LO3-Task9,Legal and ethical

LO3-Task10,Synopsis

The overview for our documentary is about stereotypes. Within our documentary we will be using school children for our interview. We will be using people who experienced stereotyping and also kids who have stereotypes others themselves. This way the viewers for our documentary will be able to have an idea on what stereotyping actually involves and also this could effect the minds of young people. We will also have an sociology specialist in our documentary who  explains to us the causes of stereotyping and what the effects stereotyping. We also have learning mentors within our documentary, who will give their opinion on what they think stereotyping is and what how they try and deal with stereotyping.  We also have reconstructions of someone who will be stereotyped, this will allow the viewers to explore and see what stereotyping takes place. We  also have footage of a muslim hijabi girl who will be going through with us her daily routine and explains to us how she gets stereotyped. Within our documentary we have a media teacher who has a great knowledge in media and they will be explaining to use how they think the media affects stereotyping. 

LO3-Task8,Target audience

Target audience- Our documentary will be aimed at people what want to have a greater knowledge into this topic as this is a topic that has never been discussed and also there is no other documentary that has been produced on this topic. The documentary will also be aimed at teenagers and generally anyone who wishes to watch a documentary about this issue. 

LO3-Task7,Treatment

Our documentary is based on different types of stereotypes which we named ‘Stereotypes The good and the bad’.

What’s different about our documentary to the other documentaries is that they haven’t don’t one based on stereotypes and this makes our documentary more interesting to the audience.  The reason to why this would be something the audience don’t want to miss is because it’s something new and something interesting for the views. This is like a message to the audience the ones that think good of everyone and don’t judge by first impression will be looking forward to seeing what people who do disrespect others because of their looks or beliefs. This will also show these that think bad of certain people how they shouldn’t discriminate and how they should respect others life style no matter how bazar it can be.

The target audience that stood out to us and would benefit a lot from it is young adults and adults from ages 15 – 40. The reason why we think it would be best for these age groups is because most of the people within these age groups have loads to say and still need to understand the basics of respecting others and not discriminating them because of how they wish to live their life style. However this documentary wouldn’t be much of an effect to the children younger than the age of 15 as they wouldn’t be as sure or be able to understand everything going on.

The lines of appeal for our documentary is that it gives audience the re-assurance that if they are discriminating, judging and disrespecting others because of how they wish to live their life styles. This would be bad parenting for their children or anyone who is younger than 15 to look up to them as role models. The documentary is on the educational line so it is relevant to the younger adults to learn something new.   

The documentary will start with an realist narrative as the documentary will focus on the stereotyping, it will then have the people we interviewed tell us a few other their experiences as well as facts on stereotype. The aim of the documentary is that it grabs the audience’s attention as the documentary is educational as well as being a message to everyone. The documentary would appear on channels like ‘Channel 5, ITV, Channel 4 and BBC channels’.

LO3-Task6,Genre conventions

Lighting-  The lighting that we will be using for our documentary will be normal light that will come from the building, as we believe that we wont need any sort of lighting and this will just be main light within the building as we feel that we dont need any source of fancy lighting within our documentary. 

Permission for use of location- Most of the filming that we will doing willl be within out school sidney stringer academy and therefore we wont need any sort permission as we are allowed to film within our school and we have permission. Also we will be doing some filming in My house and therefore we wont need permission to record there as it is fine with me to record within my house.

Material structured into an argument –Seeing as our documentary is about stereotypes, which is a controversial topic, we’ve decided to make the documentary a participatory and argumen as many people will  their opinions and therefore we would see alot of people who will be in argument with other people as  everyone will have their own opinion about this matter and this will all techinally  be structured into an argument as everyone will be saying their own opinion about this topic. 

Music -We will se using for our documentary this will be done throughout the doucmentary where appropiate however one of the main places where it will be will be the first minute of a our documentary as we will need to  have music that wil hook people onto this documenatry so that   they want to watch more and this will persuade them to carrying on watching as the music will be tense.

Voiceover-It is very important for a documentary to have voice overs as this is what hooks people onto the show and therefore we will be using  a voice over for our documenatry this will most likely be a male voice as most documentaries use males voices as they are very deep and it is  said that more people will take more attention to a male voice rather than a female voice and therefore in our documentary we want some one who will hook the viewers onto carrying on and watching the documentary. 

