Culture in the digital age

Defining a target audience i used google forms to create a survey in order to gather information on my target audience. this is so i can make predictions on how the information i find out about my target audience will influence the creative choices i make while creating my documentary. i gathered a mix of qualitive and qualitive data. The questions have been carefully curated to gather information on things i want to include in my documentary.  Question 1   I chose to ask this question because i needed to get a basic idea of what gender group i am meant to be catering to. Because of the results of this question, i need to make my documentary relate to both male, female and non binary people. I should make an effort to just cater to one group as i got a generally mixed crowd. Question 2 I asked this question to help me identify some talking points for my documentary. There are some really useful ideas for topics to discuss such as 'society is super reliant on technology' and ho...

 

Existing product analysis Vanishing at the Cecil hotel- this documentary was released by Netflix in 2021 and directed joe Berlinger. it follows the mysterious death of Elisa lam, a Canadian tourist who went missing on a trip to Los Angeles in 2013. the documentary delves deep into the history of the infamous history of the Cecil hotel located on skid row, la. it explores the events that occurred there in the hotel's history such as serial killers who were residents such as Richard Ramirez and jack unterweger.  this is an expository style documentary. it features interviews, real life events, recreations, real footage and a voice of god narration style. the documentary engages with their audience by using dramatic and engaging music to keep their focus on the dialogue and whats going on visually. they use dramatic recreations of what the people narrating are talking about. this is important because visual aides help audiences pay attention. it is important that viewe...

Research into media forms What is a documentary? A documentary is an educational film or show that tells a true story and details real life events. it can be used to raise awareness on a certain issue such as climate change as shown in Climate Change: The Facts by David Attenborough. Others are to tell a story about a notable person such as serial killers, controversial historical figures such as Jeffery Epstein: Filthy Rich and The Night Stalker: Hunt for a serial killer.  Characteristics  of a documentary film  The characteristics of documentary films differ strongly from fictional films. They all mainly follow a similar '3 act structure' structure. Act 1 introduces the topic and significant figures and sets the tone for the rest of the documentary. Act 2 dives deeper into the story and introduces more characters and more information into the topic. Act 3 evaluates the whole story and gives a conclusion leading up to the ending.  Different modes of documentaries P...

T he client for this brief is BBC Three and BBC England. They are asking for a short documentary film targeted at 16 to 24 year olds with a run time of 10 to 15 minutes. The film must highlight the importance of technology on the culture of young people and how it has impacted on modern society,  Target audience  The intended audience for the documentary is 16 to 24 year olds, meaning the content of the film must to relate to people of that age group. also the format of the film and how it is accessible, social media, online etc. this is because young people are less familiar with video formats such as CD,DVD and other hardware based video formats. Purpose The purpose of the short documentary is to capture the lives and culture of young people and highlight how technology has impacted upon this. It is to show the way young people use technology and how it is important to their day to day lives and how this has changed in recent years. Client.  BBC (British Broadcasting Co...