Codes and conventions of a documentary

we started and completed task 1. We went over the code and conventions of a documentary.
Varied shot types and movement to keep audience interested
Handheld camerawork used for atuallity footage where nessary
Interviews: CU or MCU is conventional BCU or ECU can be used stationary camera ( tripod)
Eyeline roughly 1/3 way down screen
Framed to left or right of shot
Establishing shots are used
Pan and zoom are used when filming still images
Point of view shot sometimes used to postion audience in the action
Mise-en-scene
Behind interviews is either related to the subject e.g. chromakey or anchers there job related to the subject
Achieve material from a veriaty
Graphics used to translate where necessary
Title unique/creative
Name and relevance to subject or role of interviewees, usually two line
Matt Smith
Plays the thing
This anchors who they are and their relevance to the subject, usually oppersite side of the screen in bigger letter.
Credits, usually scrolling, archive material credited
Narrtive structure can vary open/closed / curculair
Single strand is not complicated, non linear audience can understand
Sound
Voice over used to link everything together, hold the structure together, standered English, age and gender usually relate to either audience or subject. Not parcial, tend to be emotionless.
Interviews, all questions are edited out, music is used revevant to the topic. Interviews no backgroud nosie or kept to a minimon.

We learned the running order of programmes on the TV.
Inhurritance- scheduling of programmes immediately after a popular programme, to inherit audience ( 8ºclock post soaps)
Pre-echo- scheduling before a poplaur programme ( the one show)
Hammoching- placing programme between popular programmes.
Then we talked about schedule of each day:
Breakfest
Pre lunch- moring
Lunchtime
Early pm
Late pm
Teatime
Early evening
Pre watershed
Post watershed.
We then filled in a sheet, with questions to do about what we learned.