At the start of the documentary project, I

researched the codes and conventions of documentaries as well as documentaries on

the whole.

The definition of a documentary is ‘Problematic’ and our documentary follows

this. A problem within our documentary is the negatives

of takeaways against the positives of takeaways.

A problem is created initially by interviews and cutaways focusing

on takeouts and the voiceover discussing the popularity of

them.

A further interview discussing the negatives of takeouts is what raises the point and

problem of why they are so popular.

Voxpops and interviews with healthy and

unhealthy food fanatics gives a balanced

argument presenting opinions which show

positives of both.

In result, a debate is created by common

interest. In our case, the audience will discuss whether they prefer

takeouts or home cooked meals and the point of

which is most beneficial will arise.

John Grieson made the first documentary and defined it as

'The creative treatment of actuality.‘ Our documentary is reality placed on the screen as healthy has become an issue

over the years and people are now concerned with what the

contents of their food.

We also followed John Corner’s five concepts to a

documentary – - Observation

- Mise En Scene- Interviews- Exposition

- Dramatisation

We observed the general public and conducted questionnaires to collect facts. We provided relevant mise en scene in cutaways, interviews and

archive footage. We had interviews with relevant subjects. We realised the

problem within takeouts and gave a realistic image of takeaway food. We included drama by filming people in

action, before interviews.

Our documentary is a Mixed Documentary; the combination of

observation, narration and interviews. The narrator leads the

action and any interviews are spoken to the camera.