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1. Codes and Conventions of TV
Documentaries

2. Interviews
• Framed slightly to the left or right of frame
• Close up or medium close up or big close up
• Questions edited out
• Cutaways used to avoid jump cuts.
-relevant to what is being talked about
-archive material: pictures, film
-actuality footage

3. Graphics
• Used to anchor who the person is and their
relevance to the topic.

4. Voiceover
• Introduce the topic
• Link items together
• The glue that holds the narrative together
• Standard English
• Age and gender relevant to genre or target
audience

5. Editing
• Cut is the main edit
• No ‘fancy’ editing
• Subtle, doesn’t distract from content

6. Music
• Relevant to the topic
• Reconstructions
• VoxPops; voice of the people

7. Mise-En-Scene
• Background of interviews is relevant to
persons job, or relevance to the topic.

8. Needs
• Actuality footage/cutaways
-creative camerawork
• Tripod used for all filming except where the
camera needs to respond quickly to what is
happening
• A snappy title