Assignment 11:Conventions

in individual 5 minute plan

Jodie foster-pilia

Example of this

convention in another

documentary

Description of how I will

apply it to my

documentary

Use

ConventionUse/develop/challenge

Montage editing in

introduction

•Montage editing is used

in the intro, so the

audience are eager to

watch the rest of the

episodes to find out what

the footage is

•Fast paste editing, to

show lots of footage

•Montage editing

usually requires a

variety of shots such as

mid shots and close-

ups

Catfish

Catfish uses the

convention of

montage editing in

their introduction

•I will apply

montage editing at

the very beginning

of my documentary,

I will include footage

of interviews,

statistics, journeys

etc.

•This footage will

include clues of

what will occur in

the documentary

Convention Example of this

convention in another

documentary

Use/Develop/challenge Description of how I will

apply it to my

documentary

Use

Worlds fattest manClose-up, camera shots

Shows facial expression

in greater detail, gives

the audience an insight

into how the character is

feeling

Rule of thirds is used, he

is placed on the left side

of the screen perhaps

indicating he is unhappy

‘The worlds fastest man’

uses close-ups to show

facial expression in

great detail

I will use close-ups in

my documentary when

I am interviewing

people about their

religious experiences

and want to capture

their facial expression

and indication of how

their feeling.

Public interviews

Public interviews portray

an honest view of a

particular individual

Its is obvious that it is a

public interview due to

the fact that it takes

place in the street

Use

‘Branded a witch’ uses

the convention of public

interviews

I will definitely use

public interviews, so I

can get an honest view

of different peoples

ideas regarding the

question of God

existing.

Branded a witch

Convention Example of this

convention in another

documentary

Use/Develop/Challenge Description of how I will

apply it to my

documentary

‘Bums boobs and

Botox’ Use

Establishing shot

Here an establishing

shot is used to

establish the scene

This particular

establishing shot was

to show where an

expert interview was

taking place

‘Bums boobs and Botox’Uses the convention of

An Establishing shot.

• I will use an

establishing

shot to

establish the

scene, and

before each

expert

interview. This

will orientate

the audience.

Voiceover

• There is a voiceover

explaining a particular

events, whereby there are

many different cuts of

buildings

• This keeps the audience

engaged visually

• The cuts include many

different angles I.e. aerial

shots & wide shots

Use

‘The 9 11 hotel’ uses the

convention of voiceovers

over different cuts

The 9 11 hotel’ • I will use voiceovers

in my documentary

when I am informing

the audience about

god, I will use

different cuts of

things such as, the

bible, the cross,

Islamic symbol etc.

• I will use a variety of

close-ups to keep the

audience engaged