RESEARCH: Documentary Research

 This is the sort of documentary I wish to create, as the genre of history is the same as what I want for my documentary on the historical buildings in Southend.

This screenshot shows the use of filming a still image with a voiceover, with a fade/dissolve into the next shot.

LOG: An expansion

USP: Unique Selling Point

RESEARCH: Genres of Documentary

Modes of Documentary:
Nichols (critic 1991) identified 5 modes of documentary
1) Expository

• Voiceover
• Aim to inform
• Develops argument
• used in TV

2) Observational

• Fly on the wall
• Shows the world as it is
• Long takes, hand-held camera
• Filmaker- invisible

3) Participatory

• Filmmaker is foregrounded
• Made from filmmakers POV
• FM is central character
• Handheld camera, informal interviews

4) Reflexive

• Representational and manipulative

5) Performative

• Challenges idea of documentary truth
• Some scenes set up
• e.g. TOWIE

Ethics: 

• Intrusive?
• Voyeuristic?
• The aftermath?
• Privacy?
• Rights?

My documentary will be Expository, as I will be informing my viewers of the historical sites in Southend and how they show the history of the area. I will be using a voiceover as my narrator walks through the sites, to explain where the audience is.

RESEARCH: Documentary: Places of Historical Interest in Castlepoint

• Southend Museum
• Prittlewell Priory
• Southchurch Hall
• Hadleigh Castle
• Rayleigh Windmill
• Rayleigh Roundhouse

LOG/PLANNING: Proposal for Practical Work

Choice of brief: Documentary extract
Genre and brief outline of narrative ideas: 

• Mockumentary, depicting a fictious murder and the process of finding the killer through fake interview process of family members etc
• Documentary of the building process of the new buildings at my mum's school (Prince Avenue)
• Mockumentary of the life of an Oxford student going back to a normal life back home (focused on my brother)

Locations: Southend/Rochford- local, e.g. my house, Mum's workplace, parks, seafront for dramatic/emotional shots

Talent: Friends/Family, e.g. Nikki/Emily/Ben/Harriet

Props:??

LOG: Pirates of the Caribbean Clip: Diverting