2.  The documentary genre is fairly
broad which give great scope for
creativity.
 There are two types interactional
and observational. Out of these we
chose to do a combination of the two
so that we can look at the subject
from a far and close up and in depth.
 To get to this decision we had to look
at current examples of
documentaries made by the
distribution channel we selected
‘Channel 4’.
 Channel tend to have unique and
original print work which we sort to
alienate. Also their documentaries
are normally about people
themselves

3.  There were a few media conventions we felt we
necessary to maintain the feel of the
documentary
 We decided to try and keep the stock characters
used in many documentaries.
 The stock characters in many documentaries
are:
 Expert
 Presenter
 If we had changed or developed these roles I
think the format may not have been as clear as
we would have liked.

4.  Another convention we felt should be
maintained was the iconography
 This meant keeping the main structure of the
documentary i.e. using cutaways, interviews
and voice over.
 This again added to how, generally, the text
was received by viewers.

5.  The way we developed some conventions
were the way we conducted our interviews
and the constructed the text around the
opinions of the various people.
 We decided to base our documentary around
the various opinions rather than using
theories and looking into a single person or
group of peoples opinions

6.  By tweaking the standard convention of
using multiple experts in a field and
incorporating more opinions we feel we are
being fairer to more groups.
 No group can be offended as it is based on
just opinions and everyone is entitled to their
own opinion.
 This also allows the audience to make up
their mind on their own and not be as
influenced by interlectuals.

7.  To attempt to challenge normal conventions
of the documentary genre we have tried to
make our target audience as broad as
possible and use a topic which hasn’t been
done before.
 This in itself is not challenging the
genre, however, we have tried to include the
subject of the documentary in our
demographic to try and hold a mirror up to
society

8.  We decided to use a younger presenter who is
part of the subject.
 This gives a new spin on the presentation of a
groups as it is normally someone impartial
and not an expert on the subject.
 We used a young presenter as we felt it would
help to challenge the current stereotype