Evaluation Question 2

PRODUCTION- EMMA CUSTIS: A TOTAL

I feel like the final production of my documentary was successful in a number or ways however I do feel like there is still room for improvements. I believe throughout the creation of my documentary I always had the target audience in the back of my find and in my opinion I successfully responded to the target audience as my final product did appeal to the demographics that I hoped it would. As well following typically documentary conventions I also challenged some, which I hoped, would be a decision and make the documentary still appealing to watch although common aspects aren’t shown.

I believe I successfully used a variety of shots for a talking heads documentary as a lot of the shots that are used are standstill and repetitive. I was able to include including a time-lapse sequence, handheld shots and a montage of both images and videos. The use of these types of shots makes the documentary more interesting to watch for the audience. As well as the cinematography used I believe that the character types which I created were interesting to watch. Emma appeared to be a very grateful, fortunate character and didn’t come across being arrogant and malicious which some artists can. The role of Liam, the manager came across to be professional and supportive in Emma as an artist that made him appear to be an authentic character. Finally the characters of Amy and Anais I felt reflected many teenager girls very well. Both characters are fighting to be Emma’s best friend arguing who’s known her the longest and who’s more proud of her. This performance also makes their scene to be quite comical and funny to watch, which makes their scene stand out from the others in the documentary, as all other scenes are quite serious.

After the finalising my documentary there are still some aspects, which I would change if I were provided with the time. The second interview with Emma I believe appears to be slightly blurry due to the high exposure of light. This was something I was keen to refilm however I did run out of time so I overlapped it with some footage which I had previously filmed for another project which did infact fit the genre of the documentary.

ANCILLARY TASK: DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD

I was very happy with the outcome of my double page spread. After conducting research looking at existing media products. I found one example, which I was very keen to imitate the style of. The outcome I believe looks very professional and neat due to the use of minimal colour. Filling one of the pages with a portrait shot of Emma I believe was a good technique as it makes it clear to the audience that the article is about Emma Custis and if you don’t know the artist by name you may do by face. The layout of the double page spread I feel contributes to the overall success of this piece as in my opinion it looks very proficient with the addition of the ‘EXCLUSIVE’ peeling sticker which is a convention commonly used in magazine articles.

ANCILLARY TASK: NEWSPAPER ARTICLE

When creating my newspaper article I needed to make sure that there were similar aspects used in my Double page spread so they promoted the artist and created a brand for her. To do this I used the same colours of black and red and wrote using the same font of Georgia. I used the same quote which I put in large font on the double page spread in a tag line further creating a name for the artist in hope to enhance the popularity of her. Overall I believe the combination of all three tasks work successfully together.