Experts-One of the most important factors within a documentary is exper knowledge, this is important and therefore this is why we have to use experts  within our documntary. the expert that we will using within our documentary is going to be people that will ahve knowledge about this  matter, we will also have expert knowledge from a psychologist as we want to know ho this topic can have an effect of people minds and everyday life.

Actuality Footage-another important factor within a documentary is actuality fottage as this means that all the fottage that will be displayed in our documentary will have to be actualy and they must not be made up and therefore this is why we are using actualioty foorage in our documentary as this will make our documentary more  sucessful and for a documentary it is important all the footage is actual and not made up as when people watch documentaries they expect actuality footage.

 Reconstructions-We still also include  reconstruction in our documentary, this will be off people that have prevously been stereo types, this is important for us to do in our documentary as we want to make people aware of the way that people can stero type other , sometimes without even knowing and how this can effect the  person that is being stero typed. 

Interview-Within our documentary we will be interviewing many   many people as we can to get peoples views and opinions on this topic.  Therefore we will be interviewing many people in order get peoples opinions and views about this topic.

Statistics-We will use statistics to in showing how many people will get stereo types to show the emphasis on how bad it can be for people to stereo type other people.

Texts and titles-We will be using text and titles to get importangt information about this topic across and this is important for us to use and this can be used to display interviewers names aswell.

Montage- we will be using a montage of images in our documentary, as we can to emphasise the type of sterao types that will exist in our documentary. 

LO3-Task5,Research

My idea

- Racism towards Muslims- This topic really interested me as I wanted to know why racism is happening towards muslims and what is the root cause of this matter. Why would people be so racist towards a large religious community and also i wanted to find out how being part of racism affect people daily life.

Questions

- How do you think muslims are portrayed in the media?

- What do you think is the root cause of this racism?

-What is multi-culturalism and how is it linked to racism?

The people that I would like to interview in this documentary would be :

- A racist person

- Representations  of ethnicity in the media

- People that have been effecte by racism

 Looking at a few different types of racism based documentaries mean that this really took my interest and therefore i wanted to have more knowledge about thsi topic also the fact that the scholl that i am currently has a lot f Muslims wanted me to futher develope this topic and i was keen to interview peope and find out what people think about this topic.  Also i researched and w watched  some interview and documentaries about this matter and therefore looking at this persuaded and influenced me to think about this topics. one of the documentaries that i watched about racism was video below.

 Watching this documentary really facinated me and therefore i wanted more knowlede on this topic.

After meeting with group-

After meeting with my group we came up with an idea on stereotypes and how people are effected by this, this was simaliar to my topic as this deal with people being steriops typed a certain way for example Muslim could be one as some people will stero type them as terroist and the fact that we all came up with this meant that  it was similar to my topic however this was a more wider topic as this deal with a lot of different matter, and  today society means that many people will stereo type  other people without even  realisin g and therefore this is why me and my group wanted to do  about this documentary as many people will have something to say about this topic  and the fact that we were victims  stero typing meant that we could really relate to this topic.  The reason for why we came up with this idea was because we thought that everyone everyone is constantly getting judged by people that wont know them and being a victim of this ourselves we thought we could relate to this matter.

LO3-Task4,Visual moodboard

Group mood board

This is the group  mood board that we created as a group. All the images that we used within our documentary was thought about as we wanted to create a mood  board that when people look at the mood board then they will have an idea about what our documentary is about.
 

Individual Mood Board

 This is the mood board that I made for my individual idea. All the images that were used within this mood board were thought and whether i wanted to use them  or not as the mood board would represent my idea  and  therefore I had to think about  the images that i was going to use.

  

LO3-Task3,Group mindmap

Group idea mind map-

LO3-Task2,Mindmap individual

Individual idea mind map-

LO3-Task1, Research into factual programmes

 

In my research into this topic I looked at the definition of what a stereo type is as we wanted to know the dictionary definition and knowing this information would help us with making sure we have full knowledge on this topic. 

I also looked at this website which looked at the different types of stereotyping  that will occur and the types of effects that it will have on people, looking at this information meant that it would give us a great insight on the different types of stereo typing and also the effect on people. 

