1. Assignment 12 (i) –
Planning for Documentary
Kaya Sumbland
Gledis Dedaj
Rahel Fasil
Joanne Aroda

2. Final Chosen Topic
Our New Questions is…
Is the current media landscape
democratic or hegemonic?
We have focused the previous question about the progression
of social media to how different aspects of media are used as
tools to manipulate society.

4. Required Elements/Conventions
Required Elements/Conventions How? Where in the documentary?
Establishing shots How:
• To establish the setting
• to link with documentary theme
Where:
Internet café (inside and out)
Title of your documentary How:
Where:
Use of presenter or voiceover How:
Where: Living Space (internet café)
Public interviews How:
Where: Trafalgar Square
Expert interviews (with titles) How: to offer views on
Where: office
Appropriate titles
Supporting footage/photographs How:
• to support the concept of the
documentary
• to introduce the topic
Where: in the beginning
Use of statistic, graph or diagram

6. Conventions List
Use Develop Challenge
Convention
Statistics
Natural Lighting
Supporting Footage
Volume Control
Expert/Public Interviews
Intervals
Voiceovers
Establishing Shot
Presenters

8. Actors / People
Presenter
The presenter is to represent someone who is simply to guide
Representation through the documentary – she dose not take sides, she is
unbiased – on the fence and dose not dress to an exact audience
Her costume is not too exaggerated for a target audience, her
Costume/Props clothing would be plain, her clothes will have no pictures or
statements on them, and no props
Body language would be open to form a relationship with the
Body Language presenter and audience – not to make the presenter seem in any
way superior
There would be abit of hand movement to make the presenter
Gesture more natural in speaking, not to look to formal or rehearsed
Would be warm, slight smile to attract audiences, make them
Facial Expression feel comfortable, so they will want to listen to presenter – also
having a straight faced presenter would not match our score
music
The speech would be formal, but not posh.
Speech Language would be standard English to appeal to both target and
secondary audience

9. Actors / People
Presenter Presenter - Kaya Sumbland
Before After
Hair down with Black eyeliner
full fringe Bronzer
Make-up
Brown/Beige
Winter coat Burgundy
cardigan
Black
Black tights
skater skirt
Black converse
shoes

10. Actors / People
Public
Interviews
For Public Interviews we want to interview people who are in their
20’s or 30’s because…
• They would have more general knowledge within this topic than
those younger and those older
• We would like to have an equal amount of men and women as
there would be no reason to have more of one gender than the other
• We would want them to be British, of any ethnicity
• We would want to interview range of working and middle class
only

11. Actors / People
Public
Interviews
We would ask them something along the lines of…
1. Do you use all forms of media regularly? If so what types?
2. In you experience, has the way you use
media changed over the years?
3. Have you every noticed online that your
searches tailor to you needs and likes?
4. Do you think a all media has increase freedom and control for
audiences? Is that positive or negative?
5. Do you think the media presents all differences or enforced a
dominant ideal?

12. Actors / People
Expert
Interviews
For Expert Interviews we want to interview either a
sociologist, or possibly a professional technician as they
have great knowledge within society and all generations
of the Web.

13. Actors / People
Public
Interviews
We would ask them something along the lines of…
1. Do you think media has reinforced democracy or another form of
hegemony?
2. Is anonymity throughout the internet
influencing users throughout Web 2.0
a good or bad thing?
3. What factors are taken into consideration when across media
when they form something ideal to attract audiences?
4. Do you think if they do manipulate a view, that audiences have
the freedom to see the other interpretation? Is it blocked away?

15. RISK ASSESSMENT & HEALTH AND
SAFTEY
TASKS: POSSIBLE RISK INVOLVED IN TASKS: ACTIONS TO PREVENT HARM TO
HEALTH OR SAFETY:
Filming in unknown location It could be off limits or closed.
Always check to make sure it is always accessible
Travelling to filming locations Could forget equipment behind on public transport. Always keep equipment close by and have a
(walk/bike/bus/tube/car etc) check list
Interviewing people for filming Could end up talking to dangerous people Make sure you are always with a member of you
group
Filming underage (below 16) people Could get into trouble with the parents. Always get parental consent.
Filming anyone This causes legal problems as people have to be Always get permission to film anyone.
asked if they can be filmed.
Health of group members when filming Cold weather could lead to people getting sick and Ensure that all group members are well at all
(ex in cold weather, filming for extended hours extended hours could lead to walking home in times and manage the time of filming as to
etc) the dark which is dangerous. not extend to dark hours.
Travelling to filming locations Could get lost if going to an unknown location. Always carry a map when travelling to new areas
Interviewing the public for filming Could end up talking to dangerous people Make sure you are always with a member of you
group
Interviewing an expert for filming Could be falsely advertising their level of Ask to see certificate or identification.
professionalism
Types of areas (how safe are they) Rough neighbourhoods could lead to equipment Only choose safe locations to film in.
being stolen.
Time of day Walking home in the dark with expensive equipment Make sure all filming is not left for one day so
could lead to getting mugged. that it doesn’t extend to dark hours.
Using technology ( filming) equipment Not knowing how to use the equipment could lead to Always practice using equipment in the proper
damaging it or filming poor footage. way.

17. Location Exploration

18. Locations Not Using

19. Location Using
Location Name & How To Get There Access To Location Photos Of Location
What For
Name: Living Space From School –
Internet Cafe
18 Bus To Euston
Used For: To Then… Closed and Public
establish with 52 Bus To Waterloo
presenter Road
Name: Trafalgar From School –
Square
Bakerloo Line To
Oxford Circus,
Used For: Public Open and Public
Then Walk To The
Interviews
Square
Or catch 453 Bus

21. Location Possible Risk Involved In Actions To Prevent Harm
Tasks To Health Or Safety
Travelling to filming Tube & Bus: o Planning our journey
locations (walk/ bike/ bus/ o Getting lost before leaving
tube/ car etc) o Not having enough o Topping our Oyster
money for the whole cards before departing
journey
How safe when you are Being attacked Stay in a group and in
there public known places
Physical surroundings: Road blocks Check routes and maps to
(ground/ buildings/ see if all is clear
people/ objects)
Type of area To many people and cars Pick a less busy time or
causing noise not giving us move to a less busy area
clear audio
Access to location (open/ Public and open: personal Keeping all personal
closed/ public access etc) belongings going missing belongings close and out of
view
Link to time of day Filming early in residential Don’t film in residential
areas may cause noise for areas check opening and
locals or venues may be closing times
closed

23. Exploration of Sound/Music
Copyright Free

24. Exploration of Sound/Music
Background Music
(to play when there are images and montage footage – no voice overs)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE (copyright)
Background Music
(to play when presenter is talking)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA85eWL_W90 (copyright)
Jingle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLJZYXpskd0 (we will make our own similar one)

25. Copy-Right Permission
We are allowed to use this song in our coursework 