Product research.

I have been looking at a range of photography documentaries these include the genius of photography, masters of photography:Diane arbus, Annie Lebovitz: life through the lens. these kinds of documentaries have been shown on television previously, and have also gone on to dvd for purchasing, as they have been made independantly so money is constantly trying to be made.

what is noticable is that theses documentaries are mainly fact based as they use historical evidences, events and information in a way that other documentaries are not, for example some documentaries can be just as a tabloid news paper, such as documentaries on events.

The following documentaries have examples of interviews in which the photgrapher speaks directly to the camera which is the main convention of a self refexive documentary.

This particular documentary has used a cuts of the different people that will be interviewed in the documentary, thus introducing the people to the audience right at the beginning, and we see some quite famous and credible people such as Hillary Clinton and other's like woopy goldberg. Although this lip is an ad for a documentary it does show what a the beginning of a documentary could be, i have decided to open ,y documentary by using a variety of people who are in some way involved with photography, whether it be on a via social networking site or a traditional role of film. My documentary's aim is to inform people about the analogue photography and whether or not it will become obsolete.

Initial brief.

I intend to make a five minute extract of an authored documentary, plus a double paged spread for a listings magazine and also a newspaper advert for the documentary.

For my target audience the demographics are both male and female’s aged from 15 and above, as my documentary looks at today’s generation and how web 2.0 allows a means of uploading photo’s on to the internet by virtually anyone and considering their selves photographer’s when it truly takes a lot more skill then to just snap a button. However this documentary also takes a journey through analogue photography within a school and a 6^th form therefore it can appeal to a wider audience then just photographers, for example parents as well as young adults or children may be interested in how photography works as a subject, also today’s culture is made of many generations and ethnicities where art means different things for individuals, and this documentary will help those people understand and appreciate photography as an art.

My intended audience’s psychographics are people with an interest in art and believe in the expressionism that can be portrayed through it. Also their lifestyle can be of a student or a senior member of the public who have little time for art but still want to know more about it.

There are many other similar media products, such as The Genius Of Photography, and National Geographic’s productions The Photographer’s and Through The Lens, there are also independent documentaries specifying on just one photographer and their style of photography. I have looked at various clips within some of the documentaries to gain an idea of what kind of footage I should get for my documentary.

Thi clip of the documentary Genius of photography and is a good example of how to use a voice over, an interview and historical eveidence, this clip in particular will help me in terms of composing the documentary, and what kind of people i should interview.

Though there are many documentaries of photography hardly any raise the question of how digital photography is taking over and whether or not analogue photography is becoming obsolete due to web 2.0. Furthermore my documentary looks into analogue photography as a subject in a secondary school/6th form as it gives a different perspective on photography from the youth which have different ideologies about this topic.

Becuase the filming will take place in a school environment, there will be an overpowering amount of females as it is a female school, so i have to tackle this issue by involving the males from the 6th form and the staff as well, also because this is an information based documentary i have have to use facts such as historical evidences, this also means that for this type of documentary a linear narrative is best.