Focus group-

we carried out a focus group to get opinions of different peopel and what they thought about this topic. The question that we included in our focus group were:

1)      What is the first thing to pop into your head when talking stereotypes?

2)      Have you ever been stereotyped and if so what happened?

3)      Have you ever witnessed stereotype-fuelled bullying?

4)      What do you understand by the term stereotype?

5)      Do you think you fit a stereotype? If so which one, and why?

6)      Do you stereotype other people? Negatively or positively?

7)      What do you think the effects of stereotyping are on a person?

8)      Have you ever been ridiculed for what you wear? What sort of response did you get?

9)      Have you ever refrained from doing/buying something because it represented a certain        stereotype?

10)   Have you ever avoided a certain group of people because of how they look?

11)   What classifies a person as emo, punk, gangster, metal-head etc.?

LO2-Task2,Documentary formats

Breakfast –   This is one type of factual program. Breakfast shows aired early in the morning between 6am-12p.  Within this type of factual programe it will include things such as latest news, weather report, cooking, headlines discussions and many more things. Sometimes it will include special guests such as music artists and soap stars. Example of breakfast shows could be daybreak, Good morning Britain, This morning, and the morning show.

Chat Shows – Chat shows are another example if a factual programme. This will include a person which is the host and they will be interviewing famous people such as celebrities. The programme will include the host talking to the guest about a majority or topics. Guest will come on these shows to talk about achievement and anything new in their career. Examples of chat shows will include things such as Alan Carr: chatty man, the Graham Norton show, The Ellen show, the one show, and also the Jonathon Ross show.

Fly-on-the-wall – A fly on the wall factual programme  is a programme where cameras are installed in the homes of famous people not mostly famous people but this can be other things in general as it may include cameras in places such as offices etc… This will look at how they are reacting when there is no cameras and so it will mean this actual footage.  Examples of   fly on the wall will be programmes such as 999; what your emergency, Nanny 911, Come fly with me, 

Game Shows – A game show also a type of factual as they will have realistic footage of people.  On game show they will have a host and certain people that will take part in some sort of game this could include various types of things such as answering questions, solving puzzles or even doing physical work.  The people on the programme could be someone alone of they could be a group of people.  The guest in that programme will have to compete some sort of ‘’game’’ and there will be prizes that they will usually be playing for.  Examples of games shows will include programmes such as the cube, the million pound drop, deal or no deal and also the weakest link.

Infotainment – An infotainment programme is a factual programme that is fun yet educational.  This is done to attract viewers in a way that is not boring yet entertaining.  Examples of infotainment programmes will include things such as Deadly 60, top gear, bargain hunt and antique road show. There type of shows is good for not just entertainment but for education purposes as well, as the audience will learn something from watching these types of factual programmes.

News – The news is a major type of factual programme as this makes people aware of what is happening in the outside world.  This will make people aware of what is happening. The news will be local and also nation this will mean that they will be one that will be about news in your local area and one that is for the whole country to watch as this will include news about other countries.  The stuff that is features in the news is unbiased this  means that they will be taking about both sides of a story and not just one side another thing is that  the reporters and producers in the news wont portray their  point of view to the public. Examples of types of news could be BBC news at six, channel 4 news, ITV news, and news night.

Sportscast – This is a type of factual programming that is only based on sports. This will tell the audience about the latest on sports and nothing else.  This shows are mostly likely to be live if they are not then it will mean that they are filmed near sports places. These types of shows will give information on what is happening on a certain sports ant latest gossip.  There will be commentators that will be giving out news about sports and they will have voice overs during certain games and they will be talking about all the things that are happening.  Programmes like this are unusually aired before and after a sports game.  An example of this type programme is BBC ones’ Match of the day.

Docusoap – These are documentaries which follow certain people or a group of people around and showing what they are doing. This is a form of entertainment for the audience as they will be aware of what they are doing.  The reason for why it will be entertaining to the audience is because the programme will be showing them in real life and they are not actors which are pretending to so certain things.  Examples in docusoaps will include programmes such as the only way is Essex and Made in Chelsea.

Mockumentary – mockomentary is a type of factual programming which is done to mock a type of film or any other type of show.  This is a good source of entertainment for the audience as they will be ‘’mocking’’ the original people in the show.  Examples of these are

Keith Lemon’s Lemon La Vida Loca and, , Best In Show, The Office , This Is Spinal Tap

LO2-Tak1,Codes and coventions

In this task I will be looking at the codes and conventions of news. I will be looking at two different news and looking at their codes and conventions. The two news programmes that I will be looking at are: BBC NEWS at 10’oclock and also 5 news.

Studio news reader- These are the people that sit in the studio and report the news on to the audience. The codes and conventions for studio news reader are very formal this means that they are seen wearing suites and smart clothing. In the BBC news and 5 news, the studio new reader are all dressed in a formal manner and they are wearing suites and look  very professional.

 

Also they are usually sat behind a desk where they will present the news. The fact that the studio news reader sit on the desk  will mean that their legs are covered and only they’re upper body is  shown, this then means that all the attention will be on the upper body  and nowhere else.  On BBC news the studio reader are sat behind a desk and only their upper body can be seen, this then means that the legs are not shown  and only the attentions  is on their upper body. However on 5 news the studio reader are not seen behind a desk as they are standing, this then means that all their body is shown and the focus is on their whole body and not just the upper body like the BBC news.

                                 

 The studio reader will always make sure that they are facing the camera and are directly speaking to the camera and not looking around.  This makes it more professional and shows that the studio readers are talking directly to the public and makes the news look much more professional by making direct eye contact. The conventions that are used are that the studio reader will make sure that they formal and they look smart and professional. Also the studio news reader will always be sitting behind a backdrop of a city view or they are either sitting somewhere the studio can be seen.

 

Field reporters- These are the people that go out and report news from outside the studio. The codes for field reporters are that you will see the field reporters dressed formally depending on the weather and the location of the. For example if a field reporter is reporting from a park then the will be dressed more informal and they will be seen wearing shirts and shorts, this shows that the field reports is dressed appropriate for the location. This will also be done for field reporters for BBC news and 5 news as the field reports will be dressed appropriate for the location. For example if on BBC one of the field reporters is reporting from the House of Commons then they will be dressed in a very formal way and they will be wearing a suit. Also if the field reporter for 5 news is at an airport then they will be dressed more formal and they will look professional. The conventions that will be used will be that the field reporters will be on air and they will be shown live. All the field reporters for BBC news and 5 news are shown on air live and they will be speaking at that specific time back to the studio.  They will also have a direct mode of address, this means that they will be talking regarding what they are reporting on. For example if a reports is at tennis match they will have to discuss that matter and draw their attentions to the tennis game.

Links to studio- This is where link to the studio will be seen. This means that when field reporters are talking about the matter that they are reporting about and they finish then they will finish with the sentence ‘’back to the studio’’  This shows link to the studio, this also means and shows that the field reporter is live and they will be live on air. Also the studio will also make links to the field reporters and they will say ‘’over to you’’ this then means that the field report will then be able to speak and yet again shows that the field report is live and can hear the people in the studio and also the people in the studio can hear what they’re saying as well.  This is illustrated in both BBC news and also 5 news where after the field reporters are finished talking then they will say ‘’ back to the studio’’ this then shows how the filed reports have a link to the studio and this also show that the field reporters are live.

Modes of address to viewer- The codes of address are that the reports will need to make direct eye contact with the camera and that they are speaking directly to the camera, this then shows that all their attentions is towards the camera and are speaking directly to the audience. However if the reports isn’t facing the camera and  speaking directly to the camera then it means that the direct mode of address  isn’t there as the reporter isn’t speaking to the audience and there is no direct mode of address. In BBC news and 5 news the reporter make sure that they have direct mode of address by making sure that they face directly to the camera when they are speaking, this then shows that the reporters are speaking directly to the audience.

Interviewing- The codes that will be used for interviews will be close up shots, medium and also establishing shots and also the appropriate locations will be thought about and make sure that its appropriate for the interview. For example if a teacher is being interviewed in a school then they will most likely be interviewed in their classroom and this then shows that the locations is appropriate for a teacher. For example  on BBC news if they are interviewing a school pupil then they would interview in a classroom, which shows that they are a student and means that the location is appropriate for the interview. Also on 5 news if a doctor is being interviewed then they will be interviewed in their work place, this then shows that they are a doctor and makes it more obvious. Also interviews shots will be cut to that the interview is appropriate and only the things that the interviewee wants are covered and the whole interview is not shown.

