Factual programmes |
Topics I like to learn about |
Documentary Makers |
-Blue Planet
-Planet Earth -News |
-Plants
-Animals -Our Planet -How things are made -Gadgets |
-David Attenborough
-Charles Ferguson -Alex Gibney -Michael Moore -Errol Morris |
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The UK's young reoffendersWhen watching the documentary, the first thing I noticed was that there was no narrator and there was a voice over and the guy was talking about getting drunk and robbing the newsagent. Throughout the documentary I noticed how there was no interviews and there was no questions asked, its just the people on screen talking about their lives and there is footage. Also the dialogue in the background is a person reading off a script and he sounds bored so you can easily notice he is reading off a script and the documentary makers have told him what to say. The documentary grabbed me because I found it quite interesting, learning about other peoples lives and I thought that the way they spoke was funny. They get into the guy's story straight away and there is footage and images of what life is like for him and the things he gets up to, you can see that most of the footage was filmed at night and that's the time that they perform drunken, violent acts. The language in the documentary is the people speaking in a chav-like way and you can see in the video how cool they think they are but to the people watching the documentary, they actually come across as quite pathetic. Also they interview the newsagent to get his side across and his opinion on the reoffenders.
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Panorama - Gangs, Guns and the PoliceThe first thing that I noticed, was that the documentary was more professional than the vice documentary above and there was someone in a car talking about the matter. Very close to the start there are experts and witnesses talking about the story and they show a personal interview with the mother of the guy who was killed and they the interview was just her answering questions and talking about what happened. What grabbed my attention in this documentary is that the documentary makers interviewed an MP and they used some historical footage and used historical evidence to talk about the matter into further depth. the language used was mostly formal when the presenter, which you see at the start in the car, talks directly at the car and/or talks to an expert, however she doesn't appear on screen when talking to a victim or witness because the victim or witness uses informal language. Another thing to notice, is how intense the documentary is at the start and these intense scenes are repeated further on. They also interview wide range of people.
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Generation Screwed?In the introduction to this documentary we are shown how people are treated depending on how much money they have which is quite unique. Also they show footage of the 2017 Grenfell towers fire and then victims/witnesses reactions and opinions but they are filmed by the victims on a hand-held device and its a good way of showing their emotions properly. The presenter is famous and he is called George Lamb and he is on camera most of the time and what grabbed me was the personal interview he did with a guy called Darren and Darren talks about how he comes across as quite thug/chav-like but he says how he not like that and that's how most people view him. when Larry does the interviews with each of these different people the language is quite informal because the interviews are quite personal. We are shown images of public places and b-roll which show the different types of surroundings and backgrounds of the younger generations and where live and can be found. Most of the images shown are where the young generation live and people watching can understand how they live their lives.
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Factual programmes that represent British youth
Personally, I don think that there are enough factual programmes on UK TV that represent British youth, because most documentaries show a lot of chavs and gangs that hang out in run down areas of Britain. I have never really seen a documentary which shows how the younger generation actually come across because most people think kids are always bad news.
Are you represented fairly
Honestly, I don't think that we are represented fairly because when most people look outside and they a group of kids walking down the road, they automatically think that they are bad news and they are going to be rude and vandalise, when that's not always the case
Topics
I think that mental health issues should be discussed because most teenagers are diagnosed with a mental health issue and may be fine but they still have been diagnosed and this is slowly increasing, because at most school there is around 25% of kids have been diagnosed with a mental health issue
Audience
I think that older generations above the age of 30 should watch it because they need to know about how this is increasing and they need to try and do something about it or at least try to help.
TV channel
I think that this should be aired in ITV because they are a popular TV channel and most people above the age of 30 watch ITV nearly everyday and can be introduced on this show.
Who should front them
I think influential people such as Idris Elba should front it because he is well known and I think that a lot of people would listen to him and/or Phillip Schofield because I think a lot of people would pay attention.
Research Methods
Qualitive - According to SnapSurvey(2011) "Qualitative Research is primarily exploratory research. It is used to gain an understanding of underlying reasons, opinions, and motivations. It provides insights into the problem or helps to develop ideas or hypotheses for potential quantitative research." I think qualitive research is opinionated and quite effective because people can understand the information easier.
Quantitative - According to SnapSurvey(2011) "Quantitative Research is used to quantify the problem by way of generating numerical data or data that can be transformed into usable statistics. It is used to quantify attitudes, opinions, behaviors, and other defined variables – and generalize results from a larger sample population." I think that quantitative research is about data that can be transformed into relevant statistics.
