Monday 2 April 2012

documentary codes and convetions

Half tone mum - worlds heaviest woman
This documentary is about a woman who weighs half a tone.

codes and conventions 
  • interviews 
  • voice over
  • image or video
  • theme
  • music
  • archive material
  • narrative voice 
Interview
in the documentary there is a short interview which allows the interviewer to ask the interviewee questions about their life. the interviewee answers and tells us how she lives on a day to day basis.

voice over
The voice over/narrator informs us as an audience of factual detailed information. By using a voice over, it gives more detailed information rather than the people being interviewed explaining and giving us statistical data to back up the points that are being discussed. It is used a coherence to make the story flow and tie all the elements together, making it more interesting and having a stable storyline.