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'The Lost Generation'-  A2 (OCR) media studies documentary about youth culture.

This is a youth culture documentary produced by another A level student called 'The Lost Generation'.

I liked this docmentary because the its shot in the same sort of way i want to shoot my documentary. Obviously the subject is different as theirs was on youth culture and how youths are viewed by older people in society and mine is about cyber bullying. But the shots used in their docuementary are similar to the ones i want to use. They make the interviews more interesting by using clips of youths over the interview so you arent just watching the subject speak. an example of this is at 1:58. This documentary has given me more ideas and has made me think more about how i am going to shoot and edit my documentary so i am getting the right feeling across to the audience.

Production desicions- interviews

I need to make a few final decisions about wheather to interview people at home or at school, whether to use a male or female, young or old narrartor, and what questions will be good to ask as a Vox pop around school.

Interviews
When interviewing people about their experiences with cyber bullying i need to make sure they are comfortable to openly talk, most people would be most comfortable being interviewed at home where they feel safe and secure and are more likely to talk openly about their experiences. Also the interview being shot at home makes the story more personal and the audience will feel more in touch with the story. On the other hand if i interviewed people in the school environment it will help the audience to understand the age of the subject and their innocence. Although people will be less open in school and may not cover all the issues of cyber bullying that they may have done at home. This is a link to a website with documentary interview tips.

In conclusion i think that it will depend on the depth of the interview to determine whether i interview at school or at home. Becuause if its just a short interview where a student is talking about a friends experience or a small personal experience then i think it will look better and it will take a lot less organising rather than if i did every interview at the subjects homes. Also having the short interviews at school will emphasise the importance of the more personal interviews where a subject talks about a very personal experience that may be quite a sensitive subject in their home where they are safe and secure and can talk openly.

Production decisions- Vox pop questions

Questions????

I need to decide on what questions would be best to ask people in a vox pop round school about cyber bullying. They need to be questions that you can get quick answers from. they need to be easily answered so everyone knows what your talking about and wont struggle to answer the questions.

Production decisions- narrator

Narrator

As i am making a docuemtary the narrator plays a huge role in getting the audience interested in whats on screen, i need to find someone that has good communication skills e.g clear voice, good language someone that the audeince can relate to e.g young but im not sure whether i should have a teenager do it or maybe someone older that the audience will pay more attention to? The sex of the narrator i think should be male, i think this becuase bullying is mainly done by boys, and i think if you have a boy talking about it and saying how its not good then maybe others will listen. If i had the choice of a celebrity i would use a young modern role model for young people that teenagers know and like and who they would listen to and trust. Someone like joey essex (only way is essex star) would be good as hes a teenage icon that is huge at the moment, so if he started talking about cyber bullying and how its wrong i think teenagers would take in the information much more, but obviously i cant use him. This is a link to a website where it tells you 'how to make a great documentary narration'