Primary - research you do yourself
secondary - finding out research from other people
these are important so that you can get factual and or opinionated information
Quantitative - According to SnapSurvey(2011) "Quantitative Research is used to quantify the problem by way of generating numerical data or data that can be transformed into usable statistics. It is used to quantify attitudes, opinions, behaviors, and other defined variables – and generalize results from a larger sample population." I think that quantitative research is about data that can be transformed into relevant statistics.
Primary - research you do yourself
secondary - finding out research from other people
these are important so that you can get factual and or opinionated information
Harvard referencing
what is it? - Referencing someone else's work so your not plagiarising someone else's work.
According to The Gaurdian (2018) "The media habitually portrays young people in an overwhelmingly negative light, according to a survey of teenagers and press articles published today.
In the period under examination, one in three youth-related articles were about crime, and young people were only quoted in 8% of stories.
The tabloids come in for particular criticism, with 90% of youth workers saying they portray a negative image. The regional press was perceived as putting forward a particularly "polarised" view.
The research was carried out by Mori for Young People Now, a magazine for youth workers, which today launches a "draft media code" for newspapers and broadcasters."
https://www.shoutoutuk.org/2014/08/14/negative-youth-portrayal-media/ 10/10/2018
According to Shout Out UK (2018) "“Hoodie”, “louts”, “heartless”, “evil”, “frightening”, “scum”, “monsters”, “inhuman” and “threatening”. These are just some of the words that have been used in the past to describe youth in the UK. Figures show that young people, mainly boys, have been described in national and regional papers as “yobs” (591 times), followed by “thugs” (254 times), “sick” (119 times) and “feral” (96 times). The UK media are full of negative connotations describing young people; the question is has it got any better in 2014?
It can be safe to say that the portrayal of young people in the UK is mostly negative. Young people have been described as violent yobs that only seem to care about their street status. Young people are seen as benefit scroungers, and incapable of complying with social norms of everyday life. A report in 2009 by the National Youth Agency and the National Children’s Bureau found that the media’s coverage of young people in Britain was mainly negative. When asked, 39 per cent of young people felt that almost all stories covered about young people were negative, and another 39 per cent stated that up to three quarters of all stories labelled youth with negative references."
https://www.shoutoutuk.org/2014/08/14/negative-youth-portrayal-media/ 10/102018
According to The Gaurdian (2018) "The media habitually portrays young people in an overwhelmingly negative light, according to a survey of teenagers and press articles published today.
In the period under examination, one in three youth-related articles were about crime, and young people were only quoted in 8% of stories.
The tabloids come in for particular criticism, with 90% of youth workers saying they portray a negative image. The regional press was perceived as putting forward a particularly "polarised" view.
The research was carried out by Mori for Young People Now, a magazine for youth workers, which today launches a "draft media code" for newspapers and broadcasters."
https://www.shoutoutuk.org/2014/08/14/negative-youth-portrayal-media/ 10/10/2018
According to Shout Out UK (2018) "“Hoodie”, “louts”, “heartless”, “evil”, “frightening”, “scum”, “monsters”, “inhuman” and “threatening”. These are just some of the words that have been used in the past to describe youth in the UK. Figures show that young people, mainly boys, have been described in national and regional papers as “yobs” (591 times), followed by “thugs” (254 times), “sick” (119 times) and “feral” (96 times). The UK media are full of negative connotations describing young people; the question is has it got any better in 2014?
It can be safe to say that the portrayal of young people in the UK is mostly negative. Young people have been described as violent yobs that only seem to care about their street status. Young people are seen as benefit scroungers, and incapable of complying with social norms of everyday life. A report in 2009 by the National Youth Agency and the National Children’s Bureau found that the media’s coverage of young people in Britain was mainly negative. When asked, 39 per cent of young people felt that almost all stories covered about young people were negative, and another 39 per cent stated that up to three quarters of all stories labelled youth with negative references."
https://www.shoutoutuk.org/2014/08/14/negative-youth-portrayal-media/ 10/102018
Different ways to find the truth and information
- Asking an expert
- Looking online
- Doing an interview with people involved in the subject
- Doing a survey
- Reading articles
- Reading factual books
- Looking online
- Doing an interview with people involved in the subject
- Doing a survey
- Reading articles
- Reading factual books
Order of importance
Important
- Looking online
- Reading factual books
- Asking an expert
- Doing an interview with people involved in the subject
- Doing a survey
- Reading articles
Least important
- Looking online
- Reading factual books
- Asking an expert
- Doing an interview with people involved in the subject
- Doing a survey
- Reading articles
Least important
Codes and conventions of a documentary
Secondary
According to Edusites film studies (2018) "
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Primary
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