The majority of the people in which we interviewed where over 40, therefore we may use this age range as the target audience

We found that the majority of people we interviewed preferred to listen to pop music; therefore

we will use this genre of music in our documentary

These results show that the majority of people we interviewed use the internet everyday, and this will have a significant part in our documentary

This chart shows that Facebook is the most used site, and this plays an important role in our documentary

The pie chart shows that the majority of the people said yes, however a lot of people also said no, which shows the opinions are balanced

This chart shows that keeping in touch is the most positive factor of using the internet, therefore we will include this in our content.

This graph shows the occupations of the people who we asked to fill out our questionnaire. It shows that we have 9 teachers this may affect the results of further questions however it will be helpful for our interviews and the target audience as in our documentary we will be interviewing teachers and people who work in a school.

















This graph shows that people mainly watch BBC 1 therefore we will consider this as a channel for our documentary as our target audience from 25-40+ do regularly watch BBC 1 therefore our documentary may be something they choose to watch.

This graph shows that the majority of the people we asked were parents, I think that this is good as during our documentary we are considering interviewing a parent and what they’re views are of social networking sites therefore this may attract our audience who our parents.

This graph shows the answers of our audience who are not parents and what they think are the main dangers of using the internet. It shows that even though they are not parents and don’t have to worry that they are

This graph shows that the majority of people who we asked thought that bullying was the biggest problem with the internet therefore we will consider using this as a part of our content for our documentary.

Audience Research Questionnaire Audio Recording

Audience Research Questionnaire

Audience Research


1. Age: 25 – 30

31 - 35

36 – 40

40 +

2. Occupation: ____________________________________________________

3. Which colour do you prefer?

Blue Green Red Yellow Pink Black

None of the above

4. Which type of music do you prefer?

Rock Pop Country Classical


5. Which TV channels do you regularly watch and when?
____________________________________________

6. How often do you use the internet?

Everyday Every few days Once a week

Once every few weeks

7. a) Are you aware of different social networking sites on the internet?

Yes No

If yes, list the ones which you know.
______________________________

b) Do you have your own account on a social networking site?

Yes No



If yes, which sites?
__________________
__________________

8. a) Are you a parent?

Yes No

If yes, how often do you allow your child to use the internet and why?
____________________________________________________
b) Do you have any concerns when your child is using the internet?

Yes No

If yes, what are your concerns?
___________________________
c) Do you limit your child’s time when using the internet?

Yes No

If yes, explain why.
________________

9. If not a parent, which do you think are the main dangers of using the internet and why?
_________________________________________________________________

10. Which do you think are the positive factors of using the internet and why?
_________________________________________________________________

10. Which do you think are the negative factors of using the internet and why?
______________________________________________________________

Research/Planning & Formal Proposal

We conducted research into social networking sites as pasrt of our planning.

FACEBOOK
accepting friends, its effect on language, keep in touch, use by musicians, danger of paedophiles, obsessive use, anti-sociality, online bullying, photo and personal detail dangers, influence on school work, how different ages use it.

Opening five minutes - clips, interviews, reconstructions, still images.
Parents who let their children use these sites versus those who don't (contrasting views and reasons including any common ground)
Tips to keep your chid safe online for parents
People's favourite things to use these sites for (voxpops)


Formal Proposal
Topic: social networking sites

Type of documentary: mixed

Style of documentary: informative yet informal

Channel and scheduling: BBC1 9pm Wednesday

Target audience: adults (mainly parents) 30+

Primary research needed: interview Jules in her office at school, interview with IT technicians in school in their office, parent being interviewed on couch at home, interview with teacher at their desk in their office

Secondary research: newspaper article of girl who committed suicide over Facebook bullying, newspaper article of girl who lost job over Facebook, TV programme - to catch a paedophile, Lily Allen MySpace page, Facebook pages of celebs

Narrative structure: Open, non-linear, single strand - open so audience can have their own

Outline of content:
Interviews with:
Jules (head of IT in Weatherhead) in her office
ICT technician in school in their main office
Teacher in their office
Parents at home on their couch
A student in the corridor in their school uniform


Archive material:
Newspaper article of girl who committed suicide over Facebook bullying
Newspaper article of girl who lost her job because of Facebook
Article from The Guardian about teachers who have been cyber-bullied
MySpace Music pages
Facebook pages of celebrities
‘How to Catch a Paedophile’ program from ITV
Radio 4 programme


Reconstructions:
Shot of girl chatting on internet
Shot of man posing as a young girl on the internet