Experts and witness-Experts are used to gather information for a news report, however all the fact will have to be checked and there has to be information that backs up this information. For example if within BBC news they want a doctor then they will have to gather and research and make sure that they have information that, that person is a doctor.  Also within 5 news if they are going to use a social worker then they will need to check and make sure that they gather information that the person is a social worker. Witnesses, witnesses will usually facts that can back their points or they will have actuality footage to back up their points.

Reporter structure- When the news is made up the directors and other people will have to think about a structure for the news. This makes sure that if a story is cut short, then they have back up  stories that they can include in the news that will fill in the gaps and all the story will end up on a good note. BBC news and 5  news are structured in a way that makes sure that everything is included and that everything has been shown in the news and if something goes wrong then they have back up stories that they can show.

Actuality footage- In news reports actuality footage is shown to show that actually happened in a n even, this is used in a way to back up information or to add an insight into the event that occurred. For example in BBC news if they are showing a crime scene then they will show actuality footage that will back up the event that happened.

LO1-Task1,Issues

Within a documentary there are many things that need to be acknowledged, this will help the audience be attracted to these and also help the documentaries be successful.  These are:

Accuracy- The information that is provided in documentaries need to be real and not made up, this is because the whole point of a documentary is based on things that are true and not made up. It is important for some that is making a documentary to have actually information as one the audience will expect that everything on that programme should be correct. An example of factual programme that will have actual information is crime watch, this is very good example as all the crimes that are based on that programme are real and also the information that the show provide this is important for a factual programme like this because it this show is all about the interaction with the audience and by providing actual information it will mean that the programme are more likely to interact more with the audience. Another example would be the news as this will provide the audience will actual information, this is also important for the news as well as a lot of people will be watching this and its main purpose as a programme is to provide information to people and if its isn’t providing actual information then this programme will not be very useful. 

Balance- having a balance  documentary will mean that the person who made the documentary is not biased and they are not on one side of the story.  Having a balance will mean that the information will not be biased as some reporters will only look at one side of the story.   By  having a balance will mean that the audience can then decide in which side of the story they would want to contract with this will enable the audience to be more aware of both sides of the story and they  can then judge by their own perspective.  An example of this is portrayed in one of the documentaries that I am looking at; this is the madeleine case as they look at both sides the story and they are fair about even about both the sides as they will be looking at what the victims itself in the incident had to say and also what the police and outsider had to say this way the audience will then be able to make a judgement them self and whi9ch side they want to be with, this way the audience are interacting because it will means that they will be able to fill in any gaps in the story and this way they will be getting the audience to think a lot more.

ImpartialityBeing impartial means that there is two sides of a story this is to make sure that something Is not biased and this will make the documentary fair as they won’t be focusing on just one point of the story.  The   British schools Islamic rules documentary only focuses on one side this means that the documentary is bias and there is not a mixture of both. However the other documentary focuses on both side   it and this means that the documentary has two sides. This documentary will therefore let the viewers to come up with their side of the argument.

 Objectivity

Being objective means that the person who is making the documentary will have to put their point across to the audience, this is important because the  documentary will need to make a aim and a purpose which they want the audience to understand at the end of the video.  One of the ways that the people making the documentary will make sure that they get the objective across will be through certain words and phrases.  Bothe the documentaries that I’m looking at make sure that they make sure that they have a objectivity.   In the madeleine case documentary and also the British school, Islamic rules in the first 6o seconds there is a voice over this means that someone is there explaining what the documentary is about and also the topics that will be covered, this is a good things because it will mean that the audience will be able to know what the documentary is about in the first 60 seconds. This is also a catch phrase for the audience because if they watch the first 60mseconds of it and they find it interesting then it will mean that they are more likely to carry on but however if they don’t then it will mean they won’t want to watch it.  Another thing that the documentaries will also do is they will get specialist views who know what the things this means that if they say something people are more likely to believe then because they are persuaded that they know what they are talking about so they must be right.  For example the British school, Islamic rules documentary got the opinions and view of people that were specialist in education.

