Assignment #4 Analysis Of A TV Documentary

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Assignment #4: Analysis of a TV documentary By Joanne Aroda

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Assignment #4: Analysis of a TV documentary

By Joanne Aroda

Documentary's I Will UseThe Triumph of The Will (1935)

This documentary is a post WWII film (released in Cinemas)

Made by Leni Riefenstahl to shad light on the propaganda used by Hitler to gain his fellow Germans support

The film is aimed at mature adults and historians , people who are highly educated

Lifers (2012)

This is a TV documentary Shows Europe's largest prison

and its offenders Documentary surrounds the

issue of murder and whether they should be let back into society

Its audience is driven towards adult

Conventions

Voice over Presenter Archive footage (photos,

newspapers etc.) Supporting footage First hand experiences Score music Natural Lighting No actors One camera Pans Montage

Interviews from the public Current debatable topics Titles Text Credits (animation, colour,

size, placement and roles) Establishing shot Quoted material Statistics Real life setting (natural) Ambient sounds

Conventions of ‘The Triumph of The Will (1935)’

The documentary begins with a prologue which is the only commentary throughout the film

It challenges documentary's of today. Making the audience pay full attention

The credits are in greyish white bold writing

This challenge - due to the lack of animations or fun colours its sends a clear message of importance

Conventions of ‘The Triumph of The Will (1935)’

Real life setting This Uses – Everything

was shot at the time and was natural

It was just observation to show that world

Conventions of ‘The Triumph of The Will (1935)’

Interviews Use – To give info

and more in-depth understanding to the viewer

Allows viewers to become emotionally invested

Conventions of ‘ Lifers ’

Camera shots and Angles Challenges/uses – The

are only straight cuts Long and short worth the

occasional Ariel and close up

Conventions of ‘The Triumph of The Will (1935)’

First hand experiences/ Footage

Use – To give info and more in-depth understanding to the viewer

Conventions of ‘ Lifers ’

Current debatable topics & Statistics

Challenge - Not only brings the issue of murder but ethics and psychology

The statistics make it more real

Conventions of ‘ Lifers ’

Text Develops -The text is

normal (upper and lower case) white text which gives a message of cold and clinical

But does it fit the topic?

Conventions of ‘ Lifers ’

Similarities and differences

Similarities

First hand experiences Current debateable topics Real Life setting

Differences

Text Editing Effects Colour ( one is black and

white the other in colour ) statistics