Advanced Portfolio Chosen Brief

 An extract from an original documentary TV programme, lasting approximately five minutes, together with two of the following three options:

• a double-page spread from a listings magazine focused on the documentary;

• a newspaper advertisement for the documentary.

For my work, I have decided to create a Documentary titled "Are teenagers obsessed with music?" which will follow the lives of my friends, using interviews with them and their family, along with concert footage that they have took.
To accompany my Documentary I will create a double-page spread from a listings magazine and a newspaper advertisement for the documentary. The images I include in these will be screenshots from the documentary. 

Camera Shot Research

In order to plan out my documentary, I watched a music documentary - Green Day: Cuatro - and took screenshots of different camera shots/movements that I seen that were used. 

Establishing Shot

As the Documentary focuses around the band's process of recording their triple album: UNO!DOS!TRE!, many locations were used - the band travelled across the US for both recording and tour purposes. Therefore, I discovered many different Establishing Shots that were used. 

                                      

In my documentary, for each location used, I will include an establishing shot

Ex Close Up

As the documentary focuses around the making of the triple album, I found there was many extreme close ups of band members playing instruments

Although, my documentary is not focused around the making of music, I may use an extreme close up in necessary.

Close Up

During the documentary, there were many close ups of people talking during interviews. 

I will include both close ups and interviews in my documentary

Mid Shot

The documentary had many mid-shots of people both in and out the studio.

I will include mid shots in my documentary

Over the Shoulder Shot

If necessary, I will include these shots in my documentary.

Low Angle Shot

I may use a low angle shot for concert footage in my documentary.

Long Shot

High Angle/Crane Shot

Zoom Shot

I I needed to focus in on something specific in the documentary, I will use a zoom shot

Advanced Portfolio Initial Ideas & Audience Feedback

Overall the feedback I got on my main idea was fairly positive. In terms of feedback given on other ideas from Briefs I had, many stated that the ideas were similar and pretty simple to do. However, when it came to the feedback for my main idea - the documentary about music fans - many people stated that it was a good idea, with only a few drawbacks being that, being a documentary, the script would be difficult to write in order for it to seem real and natural. In addition, including many camera shots/movements would be difficult as it is not a film or a music video. In order to include as many camera shots/movements as possible, I will research/watch different types of documentaries in order to gather research onto which camera shots/movements are commonly used, so that I could apply those to my documentary.





Initial Idea 5

For my fifth initial idea, I have chosen Brief 10 - to create a five-minute long short film. In addition, I will create a poster and radio trailer for the film. For the film, I would require a camera, an external microphone, and cast of people that are comfortable acting and in front of the camera. The genre that I would most likely choose for the short film would be horror, as it is a genre that I am most interested in. Because of this, the target audience would most likely be 15+. For the poster, I would do a photoshoot in both a studio and the location of the film with the cast of the film. Afterwards, I would use photoshop in order to create the poster. For the radio trailer, I would require a good quality microphone to record the audio and an editing program to edit the audio into the trailer.

Initial Idea 4

My fourth initial idea is from Brief 9, which is to create a website for a new TV channel. In order to create the website, I would require to learn how to create a basic - yet professional looking - website that fits the requirements of having three hyperlinked pages with original images, audio and video extract. In addition to this, I would create a newspaper advertisement for the channel and an animated sequence for the channel.  For this I would need to do a photoshoot for both images on the website along with a photoshoot for the newspaper advertisement. I will use photoshop in order to edit the photos, if needed, and to create the newspaper advertisement. Depending on the genre of the TV channel, the target audience may vary; if I were to choose this brief as my coursework, I would need to decide on both a genre for the TV channel and which audience it would cater towards. 

Initial Idea 3

My third initial idea is from brief 7. I would create a documentary TV programme, which lasts around five minutes, a radio trailer for the documentary and a double-page spread from a listings magazine for the documentary. For the documentary, I would either choose the genre to be associated with music or historical places - as they are both something I have knowledge of and am interested in. For the documentary, I would use my Nikon D3100 camera with a tripod and an external microphone in order to get good audio. I would require a small group of people to take part in the documentary via "interviews" with relevant people- commonly in documentaries. For the radio trailer for the documentary, I would require a good quality microphone  and someone to take part in the speaking of the audio. In addition, I would need an audio editing software in order to be able to put several audio clips together if required. For the double-page spread from a listings magazine, I would need still-shots from the documentary as well as images that are relevant to the documentary. I would create the page using photoshop. 

Initial Idea 2

My second initial idea is from Brief 2. I would create a trailer for an upcoming horror film, along with a magazine front cover and a poster for the film. I would create the trailer to be of horror genre because it is the film genre that I am most interested in and I like the tension that horror trailers build. I would most likely use my Nikon D3100 camera to film the trailer, along with a tripod and a cast of both male and females. I would need to decide what type of lighting that would suit the trailer and how I would gain access to create the type of lighting. As the trailer would be for a horror film, the audiences would be from teenage age and above - e.g 15+. For the magazine front cover, I would do the photoshoot with the cast of the trailer and if possible, in the location where the film is set. I would use photoshop in order to create the front cover. This would also apply for the film poster. 

Initial Idea 1

My first idea is from Brief 1 and is a music video for a rock song, along with a website homepage for the band and a digipak for the album's release. For the music video, I would most likely choose a song in which I could create a music video relevant to the lyrics of the song. Additionally, I would need to consider who the audience for the song/artist is and cater the music video to appeal to them - e.g a younger band would mostly likely appeal to younger audiences, so the video would need to appeal to them. For the video, I would need a small cast of both male and females who are comfortable in front of the camera. I would most likely film in both indoor and outdoor locations with my Nikon D3100 camera, using a tripod to create a stable shot. If my video required any speaking, I would use an external microphone for my camera. For the digipak, I would use Photoshop to create a design relevant to the band's genre and, if necessary, a photo shoot with those in the music video/band for inside the digipak - something commonly found in digipaks. For the website, I would need to learn how to create a basic, yet effective website that would reflect the type of band the video is for and represent the music they produce.