A2 MEDIAFINAL EVALUATION OF MY ADVANCED PORTFOLIO – DOCUMENTARY.

LEVI HODGE

BREAKTHROUGH MENTORING

THE INITIAL TASK – WHAT I WAS REQUIRED TO DO As part of constructing my Advanced Portfolio I had to create a five minute section of a documentary. This meant that I had to research the different types of documentaries and the key codes and conventions, produce the documentary and edit it myself in post production.

As part of my research I watched the observational documentaries Grizzly Man and Undefeated, as well as the expository documentaries Supersize Me and Blackfish. Whilst watching the documentaries I took detailed notes on the key conventions used to allow me to strengthen my knowledge and write an essay showing the codes and conventions used.

This was crucial that I was aware and learned this because it allowed me to have the opportunity of included different ones in my documentary, Breakthrough Mentoring. The key codes and conventions that were repetitive throughout the different documentaries were the voice of God narration, the voice of authority narration, interviews, archive footage and generic conventions such as different camera shots and styles.

So this made me aware that I needed to include as many as possible.