Final Production

Documentary:

Radio Trailer:

Newspaper Advert:

Evaluation Question 1; In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

The radio trailer follows the conventions of real media product because it includes things such as the main voice over with also extracts from the documentary itself. The extracts inter cut the voice over and it leaves the audience guessing what the voice over/extracts is talking about, which in a way could be seen as quite interesting. The voice over reflects the target audience of the documentary. Also, following the conventions the scheduling is at the end with the title, day, time and lastly followed by the channel.

Here is a few links to websites of radio stations where the trailer will be heard by its audience:
http://www.kerrangradio.co.uk/
http://www.nme.com/radio

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/
http://www.heart.co.uk/wirral/

It would be placed on radio stations that are more likely to have the same target audience as the documentary. This would then boost the views of our documentary because hopefully the trailer would attract the target audience to listen to the full documentary.

Here is a few links to websites where the newspaper advert will be shown:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/home/
The newspaper advert would be placed all around various newspapers and also as many magazines as possible to attract the target audience.

Evaluation Question 2; How effective is he combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

More detail: The same voice over is used in the documentary itself and also the radio trailer which is one way in which the ancillary texts and products link. We used the same voice over because it reflects our target audience which is a way that involves them. As well as the voice over, extracts are used in the radio trailer from the documentary because it gives the audience a quick insight of what the documentary is about.

The striking image of the newspaper advert links with the documentary and radio trailer because the viewer can clearly state the obvious that the newspaper advert is about tattoos. The slogan on the newspaper advert also appears on the radio trailer, its a rhetorical question and keeps the audience thinking about the documentary. The scheduling is also the same as the slogan as it appears both ancillary texts - it advertises to the audience when it will be on. And the title is an obvious factor to how all three link. The title 'The Human Canvas' is shown in the title sequence of the documentary. It is then shown on the newspaper advert with the scheduling. Lastly it appears on the radio trailer after the slogan.

Evaluation Question 3; What have you learnt from your audience feedback?

The documentary is also avaliable to the public on websites such as YouTube. Above is some of the comments we recieved after publishing it.

I also uploaded the production to my facebook page where my friends could view this and leave comments. As a group we thought it would be a good idea uploading it to facebook because we can get feedback from different age groups. Most of our feedback was positive overall.

Evaluation Question 4; How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

The main resource used for the research and planning was the internet mainly youtube and google to plan archive material etc. Before doing any research or planning what was going to be in the documentary we went through

a list of different topics we could focus on. Our research also consisted of finding a professional tattoo artist which eventually we did and we got the chance to look at all the tattoo inks to help with the documentary. Many software on the PC were used to construct work such as Adobe Premiere and Photoshop. Questionnaires were also created on the PC to get feedback for our documentary and we used Microsoft Excel to create bar charts for the results of questions. Background information was searched on google to find facts to include in our voice over, however, we did not use these in the final product. Other documentaries were closely analysed and we got a few ideas from there to create our own version.

The construction of the documentary consisted of using a variety of media technology such as a still camera, digital video camera, tripod and microphone. The microphone allowed us to pick the important bits we wanted of the interview or voxpop without having any problems. These were all used for the whole of the documentary and also the still camera was used for the print advert.

A video camera and microphone was used throughout because

it allowed us to get the best quality for the documentary for it to look professional. We used various camera shots and the filming contained; interviews, voxpops, cutaways and opening titles. Whilst filming with these media technologies, it was made sure that we got the right framing and we aimed to stay away from bright light to get the best effect in the final product. Another reason a still camera was used because we took pictures of sketches etc as evidence on our blogs and we also done this whilst filming our interviews to prove its our work.

Audience Feedback

Q1. On a scale of 1-5 (1 being the lowest and 5 being the highest) rate the following:

Informative: 1- 0 people, 2- 0 people, 3- 1 person, 4- 13 people, 5- 4 people

Entertaining: 1- 0 people, 2- 0 people, 3- 2 people, 4- 11 people, 5- 5 people

Obeying the conventions: 1- 0 people, 2, 0 people, 3- 1 person, 4- 11 people, 5- 6 people

Q2. Would you agree that the newspaper advert is eye catching?

Everybody said they thought the advert was eyecatching

Some of their comments: They like the two sides of the body. However, they think the title doesn't stand out. They say its good that it makes people look and try to figure what its about. Also, the image is very striking

Q3. Do you think the sound levels are appropiate throughout the documentary?

12 people said they think the sound levels are appropiate.

5 people said the music is too loud especially on some of the voxpops and some people found it difficult to hear/understand the tattoo artist.

Q4. Would you say the mise-en-scene relates to the interviewee/ topic of the documentary?

Everyone agreed that the mise-en-scene relates.

Comments: It is relevant to the documentary and the background of Demi's interview reflects her personality.

Q5. Is there anything you would do differently with camera work or do you think it flows effectively?

Majority said it flows effectively.

Comments: Could have panned a little bit more. Continuity is good. Could have got shots of somebody getting a tattoo. Closer frames on voxpop. Lighting issues on some voxpops. Could be more creative. Good archive footage and camera work.

Q6. As a whole, would you say the editing and cutaways work well or do they need to be altered?

Everyone thought the editing and cutaways were appropiate.

Comments: Some cutaways are shown twice. Transitions work well between the cutaways. Cutaways are relevant with the voice over.

Q7. Do you think the music bed is useful throughout the documentary?

Again, everyone agreed that the music bed is useful

Comments: Some people like the way the lyrics doesn't distract the audience. Music made it more interesting. It suits the documentary. Its fun and creative.

Q8. Whilst watching the documentary, were you able to follow the narrative clearly?

Everyone said they were able to follow the narrative clearly and some people commented o the voice over saying it help stick the narrative/documentary together.

Q9. Does the radio trailer/ newspaper advert grab your attention and make you want to watch the full documentary?

Comments: Can't see the logo on newspaper advert, its too dark. They both make people interested in the topic. Advert is eye catching and the trailer is informative. The advert looks real and professional. The radio is more interesting than the advert.

Evidence of students filling in the questionnaire:

Editing The Documentary

Editing The Documentary

The editing consisted of reversing the cutaways, adding the voiceover, zooming, adding titles to interviews etc, cutting and editing sound levels.

Here are some screenshots during the process of the editing: