Thursday 10 May 2007
Jellys progress report
Basicly... WEVE FINISHEDDD!!! yayy lol the media producation took over n we didnt have time for NETHING buh hopefully people will like it... well done chikitass!!!
Saturday 5 May 2007
Vanita...Evaluation
Practical production evaluation
Vanita Dade
956
For my practical production, I worked in a group with two others to produce a documentary called ‘Wild’. The documentary is based on a disorder called Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The documentary is to education audiences on the disorder. The documentary also investigates on two characters one aged 11 and the other 18 about their disorder and how it affects their day to day life. As a group we thought it was important to have the title of the documentary title linked to the disorder and the word ‘wild’ perfectly describes those who suffer from ADHD. However this also created an enigma as the word ‘wild’ could relate to many other subjects.
As a group we decided that we would share all the responsibilities equally, with this each group member ideas were used. Hardeep was mainly in charge of the camera and any other equipment that was booked out. Whilst filming I was hospitalised so I missed out on loads of filming, however then later was back and did participate in some of the filming. It could also be seen clearly that Jalna and Hardeep did loads more editing as I was abroad for my treatment however did as much as I could. However the editing time was a stressful part of creating the documentary as we did not follow our story board so we had a few problems for the narrative and story line.
The opening of the documentary starts off with a reverse shot of a background full of paint, the image then goes in a reverse shot and the paint becomes clear as hands of paint come and the title ‘wild’ appears. We used a childish instrumental and also the colours of the pain are bright more child like. This is so that audiences can relate to the whole starting of sequence to children as ADHD is more common in children.
There are a range of images throughout the documentary to convey and pass on our message to the audiences and most images have a voice over to them relating back to the main topic and subject ADHD. We carefully selected some vox pops to define what ADHD means. We used each word from a different vox pop and let each shot cut in straight after one another. After the definition we had some vox pops explaining what ADHD actually means.
We used parallel sound in the documentary as we felt that the music can also send out a message to the audiences. We used a song by Sugar Babes called ‘Ugly’; this song enables the audience to see how the characters of the documentary feel with the disorder. The mise en scene was carefully decided on for example when the voice over explains about how we caught up with one of our protagonist ‘Monique’ after school, she was dressed in school uniform. Also when the voice over of ‘Monique’ explains her behaviour amongst others, we show it in a garden with her playing around with other characters.
We gave the documentary our fullest attention as every minor mistake was corrected many times and every detail was looked in to. We also re shot many times, as we failed to get the right effect the first few times. We decided to challenge stereotypes, instead of having a naught boy as the protagonist we decided to have a naughty Asian girl. We also had a female voice over; this also challenges the stereotype of having a typical male voice over. Having a female voice over does not only challenge stereotypes but as the topic or main subject of the documentary is to do with a touching and unfortunate disorder, having a female voice over creates a sense of sympathy to the protagonist. After studying ‘Bowling for Columbine’ in module two, we witnessed that the realism of the documentary lies in the editing and producing shaky shots by using a hand held camera. We were also inspired from other documentaries such as ‘Body Shock’, we did not show our interviewer and only used a voice over, similarly to the documentary we looked at. We also interviewed the protagonist’s sister, this gave our documentary a sense of realism and gave the subject a powerful appeal, as the sister of the protagonist is targeting and attacking the sufferer of ADHD.
We used on screen text to keep the audience focused on to the screen, we also had sound which was parallel to what was being written on the screen however we used both to reinforce what was being said. We used a clear and standard font so it shows the strict and seriousness of the subject.
A strength is that we used young Asian females as our protagonist and other characters. This is unconventional and has gone against a patriarchal society. We challenge the stereotype of good young Asian females into naughty and disruptive.
Our cinematography was done to our best appeal, as we have used a range of different shots. For example we did a fade out of the second character ‘Rishika’ in a reverse shot being physically abusive to show her ‘wild’ side. The documentary ‘Wild’ will be shown on BBC1 as BBC1 is a public service broadcaster, also the main reason for this documentary is to educate audiences so therefore it is most convenient for the documentary to be shown on BBC1. The main audience for the documentary is 13 + of any gender. The documentary is focused on young teenagers to educate them as early as possible so this documentary is mainly targeted at a young audience
In conclusion, ‘Wild’ delivers its main purpose to the audience which is to educate them about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
Vanita Dade
956
For my practical production, I worked in a group with two others to produce a documentary called ‘Wild’. The documentary is based on a disorder called Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The documentary is to education audiences on the disorder. The documentary also investigates on two characters one aged 11 and the other 18 about their disorder and how it affects their day to day life. As a group we thought it was important to have the title of the documentary title linked to the disorder and the word ‘wild’ perfectly describes those who suffer from ADHD. However this also created an enigma as the word ‘wild’ could relate to many other subjects.
As a group we decided that we would share all the responsibilities equally, with this each group member ideas were used. Hardeep was mainly in charge of the camera and any other equipment that was booked out. Whilst filming I was hospitalised so I missed out on loads of filming, however then later was back and did participate in some of the filming. It could also be seen clearly that Jalna and Hardeep did loads more editing as I was abroad for my treatment however did as much as I could. However the editing time was a stressful part of creating the documentary as we did not follow our story board so we had a few problems for the narrative and story line.
The opening of the documentary starts off with a reverse shot of a background full of paint, the image then goes in a reverse shot and the paint becomes clear as hands of paint come and the title ‘wild’ appears. We used a childish instrumental and also the colours of the pain are bright more child like. This is so that audiences can relate to the whole starting of sequence to children as ADHD is more common in children.
There are a range of images throughout the documentary to convey and pass on our message to the audiences and most images have a voice over to them relating back to the main topic and subject ADHD. We carefully selected some vox pops to define what ADHD means. We used each word from a different vox pop and let each shot cut in straight after one another. After the definition we had some vox pops explaining what ADHD actually means.
We used parallel sound in the documentary as we felt that the music can also send out a message to the audiences. We used a song by Sugar Babes called ‘Ugly’; this song enables the audience to see how the characters of the documentary feel with the disorder. The mise en scene was carefully decided on for example when the voice over explains about how we caught up with one of our protagonist ‘Monique’ after school, she was dressed in school uniform. Also when the voice over of ‘Monique’ explains her behaviour amongst others, we show it in a garden with her playing around with other characters.
We gave the documentary our fullest attention as every minor mistake was corrected many times and every detail was looked in to. We also re shot many times, as we failed to get the right effect the first few times. We decided to challenge stereotypes, instead of having a naught boy as the protagonist we decided to have a naughty Asian girl. We also had a female voice over; this also challenges the stereotype of having a typical male voice over. Having a female voice over does not only challenge stereotypes but as the topic or main subject of the documentary is to do with a touching and unfortunate disorder, having a female voice over creates a sense of sympathy to the protagonist. After studying ‘Bowling for Columbine’ in module two, we witnessed that the realism of the documentary lies in the editing and producing shaky shots by using a hand held camera. We were also inspired from other documentaries such as ‘Body Shock’, we did not show our interviewer and only used a voice over, similarly to the documentary we looked at. We also interviewed the protagonist’s sister, this gave our documentary a sense of realism and gave the subject a powerful appeal, as the sister of the protagonist is targeting and attacking the sufferer of ADHD.
We used on screen text to keep the audience focused on to the screen, we also had sound which was parallel to what was being written on the screen however we used both to reinforce what was being said. We used a clear and standard font so it shows the strict and seriousness of the subject.
A strength is that we used young Asian females as our protagonist and other characters. This is unconventional and has gone against a patriarchal society. We challenge the stereotype of good young Asian females into naughty and disruptive.
Our cinematography was done to our best appeal, as we have used a range of different shots. For example we did a fade out of the second character ‘Rishika’ in a reverse shot being physically abusive to show her ‘wild’ side. The documentary ‘Wild’ will be shown on BBC1 as BBC1 is a public service broadcaster, also the main reason for this documentary is to educate audiences so therefore it is most convenient for the documentary to be shown on BBC1. The main audience for the documentary is 13 + of any gender. The documentary is focused on young teenagers to educate them as early as possible so this documentary is mainly targeted at a young audience
In conclusion, ‘Wild’ delivers its main purpose to the audience which is to educate them about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
Friday 4 May 2007
Final Progress report...Hardy...
I'm soo happy that this is finished....we havee been through so much o wel... its all over noww..Im gald to sayy that its all finished and were happy with what we have produced. Mr bush saw our production and thought it was good soo wicked:D:D:D ....Well donee to all of us!!!
Wednesday 2 May 2007
Final progress report!!
Heyyy oh my dazze poor hardy has ran back and forth all the way home many times just to get the production on the cd and it just never happens and finally shes done it she left it at home godh! but its all done noww... mainly thanx to hardy and jalna... i wont be mean and take credit for something i havnt done but ne ways gud job!!!
x...Vanita...x
x...Vanita...x
Final progress report!!
Heyyy oh my dazze poor hardy has ran back and forth all the way home many times just to get the production on the cd and it just never happens and finally shes done it she left it at home godh! but its all done noww... mainly thanx to hardy and jalna... i wont be mean and take credit for something i havnt done but ne ways gud job!!!
x...Vanita...x
x...Vanita...x
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