Double Page Spread -Ancillary Task 2 (Final Photoshopped Version)

Double Page Spread - Ancillary Task 2 (Initial Draft)

Documentary Evaluation "Quick Fashion"

Before making our documentary "Quick Fashion" we began researching shows of a similar nature which are very popular with the British public. The shows we took a lot of inspiration from were "Gok Wan's Fashion Fix"and "What not to wear."  By watching the shows we gained a better understanding of the conventions that are typically common with these types of documentries.
Firstly we were interested in creating a similar scenario, where a member of the public is either set up by family/friends or either seeking assistance themselves to improve their wardrobe and appearance with the help of a stylist to point them in the right direction and enable them to feel comfortable and confident in more fashionable outfits. We  noticed how Gok Wan is always chatty, friendly and genuinely cares about the woman  whose style and life he is  changing, so therefore we created a similar presenter with these characteristics and mannerisms.

Challenging  the conventions slightly, we introduced a spy camera, to "spy" on our makeove going about their daily routine to hightlight that they urgently need a complete new change of style. This followed up with short interviews of  our makeove's close friends, saying what they thought of her style and what improvments she could make. By using this technique we thought it would be the best tool of encouragment for our makeove, so that she could see herself from a different perspective.

I would say that the combination of our documentary and our ancillary tasks are very  effective and work well together. The storyboard that we created is very clear and precise,  showing how we planned out and organised each filming stage of our documentary, by listing the types of shots we wanted to include and how long each scene would run for.
For my individual poster and double page spread tasks , I made  initial drafts of how I wanted them to look, and feel that  i've successfully achieved each of these tasks  with my final photoshopped versions.

The audience feedback we received from our fashion documentary questionnaire showed that  people who watch these types of shows are mainly female and between the ages of 16-25. We also discovered that women find these type of documentaries more enjoyingable to watch and also showed that they gain more fashion advice and help from this , than they do by reading fashion magazines,stating that the documentaries focus more on teaching the participants and viewers at home to chose the right clothes for their size and shape and also how they can get their hands on stylish items without having to break the bank, by recommending the best highstreet shops to go to for bargain prices.

Piecing our documentary together we used the help from new media technologies such as, Apple Mac's (imovie) , Abode Photoshop, and http://www.blogger.com/. 

On the Apple Mac's we used a software called imovie, were we began arranging and editing scenes. At first I found it a little confusing, as I didn't have any prior experince with working with Apple Mac's before, however after a few go's I quickly learnt the ins and outs of how the software. 
For ancillary task I used Abode Photoshop which I was very confident  about, as i was very familiar already with how the settings worked and what tools I would need to use to create my poster.
Throughout the whole process of planning and filming our documentary, I use an online blog to upload and store all the planning and research that we carried out in order to make our final product.

Final Documentary (Quick Fashion)

TV Poster - Ancillary Task 1 (Final Photoshopped Version)

"Quick Fashion" - Poster Draft

Shot List

Shooting Schedule

To Do List (Improvements and furthur filming)

• Add music to clips - upbeat/pop e.g. Lady Gaga
• Family and friend interviews
• Film Angelica and Janice walking in the highstreet, shopping for new outfits
• Film highstreet stores and Brighton momuments e.g. pier, pavillion theatre- (for the opening scene)
• Re-film wardrobe scene, and Anglica talking to Janice about her style
• Film short clips to introduce longer scene's (e.g. before Angelica goes through to inspect Janice's wardrobe
• Record narration and voice over to play along side footage in  particular scenes
• Include titles/credits and name tags for interviewee's
• Put a Channel 4 logo/tag before "Quick Fashion" starts
• Speed up and shorten scenes to lower the total running up of documentary down to 5mins

"Quick Fashion" - Storyboards

First plan for Fashion Documentary

Roles:
Me - Camera
Jodie - Presenter Angelica Elle - dressed in smart/causal clothes
Nicola - Janice -the person having the makeover - dressed in baggy clothes and dull colours


-Opening Scene: The presenter walking down the highstreet introducing  giving an overview of Janice's makeover ( fast cuts and quick flashes)

-Janice saying what her fashion lifestyle is like at the moment (Location - My House)
- Friend and Family interviews sharing what they think of Janice's style and appearance
-Cuts back to Angelica in the centre of town/beach saying "lets see what we can do"
- Show clothes laid out before and after includung the prices and a voiceover explaining where the clothes were brought from.  Two outfits daytime/evening
- Archive footage of fashion shows and celebrities wearing similar clothes to what Janice will be wearing.
- The presnter giving fashion advice to the audience "Here are some tips and tricks for you to try at home"
- Ending the Documentary with an Ad break "Coming up after the break Janice gets her makeover"
- Close up of Janice's eye make up, and accesory's such as ring, earrings, necklace, belt etc
-Over the Shoulder shot-  Mirror turning around to face  Janice, and reveal her new look.

