We can see on the left how we have used a common code and convention, we have framed this interviewee to the side and not having them looking at the camera.
We also can see here on the right the same style but in a professional piece. This is a code and convention we chose to use in order to make it look as professional as possible
In this shot here on the left we can see that a close up shot is used. This is common in a documentary to portray feelings and let the viewer gain a better undertsanding of what the documentary is trying to put across.
On the right, we have a screen shot from our documentary. This shows up employing the same code and convention as that used in the professional one above.
John Corner said that ‘What distinguishes documentary is the portrayal of the recorded sounds and images of actuality."We understood this and we decided to put in actual footage which relates to what we were talking about. For example we spoke about advertisments and Subway told us that it is very important for them. Therefore we decided to show this through their televised advert...
John Gierson said that a documentary is, ‘The creative treatment of actuality.’ We percieved this to mean that an individual takes their topic and create their own idea of what they perceive it to be and portray it in their own way. We therfore decided to show a person eating a sandwich very close up and then have the graphics at the end of this sequence. We chose this as everyone eats sandwiches and everyone has their own choice and preference...
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