Sound:
Virtual Insanity – Jamiraqui
Cliff Richard song in the opening sequence
Lily Allen song juxtaposed when showing her MySpace page
Intense music when talking about dark subjects
A male voice over


Resource Requirements:
Video camera
Microphones
Tripod
Computer
Voice recorder

"The Devil Made Me Do It" Documentary Analysis

The grave of Maria Laura Mainetti

- Marilyn Manson being interviewed about Columbine another case of his music being cited as an influence over a tragic event

In class we watched the documentary "The Devil Made Me Do It" it was about the murder of a nun, Maria Laura Mainetti committed by three teenage Italian girls and whether shock rocker Marilyn Manson was an influence (Satanism has been linked both to Manson and the murder). The main influences were crime, religion and the media coverage of the event. It featured many interviews, stock footage and reconstructions. I analysed the documentary.

Camerawork
The slow panning shot across the town gave the impression that the town was deserted, it was linked with shots of deserted streets. It varied in framing and movement of religious iconography. At the end of the programme it had shots of busy streets, teenagers, speeding cars to contrast with previous images of the town.
When the camera was in the press conference it was filmed as in the place of an observer.
Much footage of Manson's gigs was included, both professional from the stage and from the fans viewpoint in the audience.
When it showed the police investigating the camera shot was outside the door looking in to give the viewer a sense of witnessing something private.
In many instances a hand held camera was used - this actuality footage adds to the viewers sense of involvement and a hand held cam allows for reaction to events as they happen.
Much creative use of camera shots was included in the documentary - tracking, slow zooms and pans for example.

Mise-en-scene
Inteviews were placed in relative environments to convey information about the interviewee and their connection to the events. The interview with the head of police in Italy was filmed with him at his desk in his office to clearly connote the above points. The two English people interviewed were shown on a couch to show that they were residents. The teenagers were filmed in a pool hall and in a bedroom - laidback environments to contrast with their information.
Actuality footage was used as well, footage of Manson going to McDonalds in his limousine is the antithesis of his anti-establishment non conforming image. It was included purely for this effect as it has no relevence to the suject matter.

Sound
The voiceover of the narrator was a young male, he spoke standard English with on discernable accent. The translator voiceovers were English with an italian accent to anchor it to the speaker. The voiceover is the glue that holds the narrative together, the narrators age ans gender also matched the visuals.
Music was used to reflect the mood and subject matter, religious choral music was featured. Manson's music was often included with subtitles to emphasise dark lyrics about death, anti-religious views and rebellion. Sound effects and non-diagetic sounds were also used eg. a heartbeat, whispering and a dog barking.

Editing
Cutting and cross cutting was used. A montage was included as the introduction to later content - a teaser. Fade outs to black were used. Editing whether fast or slow was used to create pace and mood. The Italian news cverage was edited together, slow motion was used to show fans arriving at Manson's gig.

Graphics
The title of the programme had crosses/crucifixes in place of some letters and was in a bold black gothic type font. Subtitles were included over Manson's concerts to emphasise dark lyrics. Information was also included at the end of the documnentary to bring the loose ends in. The names were included during interviews and their relevence to the story. Dates were also mentioned. Graphics were used to anchor the meaning of who the audience was seeing and their connection to the events and topic.

Codes & Coventions of Documentaries

Documentaries = artificial life-editing, they're a construction of reality, heavily edited and use a variety of camerawork such as hand held cam (used to capturereactions as they happen),
Documentaries are made using gatekeeping a way of selecting and rejecting which information will be used.

Narrative Structure
Narrative structure is the way a story is told.
Documentaries are either open or closed narrative. Open is when there are loose ends and unanswered questions remaining at the end of the narrative e.g. soap operas are open narratives. Closed is when all questions are answered (no loose ends) an example of this is the film "Finding Nemo".

A documentary following the open narrative structure will raise a question as its premise, in the documentary "The Devil Made Me Do It" the question was did Marilyn Manson's music cause the nuns murder by influencing the girls.

Single/Multi Strand
Documentaries are either single strand or multi-strand, single is when they follow one narrative, mutli strands have more than one narrative thread.
Most documentaries are single strand to keep it simple and easy for the audience to understand, an example of multi-strand is soap operas.

Linear/Non-Linear
Documentaries are also either linear or non-linear.
Linear is when a documentary is structured to be chronological. Non-linear is when the time flow is disrupted and events don't follow the order they happened e.g thorugh use of flashbacks or flashforwards.

A circular narrative is when the start and end point are the same (its linked to open narrative), generally raises a question and has the exposition of the arguments.