Props:
Janice's clothes  - Baggy oversized clothes, jumperr/hoodies
Angelica's clothes - smart, casual, sleek, tailored, blazer + glasses
2 sets of nice fashionable outfits
Accessories - corsages, rings, necklace, bags, hats, belts etc

Questionnaire

Research on popular Fashion Documentaries

How to look good Naked - Channel 4

 Stylist Gok Wan helps women and sometimes men of all shapes and sizes to feel good about their bodies without restorting to surgery.

Format

The format of the show is based on self esteem building exercises that Wan guides the participent through. These include:

- Showing a large picture of the participent in question semi nude in a public place (e.g. projected onto the side of a building or van), asking passers-by what they think. The reponse shown is positive, building the self esteem of the participant.

-Wan burns the participants underwear replacing it with more flattering items including "tummy tuck pants)

-The participant is invited along to a secret location for having their very own  naked photoshoot

- In the emotive finale, the participant parades down the catwalk with their new look in front of friends and family.

Catchphrases

Wans favourite and most famous catchphrases include "bangers"  which is his pet name for women's breast and "gorgeous" and  often calling the female participantating in the show "girlfriend".

Many of his other cathchphrases are puns on his name such as "Gok Shock" and "Fairy Gok Mother."

Snog, Marry, Avoid - BBC Three

Hosted by Jenny Frost

It focuses on transforming "fakery obessed" or "slap addicts" in Britian into natural beauties by stripping them of their skimpy clothes and layers of makeup and giving them a make-under instead of a make-over with the help of POD "personal overhaul device"

POD is a computer that "only understands natural beauty." It conducts a public analysis to ask the public wheter they would snog, marry, or aviod the participant as well as another random question which offers thosed questioned a chance to praise or criticise. After the questions it allows the person to choose their styles based on a celebrity and dresses them accordingly. It sometimes orders the person to "deep cleanse" where they have to take off all their makeup. After the transformation POD asks the public whay they think of the person.  The person is then re-introduced to their partner or relative outside the TV studio and their reaction is generally a positive one towards the more natural look. Later on in the show Jenny Frost will meet the person to see if they have kept their look and dicuss the transformation.



What Not To Wear - BBC

Presented by Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine.

Both women are often known for their tactile behaviour with the participants and for frequently referring to breast as "tits". They were also renowned for their direct comments on the show where Trinny comments have reduced some participants to tears and Susannah once spontaneously pulled a female candidate's underwear down during filming as her knicker line was present.

The participant is nominated by their friends and family for being particulalry unfashionable. The show then secretly follows and videotapes the nominated participant for two weeks. At the end of the two weeks, furthur experts review the secret footage and preparet to surprise the participant. During the surprise the participant is offered a £2000 cheque to buy a new wardrobe, however they must hand over the their entire existing wardrobe and be prepared for some harsh crictism and to receive fashion advice from two experts.

On the first day of the participants visit to the studio, there is a reveiw of the secret footage along with the participant. On videotape there are normally comments from family members and friends about the participant's style and appearance. The experts then go through their entire wardrobe, which has been brought with the participant. They critique the items and then most of the clothing gets discarded or even cut with scissors. The participant is asked to put on an outfit that they like and think most suits their figure, and then must face the 360 degree mirror. The experts comment honestly on why the outfit does not suit them, often being brutally honest.The experts give suggestions throughout the day and then present three different outfits to the participant to help illustrate the rules that they will need to follow as they shop for better clothing.
The participant is then given two days to shop for suitable clothing at a suitable and selected location. On the first day, they are left to their own devices, to test how much they have learnt about which clothes are suitable and comply with the rules. On the second day, the experts ambush the nominee and comment on whether the previous day's purchases complied with the correct guide lines as to which clothes to buy. The second day, the fashion gurus sit in a cafe and watch live video footage of the participant shopping and comment on whether the participant is following the rules given. If the participant is struggling, they rush to the scene to help. The experts then accompany the participant around the shops, providing advice and assistance, often being critical.

After all the shopping, hair stylists and makeup  artists work on the nominee's hair and makeup respectively. After the makeover, the participant reveals themselves to the experts and are brought to a full-length mirror to see their transformed state. The participant models three outfits for the experts, often showing confidence and poise. The participant departs and soon after, reveals themselves with their transformed appearance to their friends and family. Some time after the participant's makeover, the fashion gurus would pay them a surprise visit, in order to establish whether they have adhered to the rules for their clothing.

