Child Genius

In lesson we were told that we needed to analyse two other documentaries individually and one documentary that I chose to do was 'Child Genius'. I again analysed the documentary focusing on the themes involved, narrative structure, camera work used, mise-en-scene, sound, editing, archive footage and graphics. Once collected I put the information into Windows Movie Maker and created the following video.

That Thing: Lara Croft

In lesson we analysed a documentary called 'That Thing: Lara Croft' for which I did a prezi presentation for all of the information that I had been able to gather in relation to the documentary. The types of information that we were told to gather was in relation to the themes involved in the documentary, narrative structure, camera work used, mise-en-scene, sound, editing, archive footage and graphics.

The Marketing of Meat Loaf

In lesson we analysed a documentary called 'The Music Biz:Meatloaf', and as a result of this, we were told to look at various aspects such as the type of documentary, themes that were represented, camerawork that was used, the mise-en-scene, archive material and graphics. When all notes of the documentary were collected, I put them into a powerpoint and uploaded it onto my blog. 

Doc analysis from Belladog55

The Devil Made Me Do It

In lesson we analysed a documentary called 'The Devil Made Me Do It', and as a result of this, we were told to look at various aspects such as the type of documentary, themes that were represented, camerawork that was used, the mise-en-scene, archive material and graphics. Once all the notes of the documentary were collected, I put them into a word document and uploaded it onto my blog.

Doc analysis from Belladog55

Features of a documentary

In lesson we were told about the various features of a documentary ranging from what the actual features involve, to gatekeeping and the types of narrative structure.

Features of a documentary from Belladog55

Types of documentary

Throughout the lesson we looked at the various types of documentaries that are available to us, as well as what and when they were used for.

Purpose of a documentary

In lesson we were told the reason and purpose of a documentary.