Subjectivity –This is where a person has based an individual judgement on a thing and they are not all facts, for example someone will get their own opinions and this will be called subjective because they are only agreeing with what they are saying. This will be d one within documentaries when people will be interviewed and they will give their own opinion and what they will be saying will not always be based real facts that it will be a personal opinion. 

Opinion – allowing opinions of different people will be important because it will mean that they can take into count how some people may feel about the situation. However they must make sure that they take the opinion so different type of people and different opinions as they can take opinions of people that are against the situation as this will not be fair as the audience will need to know about the  different opinions in order for them to make a judgement themselves.

Bias- This is when an argument is one sided and they ignore the other side of the argument. this way they will only be selecting only certain information.  If this is done then  this will influence the viewers to agree and think they way that they want them to think as the other side of the argument is not shown and therefore the viewers wont know the other side of the argument this will be biased as they are only illustrating one side of the argument. Being will sometimes  mean that it will be prejudice as they don't see  the other side of an argument and they only agree with one side. an example of a show  which is biased could be documentaries, for example some documentaries will  only be based on one side of the argument and they don't look at the other side, meaning that that documentary will be seen as biased and they are only looking at one side of the argument and not  both of the sides. The fact that some documentaries will be biased will mean that they want the viewers to think a certain way and agree with what they're saying and this way it limits the viewers from exploring the other  side of the story. An example if something in the media which isn't biased is the News as what ever is based on the news is not biased as they look at both side of the argument, this way they don't want the viewers to think what they want as they want them to have their own opinions. 

Representation- Stereotyping people into certain groups  will mean that each one of them people will have their own image and representation as they are represented in a certain way. this also relates to peoples characteristics  and the way that they are  represented. Some represenations can be negative and some representations can be positive.  This means that they will display people in a negative or positive way, for example in documentaries a represenation of people can either be positive or negative, this will be shown when they ask specialist for their own as they  could represent that person is either a good way or bad way depending on that documentry. 

Ethnicity-  This is when people are stererotyped into different ethnicities, for example Asian and blacks. this can be done in a good  negative or positive way. For example  in Coronation Street with Dev and Sunita, the Scottish and Irish people are seen as alcoholics and constantly drunk, this shows  how  the enthnicity of  these  two people are used within Coronation Street  and this is used in a negative way. 

Disability- representations  of disabled people are limited and they are very  stereotypes, as they are seen as  people who are to inspire people  as they are vulnerable people  and thats why they are always stereotyped. for example in movies they are stereotypes  as actors who play disabled people will need to make sure that the interpret that role fully and they seem like a real disabled person. 

Gender- Both males and females are represented in different types of media. For example female are highly  represented in programmes  as they are represented in a certain way to emphasise the fact that they're females. For example in movies females are represented  as sexy and they are always beside men as though they depend and need to be around males.  

Sexuality- programmes highly represent sexuality such as lesbians, gay and bisexuals  and the story lines will relates to their story. For example in Emmerdale there was a story line about two lesbians and they were representing the lesbians and how they were seen different and how people were prejudice against them,  the whole story was then based on these two characters. 

Age- Age is a  big aspect of programmes as they will show how people act and are represented, for example children will be seen different compared to the other people within the documentary.  Also women  are main targets  for being fired over their age. 

Access- this is what is needed for a programme to be made. For example within film makers are making a movies, what will they need in order for the film to be produced, for example they will need costumes, camera, place, money and people. 

Privacy- in order to be able to film you will need to make sure that you have permission  to who you will be filming and also what you will be filming. There we will have to make sure that we respects peoples privacy. For example  on Crime the directors will have to make sure that they ask people before they film them and also any other information that will include them and as the viewers we  will  only have access to what the the person being filmed as given permission for. 

Contract with  viewers- This is when the people who are making the programme will have a contract with the viewers, meaning whatever they have told them will be displayed on the documentary will need to be there as they have promised the viewers this is what they will show them. For example if within a documentary the directors have said that they will interview and show a  specialist then they must make sure that they do this as they will have a contract  with the viewers saying that they will show this information.