NEA Website First Ideas

In this draft, I have used placeholder photos that are the sort of thing I would like to include in the final product.

Grassroots Website Plan from HannahB22

NEA Statement of Intent Draft

I decided to organise my 400-word answers into LIAR, in order to make sure I explored everything that was required.

NEA Planning - First Ideas

   Here is the remit of BBC Three:
"The remit of BBC Three is to bring younger audiences to high quality public service broadcasting through a mixed-genre schedule of innovative UK content featuring new UK talent. The channel should use the full range of digital platforms to deliver its content and to build an interactive relationship with its audience. The channel’s target audience is 16-34 year olds."
   I decided to make a mind map of the specific details I want to include in my documentary, based off of the points in the remit. (Enter fullscreen to see more clearly)

NEA Plan - Mind Map from HannahB22

NEA Research - How to Make a Ken Loach Film

   Although Ken Loach is a director and producer of films, meaning he constructs a plot and specifically chooses actors for his productions, his works have a high degree of verisimilitude. For example, 'I Am Daniel Blake' is a film about a man attempting to claim unemployment benefits and failing after a health issue, which is a prevalent topic for today's society. Loach only creates a basic structure of a script, allowing for the actors to improvise and make their dialogue more naturalistic.
   Therefore, it may be helpful to study the series of YouTube shorts entitled 'How to Make a Ken Loach Film' because the way he depicts reality and uses his actors shows a lot of parallels with the conventions of a documentary.

1 - 'Work with the actor's instincts'
   In a lot of scenes directed by Loach, the actors react to the event as it happens in order to get the most naturalistic response. This will be very helpful to apply to my documentary, as it will be interesting to provide a general plan but allow the young musicians to explore what they think is most important to them personally. I will also have to be taking a lot of footage so that I can get some 'Behind-The-Scenes' material and also be prepared for unexpected content.
2 - 'Surprise is very important'
   It will be good to give the people I will be filming with an idea of what I will be looking for. However, more realistic/innovative material will come from unexpected questions, prompts etc.
3 - 'Directing is about confidence'
   When I make a mindmap or storyboard for my documentary I must know what I want the outcome of it to look like / what I want it to achieve. I might look over the remit of BBC Three again and set out what I want the audience to learn from my documentary. This will give me the confidence I need to ask the correct questions and get the correct shots.

NEA Generic Research - Language and Digital Convergence

Now that I have studied various texts, I have a better idea of how to structure and shoot my documentary, and also what to include. I have also learnt the tropes of a documentary's website and how they use it to make the audience feel more enriched that just viewing the documentary alone. It's also interesting how documentaries have evolved to include more technology and elements of interaction which was not available to older documentaries, especially when the 'hypodermic syringe' model was believed to be the method of audience consumption.

NEA Website Generic Analysis 3 - 'Hip-Hop Evolution' Website

Website Analysis 3 - 'Hip-Hop Evolution' from HannahB22

NEA Website Generic Analysis 2 - BBC Three Website

NEA Website Analysis 2 - BBC Three from HannahB22

NEA Wesbite Generic Analysis 1 - Louis Theroux Website

From looking at different documentaries and their complimentary websites, I have found that the ones with higher budgets, more developed storylines or multiple series tend to have websites. Smaller, lower budget documentaries such as 'Beauty Laid Bare' do not have a website devoted specifically to them, but are instead promoted on the BBC Three website, which has a variety of their productions. Due to this variation, I will look at a few websites that promote documentaries of different production values / detail.

NEA Website General Analysis 1 - Louis Theroux from HannahB22