Documentary Ancillary task guide

Blogging Task

Newspaper advert

1.     Analyse three newspaper adverts —  Choose the newspaper adverts Annotate the advert for: —  Layout —  Text use —  Fonts —  Lexis —  Colour palette  —  Camera shots in photos —  Intertextuality —  Camera angles in photos —  Semiotics —  Genre —  Representation —  Audience —  Narrative —  Connation —  Denotation —  Theory (youth-Hall, Hebdige, gender-Mulvey, race-Malik, Barthes-signs and enigma code, Medhurst-awful because they are not like us.)

2.     Genre Institution research Newspaper advert genre: what is expected, common conventions: —  Choose one advert to annotate. List what you expect to see in them, consider: —  Layout —  Colour —  Text use —  Content —  Page features Research into the newspaper and newspaper advert institution: —  How are they created —  The cost of creation —  How much is spent on news adverts for radio. —  How radio use their adverts —  How the newspaper adverts have changed since the internet.

3.     Survey Monkey on what the TA want ·      What is your age? ·      What is your gender? ·      What are your hobbies? ·      What genre of magazine, film, documentary do you like? ·      What features do you like in magazine, film, documentary? ·      What colours schemes  do you find appealing? ·      Text, fonts, colours, actors, features, style, writing vs image ratio,  (film and doc) ·      Text, fonts, colours, actors, features Locations to promote, (mag)

4.     Text ideas ·      Screen shot text ideas ·      Annotate why they would appeal to the audience ·      Fit the genre ·      Create the appropriate style for the genre of magazine or newspaper.

5.     Placement ideas ·      Where the advert will appear ·      Newspaper type- link to audience ·      Location in newspaper- front back middle ·      Position on page ·      Have some visual examples of adverts to compare to.

6.     3 flat plans ·      Draw out in pencil what the basic layout for your adverts will be ·      Annotate why these will appeal to the audience ·      Fit the genre ·      Create the appropriate style for the product.

7.     Photography research ·      Look at an overview of technological advancements in photography and how this would impact your photography. ·      What styles of photography are used in your type of magazine? ·      Research a photographers style that you like. ·      Collect images of the photography you like and annotate why this will appeal to your audience.

8.     Lighting research ·      What types of lighting are used in photography? ·      What impact does this have on the images? ·      What kind of lighting will you use and why?

9.     Cast list

10.  Equipment list

11.  Location plan

12.  Original images

13.   Journal Critical reflection on shoot

14.  Screen grabs of editing process

15.  advert draft 1

16.  Final advert

Double-page spread from a listings magazine focused on the documentary.

·      Analyse three double page spreads from a listings magazine. ·      Choose 3 double page spreads from a listings magazine Annotate for: ·      Layout ·      Text use ·      Fonts ·      Lexis ·      Colour palette  ·      Camera shots in photos ·      Intertextuality ·      Camera angles in photos ·      Semiotics ·      Genre ·      Representation ·      Audience ·      Narrative ·      Connation ·      Denotation ·      Theory (youth-Hall, Hebdige, gender-Mulvey, race-Malik, Barthes-signs and enigma code, Medhurst-awful because they are not like us.) ·      Article content- main subject areas to cover.

17.  List of common conventions for a listings magazine article —  Choose one double page spread to annotate. List what you expect to see in them, consider: —  Layout —  Colour —  Text use —  Positioning —  Camera shot type —  Mise en scene

18.  Survey monkey on what the TA want —  What is your age? —  What is your gender? —  What are your hobbies? —  What genre of documentary do you like? —  What features do you like in magazine  double page spread about a documentary? —  What colours schemes  do you find appealing? —  Text, fonts, colours, actors, features, style, writing vs image ratio,  (film and doc)

20. Article draft. Complete a draft of the article about your documentary. Cover the main areas of interest that you found in research: —  People it features —  Main theme/point of the documentary —  Filming quality —  Location shoot —  Presenter/ voiceover choice —  Interview quotes from the people featured or the presenter. —  Showing times —  Overall success/failures in the documentary —  Recommendations.

21.  Title ideas ·      Draw out suggested names for your magazine ·      Annotate why these will appeal to the audience ·      Fit the genre ·      Create the appropriate style for the product.

22.  3 flat plans ·      Draw out in pencil what the basic layout for your magazine cover will be ·      Annotate why these will appeal to the audience ·      Fit the genre ·      Create the appropriate style for the product.

23. Photography research

24. Lighting research

25. Cast list

26. Equipment list

27. Location plan

28. Original images

29. Journal Critical reflection on shoot

30. Screen grabs of editing process

31. Front cover draft 1

32. Final front cover