way to findhis mean tweeter, medium shots of him, close up of tweeters face, low angle shot of sky,Archival footage of troll apologising on national TV.

Provide examples of how mise en scene is used to add to the sense of realism- Curtis inathletic gear, facial expression of man as he apologises.

Sound used:

What dialogue/speech is used and why? Mixture of voiceover and interview of Curtis. What questions are asked/ likely to have been asked (work this out from answers given)

what happened when you went to Sheffield? Music/ sounds- why are they used? Upbeat tone as boxer goes towards house of mean

tweeter. Pings of twitter posts.

5-7 minutes

Images used:

What images are used and why? Medium shot of Jed in his house- then zooms in to amedium close up of his face, long shot of him getting into car, high angle shot of him runningup the stairs as his mum describes him as lively. Reconstruction of him and his friends panshot of beers and laptop.

Provide examples of how mise en scene is used to add to the sense of realism- normalclothes,

Sound used:

What dialogue/speech is used and why? Jed being interviewed, his mother talking abouthim.

What questions are asked/ likely to have been asked (work this out from answers given)Whats Jed like as a person (to mother), ask Jed Describe what happened?

Is there a voiceover/ narrator? Yes, it tells part of the story, and the interviewee expands. Music/ sounds- why are they used? High pitched upbeat tone when telling story-

asynchronous sound.

7-9 minutes

Images used:

What images are used and why? A long shot of Jedd in bed receiving a phone call. Provide examples of how mise en scene is used to add to the sense of realism-

Sound used:

What dialogue/speech is used and why? Mainly interviewees talking- less voiceover, astatement from facebook. He says when u type his name into the internet, it comes up thathes a drug dealer- itll never be removed from the internet.

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What questions are asked/ likely to have been asked (work this out from answers given)When did you first hear about what happened to Jedd? (to mother)

Is there a voiceover/ narrator? A little bit- mainly the mother and Jedd talking Music/ sounds- why are they used? Sound of his phone ringtone. Expert interview- Tom Latchem, journalist- published story about people selling cannabis

over facebook- medium shot, quiet music behind him talking.