The first documentary we watched was called 'Caught on camera'. The conventions used in this were, voiceover, use of interview, voice of authority and editing. Soundtrack used was background music, music was played when there was no speaking, loud music was also played at the beginning. Editing techniques used were: a variety of camera angles, use of titles, cutting from scene to scene, zooming in and out of writing, lighting was used and the different lighting techniques. The use of archive used was posters and news programmes. Many things worked well in this particular documentary, the merging of the news clips and the pace of the editing worked well, the music fitted in nicely. The use of interviews worked really well, also what worked well was when one person being interviwed wanted to be anyomous so they blacked out their figure so it just looked like a shadow on a light background. What needed improving was that there were many shaky camera shots and also some of the voices were very echoey and hard to make out. This documentary was Expository.
The second one we watched was called Skin Deep. The conventions used were voice over, use of interview and editing. The soundtracks used, to begin with there was fast, loud music and also when flicking between images there was fast loud music. Editing techniques used were a variety of camera angles, they used titles telling us names of places and the names of the people being interviewed. There were also blackouts used in between each scene, this was good as it kept the energy flowing. The use of archive footage used were sourced images of people with tattoos. Many things also worked well in this documentary, The editing was particulary good. The fact they went to Camden was a really nice touch, the atmosphere was perfect for their documentary. Also the fact that you can actually see people getting tatoos done in the documentary is a really nice touch and made the documentary more real. A few things needed improving, when interviewing you could hear laughing in the background also the cuts between some of the interviewing was too sharp and jumpy. The type of this documentary was Expository.
The next documentary we watched was called 'Secret serveillance'. The conventions used in this were, voice of Gog, voice of authority, voiceover, interview and editing. The soundtrack used was ambient sound and there was danger music played at the appropriate times. The editing techniques used were: slow motion, reconstruction, black and white, different camera angles, flashbacks from interview to event taking place. There was no archive footage used in this documentary. A few things worked well, the CCTV footage worked well, the voiceover of the phone call, the slow pace when Lydia was walking also worked well as it created a lot of tension. The use of titles also worked well and also the lighting on the victim was very effective. A few things also needed improving, The voice at the end when Matt read the phone number out was blurry and echoey. The volume throughout was very unbalanced. The documentary type was hybrid of expository and performative.
'Wikileaks' was the last documentary we watched, the conventions used throughout were, voiceover, voice of authority, voice of God, a variety of interviews and there was also an introduction to the topic. The soundtrack used was loud and fast pace and there was also background music used. The editing techiniques used were, use of titles, use of camera angles, cuts between interviews- this kept the audience interested. Blackouts were used as well as the clips on the computers between Zoe speaking. The use of archive footage used was the picture of the globe, news clips, the word 'wikileaks' was taken from many news documentaries and editing together. A lot of things worked well in this one, it was crisply told, the computer screens lit up when Zoe was talking worked really well. The establishing shot of Kenneth Clarke and the variety of interview worked well. A few things also needed improving such as at some points the music takes over the voices. The interviews also dragged a little so could have been cut in places. The documentary utype was expository and participatory.
I thoroughly enjoyed watching all four documentaries, it was interesting to see their ideas and what they produced as an outcome. My favourite was the Wikileaks documentary, it was by far the best one, the way in which they edited it all together and the research they put together to create such an interesting documentary.
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