Intial Ideas for Fashion Documentary

Planning;
-Research similar products
-Reasearch  current Fashion documentarys
-Chooose a target audience that our documentary will be aimed at
Oragnise:
-Actors and the roles they will play
-Scripts,
-Filming locations (find out about being given permisson if needed)
-Filimg schedule
-Filming techniques and shots and we will be including
-Storyboard, showing the narrative of our Documentary

Construction;
-Hold a shot steady
-Frame shot
-Variety of shots/distances and effects
-Material that is revelant
-Mise en Scene selected
-Editing meaning is clear

Possible Filming locations
- Brighton Churchill Sqaure (may need to find out whether permisson would be need)
- The Lanes
-Markets
-Public areas (Highstreet, Pavilion Gardens, Parks and Cafe)
-The Beach
- My House

People:
-Me (Camera work)
-Jodie (Presenter)
-Nicola (person that will be madeover)
Other people may be needed to fill smaller parts

Watching Documentries

Name : The Boys That killed Stephen Lawerence - (BBC Panorama)

Type of documentary: Investigation

Notes:

• Broadcasted on 26/Jul/2006

• Opening scene's of archive news footage.
• Headlines stated "Getting away with murder"
• 5 Men guilty for murdering Stephen Lawrence in 1993 are still walking free
• Mark Daly (The Presenter)
• Duane Brooks - Stephen friend and key witness
• Reinacting the scenes of the attack alongside witnesses narrating retelling  of what they saw  
• Reconstruction - allowing the auidence to get a wider picture of what exactly happened and the actions leading up to murder and those that followed
• Photographs of the crime scene, Blood, Stephen Body etc
• Sound recordings of police interviews - introgatting suspects
• Photograph's of the weapons linked to the suspects
• Archive Survallance Footage
• 5 Suspects (Neil Acourt, Jamie Acourt,   Dave Norris, Luke Knight, Gary Dobson)
• 4stabbings link to the gang - before Stephen's Death
• Interviewing 2 victims attacked by the gang
• Evidence that the gang have committed and attempted murder before, however still have yet to be charged
• Insitionional racism - rascism within the police
• Flashbacks - to persuade the auidence to believe the programe.
• Digital maps to pinpoint where people where at the time of the murder
• John Davidson - represented as a "bent" copper
• Reporting that Clifford Norris paying Davidson to keep quiet to protect the gang

Name: The Family
Type of documentary: Fly-on-the-wall

Notes:

• Broadcasted on 17th September 2008
• Following the Hughes Family which consists of Simon and his wife Jane, plus their four children Jessica,  "Wild child" Emily, "The clever one" Charlotte, and Tom.
• The Family were filmed for 100 days and nights within their own home.
• The programme is a modern take on of the original series from 1974, pioneered by Paul Weston
• Opening Narration from Tom , explaingn that his mum is depressed - "she says because Emily goes out so much, but I think its more than that"
• Music is used to add emotional resonances at one, a recording of Neil Diamonds "Sweet Caroline" plays over the household's early morning prepartions, timed so that the climactic line "Touching me, touching you" matches Simon and Janes goodbye embrace as he sets off to work.
• Camera jump cuts to different locations within the house at different times
• Focusing on Family arguements - entertainng for the audience whilst also keep them attentive.
• Fading in between scenes , emphasising that time as pasted
• Subtitles introducing each scene " Janes Birhtday" , "Mothers Day" etc

Name: Diana Witnesses in the Tunnel - Channel 4 Documentary
Type of Documentary: Investigation
Did the photographers chase the Princess of Wales to her death in the Pont d'Alma in August 1997? Were they too busy taking picutres to call the emergency services and did their presence hinder those services?

Notes:

• The Press "The Princess of Wales was our bread and butter"
• Controversial footage of her afer the crash
• The paparatzi described as having "Blood on their hands"
• Retracing the events leading up to the accident
• Archive footage of CCTV - with voice narrating alongside
• Enrick Paul - the french driver
• Home footage
• Reconstruction footage
• French Investigation Dossair, original black and white images
• Trevor Rhys Jones (BodyGuard)
• Crash happened at 12.23pm
• Dodi Al Fyed - (Diana's compainon who died in the crash)
• Paparatzi photographes on the crash
• Interviewing french photographer Ronald Parr (Pap and witness to the crash)
• Giving the time of each stage that happened after the crash
• Photograph blanking out Diana's Face
• Accussing the photographers of getting in the way of paramedic and police
• Use of tourist photo's
• Public blaming the photographers for the princess of wales death
• Laurent Solar (Press Management)
• First news report on the BBC - all lays the blame on the paparattzi
• 4am - Diana's time of death
• Half a billion people watching the news
• Diana's funeral held at westimister abbey - Broadcasted acrossed the nation
• 2 Years of investigation was taken out before the accusations surrounding the photographs was cleared