assignment 11 similar products, conventions & channel time

Assignment 11 –Similar Products,

Conventions & Channel/TimeKaya Sumbland

Gledis Dedaj

Rahel Fasil

Joanne Aroda

Final Chosen TopicA

Is our engagement with social media progressive?

We have not yet received feedback on our topic, so it still may still change.

Part : B

Investigation Into Similar Products

Similar Products of InspirationE

SIMILAR PRODUCTS OF INSPIRATION

Part : F

Part : G

Conventions Of Documentaries

Part : H, I, J, & K

Similar Products And Their Conventions

SIMILAR PRODUCTS and their conventions

Part : J

Similar Products and their ConventionsK

Most commonly documentaries have an expert

in a mid shot sitting to the right of the screen with small text stating their name and

profession on the side

The text should pose an a connotation to the documentary –

so its noticeably connected and related to the topic. Text is used to introduce someone and for titles,

or for illustration description

Animation is used within a title, to make it more

appealing – or to serve as a helping visual to explain something within a topic

74 stone babysitter

Girl who became 3 boys

Similar Products and their ConventionsK

Volume control is used to appropriately change the volume of

either background music or non-diegetic sound to suit and to level when someone is speaking or not

The tone of the presenter varies, but when the presenter is anomalous they usually have a deep authoritative tone

to not to connect with audience to connect with the subject

BBC develop conventions not having any intervals, therefore their

documentary all connects and slowly forms into different subtopics not to

suddenly change and loose focus

Michael Moore developed conventions by putting his own

personal bias in enforcing his view guns are wrong and intimidating his

interviewee’s

How to get a life

Batman shootings

Bowling for columbine

Part : L

Conventions

ConventionsL

When introducing the documentary we will have the background music relatively

loud, then when the presenter comes on the volume will

slightly decrease How to get a Life

We will have our presenter involved with interviews with

the public to make the documentary seem more

natural and make the subject comfortable

we will have intervals every 15 minutes. Before the interval a

topic subtopic will finish followed by the title of out

Documentary naming ‘end of part…’

How to get a Life

Lifers

CONVENTIONS of our documentary

Part : L

Part : M

Exploration Of Channels

Channel Exploration – Channel 5MChannel 5 was the fifth and final national

terrestrial network to launch in March 30th 1997

Channel 5 is a general entertainment channel,

with international programmes

The station was branded as 'Five’ between 2002

and 2011

Channel 5 also owns

5* and 5 USA

Channel Exploration – Channel 5MIt was the seconds digital channel to be

broadcast in the UK

5USA concentrates on showing imported movies and programmes from the United

States

Channel Exploration – Channel 5MBefore it was 5*, ‘Five Life’ was originally

intended to be a female-oriented channel with an emphasis on lifestyle programming. Channel 5 announced that programming on

Five Life included The Ellen DeGeneres Show and Trisha Goddard

It was rebranded 5* to enforce a fun loving image

which now receives some of Channel 5’s highest viewings from programmes such

as ‘Big Brothers Big Mouth’

Channel Exploration – Channel 5MChannel 5 Documentaries

Channel 5 documentaries are usually ones that haven't been done before, e.g channel 4 do a lot of medical.

They do documentaries to inform the views of a certain story or situation – which become very popular because of its originality.

They do a lot of real life stories and explaining the reality of

things that happen.

Channel Exploration – Channel 5MIn comparison to other channels, Channel five

is very different. Channel 5 show programmes that wont necessarily cater to a

wide audience as their programmes are unique and liked by not many people – e.g

‘The kings war on witches’

Furthermore, their documentaries seem very simplistic but interesting by the way they present and give information. They take a

story and just inform and educate the audience without trying overly to impress a

specific audience.

In comparison to other channels, Channel five is very different. Channel 5 show

programmes that wont necessarily cater to a wide audience as their programmes are

unique and liked by not many people – e.g ‘The kings war on witches’

Furthermore, their documentaries seem very simplistic but interesting by the way they present and give information. They take a

story and just inform and educate the audience without trying overly to impress a

specific audience.

Channel exploration

Channel : 4

Sister Channels :

• 4 Music

• More 4

• E4

• Film 4

• It is the only channel within the Box Television Network to be branded under Channel 4 and is one of the only channels in the network to be broadcast in widescreen, the other being Heat.

• E4 is a British digital television channel, launched as a pay-TV companion to Channel 4 on 18 January 2001. The "E" stands for entertainment, and the channel is mainly aimed at the lucrative 15–35 age group.

