Rationale

Focus groups

In the very first video above i am explaining all my three ideas in a go, this where all the people in the focus group listened carefully about my three ideas. In the second video as you can see i had received feedback about my the ideas and also got asked questions which will help me know which one to actually develop.

On my first idea about YouTube the focus group thought that there was a concern about where i found the YouTubers and would they actually want to be interviewed by me, on the other hand they thought it appealed to my target audience which is 16-24 year old as they watch YouTube on a daily. 

The second idea was about obesity, the focus group thought that was a great idea as i would be able to engage with the audience as i would be doing the research based upon me, however there was a key concern what angle i am going to do as or the target audience might get bored which means them not watching it.

The third idea was about Cycle lane the focus group thought that it there was a key concern which was me being able to interview experts which i said like Boris Johnson as they are busy but they did say i could show i have tried to contact them. Another concern which was raised in the focus group was that they thought with the idea i explained it sounded one sided this is where they told me to make sure that i had both views which will make my documentary.

Initial Ideas

Nicholls Documentary Mode

Expository Mode 

Expository mode is the first which Nicholls had a theory about he said some documentary will mostly has an voice over describing what we are seeing, the voice is called a narrator as they talk through things, most of it would have archive footage as they may be footage which is from recorded video's. These documentary directly approach the audience to interact with them.  

The above example is one of David Attenborough called Desert Seas, that is an example as it uses expository mode where we see archive footage and also the narrator creates meaning as they explain what we see on the screen. Realism is created by the sound and music used at 09.10 we see them under the sea and then we hear realistic water sound.  The documentary uses dramatisation at 16:58 because we see the documentary get a lot more tensed as their is a sand storm which creates a problem for the ducks and we also notice the sound of the background change it gets a lot more tensed, this has an effect on the audience as it makes it a lot interesting as it builds suspense.

Observational Mode

Observational mode is another mode which Nicholls had a theory, his theory was that some documentary will be observational by this it means that the documentary will not be setup and it will not be edited as much as it is real footage showing what happens on a daily or the action. The downside with this kind of mode documentary is that it means not that much action happening as they will recording throughout for a period of time. 

The above documentary is an example of observational because we see the documentary is just about observing without any narrator or explaining. We see the realism element in this documentary at 0:29 as we see how the state looks in the morning and it's real footage because we do not see any editing as it literally shows all the footage, this tells the audience it has truthful information which the audience can believe. Dramatisation is created at 02:52 as the music changes and makes it a lot more interesting and tensed. This mode allows the audience the audience to make the decision as they are observing the footage.

Participatory Mode 

Participatory mode is another theory which Nicholls had, this was that the film maker will have a connection with the subject they speak about, it will also have an direct engagement as the film maker becomes involved in what the documentary is about and they often help the situation and then it is acknowledge by the public. 

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The above documentary is an example of participatory, as we see Reggie Yates as he has direct connection with the subject as he goes and investigates the gun crime in a black community in Chicago, for example he goes to attend a meeting at 02:48 this is where we see the black community protest against gun crime. By doing this Reggie Yates builds the awareness to the chicago government as they can make sure more police force is there. Dramatisation is created at 19:00 as we see the presenter go towards a scene but we do not what has happened this makes it a lot tensed and builds suspense. Realisation element is in the above documentary as we see the presenter go to a scene of the incident at 19:28 we know a person has been rushed to hospital shows us it's happened for real and we can trust the information they are giving. This allows the audience to know that Participatory documentary's have more truthful and insightful information.

Reflexive Mode 

Reflexive mode is another mode of documentary which Nicholls had a theory about, this was that the documentary will be a reconstruction of the truth by this it means that it may be events which have already happened but it may still be unsolved. Reflexive documentary often explain events and then have a multiple of version of the story then it leads to different ends but at the end it allows the audience to decide because they say different stories of how it could happened. 

The above documentary is an example of reflexive documentary's as we see different people give different opinion for example at 01:18 he asks a female about the road then he asks a male about the road at 01:58, by having different opinion it allows the audience to make a decision on what they think about the road from the opinion of the people. The realism element we see at 0:47 we see the presenter go and ask people if they are willing to drive around and then give their opinion about the road this tells the audience that it is not planned or biased information. Narrativisation element is in this documentary as we see throughout the documentary they tell us what they think about the road and then we see the question go in an order which tell the story.

Performative Mode 

Performative mode is another mode which Nicholls had a theory about, the theory was that performative is when the presenter goes an investigates a problem which they have had and then the audience interact more as the presenter has this problem which means we learn how it effects the audience  

The above documentary is called Alex Jones Fertility and Me, this is an example of performative documentary as we see that Alex Jones did have fertility issues because of her age and she wanted to investigate how fertility is important and can affect people, We see Alex Jones do a introduction at 0:45 she says that shes concerned that it may be difficult for her to conceive a baby as she is 38 years old. We see elements of realism in this documentary as she visits expert for to discuss about fertility at 12:10, we Alex Jones go to the university of Sheffield to speak to a professor who is an expert, he explains about the sperm and how fertile it is depending on the age. Dramatisiation element is included in this documentary as we see at 46:35 the background music changes as we do not know what the results would be. Performative documentary help the presenter be more persistent on getting truthful information as they want it to help them, this allows the audience to know that it will be truthful and insightful information