Forms and conventions of a documentary

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PAM YOUNES Forms and Conventions of My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding

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PAM YOUNES

Forms and Conventions ofMy Big Fat Gypsy Wedding

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All about ‘My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding’

its episodes within a couple of series

This is about gypsy weddings and how important there wedding day would be and how they would plan it

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Interviewing

Normally they interview people in documentaries, and they would talk to the camera as they are addressing their information to the audience.

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Credits

They would have credits, as this is an episode normally the title, because there is interviewing, they normally have the name of the person talking and who they are.

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Hand held footage

In documentaries, there is steady footage, its normally shaky as the camera men/women don’t use the tripod, as they need to make it more realistic

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Cutaways

They normally would have cutaways, either a still image or a video as the interviewer would be talking, to make it more interesting to watch

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Theme music

Normally have the same theme music every time it comes on, either from break to the break etc.

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POV

There would normally have POV to show where there looking at, as I said to make it more realistic and to know where they would be looking at