Assignment 10: Purpose, Inspirational & mode theory

Pamela Younes

Purpose

What is the Purpose of the Documentary

What is the purpose of the documentary?

To aware them how smartphones has effected us

To aware the teenagers how important it is for them to know the consequences about technology i.e. smartphones

To tell them about health problems that can cause such as laziness

What would people learn about this topic from your documentary

What would people learn about this topic from your documentary?

How it would affect them mentally, as I would get an expert interview from a Dr

How much money they have been spending on smartphones every year, I can create a questionnaire to find this information out

How there whole live counts on these smartphones, I could use footage to prove this, can be done by multi-tasking

Inspiration

How did other documentaries inspire you?

Technology of the future

He is in a studio, where professional work is taking place

Holding an old phone, we can tell as its not touch screen and its bulky and not slim

The presenter is shown

What I like How I can apply it to my Documentary

Comparing the phones before and after

Shows the presenter throughout the whole documentary

He’s in a studio shows that he’s in a professional place

I would compare phones before and after to see the improvements and what’s changed

How did other documentaries inspire you?

Smartphone Documentary

Went to professional Companies

Its good how they recorded a group of people talking about the S4, can create a debate

Can see how good the camera is comparing it to real life

How did other documentaries inspire you?

Smartphone Documentary

What I like How I can apply it to my Documentary

Went to professional companies I would go to the Apple store and Samsung

Filmed a group of people talk about the S4 after demonstrating what it does

I can use my S4 and my old iPhone and can get an interview, these would be ideas why people want to keep upgrading their smartphone

How did other documentaries inspire you?

Smartphone addiction – how much is too much

Shows multi-tasking

Can use there phone for studying, searching for internet

Use them in school

What I like How I can apply it to my Documentary

Shows multitasking I would show different types of multitasking and how they are effected

Shows the good part of multi-tasking

I would show different types of multi-tasking

Mode

Which documentary mode applies to my document?

Mode Convention & Examples

Explanation of how it applies to your documentary

Expository Mode - Addresses audience directly

- Narrator

e.g.: Blue Planet

I would have a narrator that would talk straight to the camera

Observational Mode

- Film maker not seen, behind the camera

- Camera rushes to stay with the action

- E.g.: Big brother

This is not relevant to my documentary, as my documentary does not need action to keep up with

Which documentary mode applies to my document?Mode Convention &

ExamplesExplanation of how it applies to your documentary

Participatory Mode

- Filmmaker is present - Direct engagement

between filmmaker and subject

e.g.: Human Swarm

When the filmmaker would be known and seen when talking about the topic directly

Reflexive mode - Construction of documentary exposed

e.g.: catfish

Can show how to edit, by using an iPhone which allows me to download iMovie to edit this documentary shows the use of smartphones

Performer mode - Emphasises emotional of the audience

- Filmmaker is participant

- E.g.: super size me

I would use this buy asking my audience how they would feel about the smartphones

What mode will I most likely use?

I would use the

Participatory Mode: because the filmmaker would be seen whilst

talking about the topic and interviewing people

Performer mode: because we need to see how the audience

would feel using smartphones