• When it first launched in 2005; the channel encouraged viewers by showing the first run of critically acclaimed US dramas including ‘The West Wing’, showing season 6 and 7 back to back, from its sister digital station E4 to More4 and Without a Trace from Channel 4.

• Film4 did not originally focus on broadcasting blockbusters, but nowadays broadcasts many mainstream Hollywood movies. The channel frequently has themed nights or seasons in which a number of films centred around one genre, director or actor are shown.

General knowledge Some shows they broadcast

• Its a flagship channel• Its funded my TV Licence • It has many sister channels …

BBC Three, BBC Two, BBC Four, BBC News, CBBC, Cbeebies, BBC Parliament, BBC HD

• They also have BBC iPlayer on demand making it portable

• They broadcast original shows and is well known for documentary's

• Doctor Who• Eastenders• Merlin• The One Show• Strictly Come Dancing• Come Fly With Me• Crimewatch• New Tricks• Holby City • Casualty• Match of The Day• Have I Got News For You• Mock The Week• And many more …

BBC One

BBC One – Target Audience• Unlike ITV & Channel 4 BBC

mornings are reserved for news from 6am – 10am which draws in adults and people in their late teens

• 10 onwards is directed to older people or those who are interested in antiques i.e. Antiques Roadshow

• 1pm-2pm is housewife aimed with soaps and sit-coms i.e. Doctors

BBC One – Target Audience• 3pm-5pm goes to kids

back from school and later directs then to their sister channel CBBC i.e. Tracy Beaker Returns

• 6pm onwards is directed at housewives and sometimes older teens i.e. Waterloo Road, The One Show

• Past 10 is directed to adults with news and late night movies

BBC One – What time is it most successful

• Weekend afternoons 8pm with shows like Strictly Come Dancing with a celebrity cast

• Also 7pm Doctor Who is a Hugh fan base both kids and adults of all ages for the fantasy factor and adventure

BBC One – What Documentaries

• They tend to show nature documentaries at 7pm i.e. Animal planet for naturists

• But also ones with current affair & issues at 9pm i.e. Paranorma on unemployment

Part : N

Chosen Channel

Channel On TVNWe’d put it on Channel 4 because...• Aspects in Social media is a familiar topic that

comes up in Channel 4 documentaries

• It is able to have a varied audience being a digital broadcast channel

• Our topic is not suited to BBC, ITV and Channel 5

• Most popular digital channel to our target audience

• Channel 4 commonly present documentaries that look within both sides of a debate

• Channel 4 have a wide variety of age audience so presenting a formal, in depth topic we will be able to also reach our older secondary audience

We’d put it on Channel 4 because...• Aspects in Social media is a familiar topic that

comes up in Channel 4 documentaries

• It is able to have a varied audience being a digital broadcast channel

• Our topic is not suited to BBC, ITV and Channel 5

• Most popular digital channel to our target audience

• Channel 4 commonly present documentaries that look within both sides of a debate

• Channel 4 have a wide variety of age audience so presenting a formal, in depth topic we will be able to also reach our older secondary audience

Further…• This is because channel 4 is well known for its

'Dispatches' Documentaries which often concern current topics.

• This fits well with our Social Media topic as it is 'Informative' ( this is a typical channel 4 genre).

• This also relates to our target audience because they will seek out these types of documentaries like 'Dispatches'.

• Channel 4 is very popular amongst 15 - 35 year olds which are our main audience.

• Therefore our audience will already drawn to the documentary through the channel.

Channel On TVN

Channel On TVNWhy specifically Channel 4 ?Why specifically Channel 4 ?

E4 does not usually show documentaries, its more based on American programmes

More4 usually shows documentaries that have been on Channel 4 first, so it would probably be shown on More 4 a year after

Channel 4, much like 4Seven.

Other sister channels of Channel 4 do not show documentaries at all – they are music based

Part : O

Time On TV

We have decided to show our documentary at 8:00 PM

- This is because our documentary will not consist of any inappropriate footage or language.

- It is suitable for the whole family to watch.

- People usually finally finish their work and sit down to watch television around this time.

- 7:00 PM is too early and the number of viewers wont be very high.

- 9:00 PM is a popular spot filled up by the programmes that are regularly watched by viewers.

- Therefore viewers will be less likely to miss their shows for our documentary.

Time On TV

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