Radio Trailer Script

We have recently been given the task to create a radio trailer in order to promote our documentary.  I felt that this trailer should reflect the style that we have applied to throughout the production of our documentary. Therefore we made clear efforts in the script to create a funny and lighthearted tone that would apply to our audience. This is the first attempt that we made in creating a radio trailer script....

Scott: Video Games

Tom: But are they actually games!

Scott: Come on we’re on the radio here

Tom: Sorry Scotty why are we here?

Scott: We’re here to promote our new documentary who’s in controller on BBC 3 at 8:30 next Friday

Tom: Oh yeah, that really cool documentary we are both in about the influence of video games on anti-social behavior as well as other things

Scott: That’s the one!
Tom: Never heard of it

Scott: You’re in it

Tom: Am I

Scott: Oh forget it just play the clip Raymond

10 seconds of audio from documentary

Tom: Oh yeah I remember now!

Scott: Goodness me

Raymond: Don’t forget to watch the hit new documentary by the Doganson brothers this Friday 13^th at 8:30

Tom: You’d be a right plum to miss it!

Both myself and Tom recorded the voiceover  and uploaded it to the computer. After 10 minutes of editing and repeatedly listening, the group decided to change the script. We felt that the lines were trying to be too funny and we could create more effective piece that would get more to the point. I then took up the task of rewriting a script that was equally as light hearted, yet one that is more to the point and makes our intentions very clear. This is the new script.....

Scott: Video games are everywhere

Tom: They are taking over the world!

Scott: That’s right everyone is playing them

Tom: (Sarcastically) But Scott surely with thousands of children and adults playing videogames worldwide, the amount of time people spend with their friends socialising will be hugely effected?!

Scott: Well what an interesting point Tom! Maybe you should tell these lovely people to tune in our documentary “Who’s complaining about video gaming” on BBC 3 8:30 next Friday

Tom: Yeah that’s a good idea

(Pause)

Scott: Well go on then

Tom: what?

Scott: Tell them

Tom: Tell who?

Scott: The people, about our documentary

Tom: Never heard of it sorry

Scott: Uh just play the clip

(Clip)

Scott: Thats right ladies and gents remember to tune in next Friday at 8:30 on BB3 as we explore the dangerous effects that video games can have on society

Tom: That looks brilliant! I am definitely gonna tune into that

Scott: Tom you do realise your it don’t you?

Tom: Am I? Even better! We’ll see you next Friday at 8:30!

This is still a draft however and we may change the lines again in production

TV magazine analysis

here are a couple of  of articles in magazine that are promoting and informing the audience of there TV show. It clearly has a big picture with either the main person in the programme or a snapshot of a clip during the programme. It then has a very eye catching title so you instantly get attracted to it. After that , before you start to read any information you see the channel and time and date above the paragraphs of information. They are usually in a little colour coded box or near the title of the article. After that it goes onto the main text where all the writing is where it speaks about the programme and what its about and try and make it sound interesting for to the audience. As you can clearly see they incorporate quotes into the article in-between the paragraphs. They also help give the reader another quick idea of what the article is about because they stand out next to the standard text. At the top left corner of the page it says something along the lines of “this week special” or “hot this week” this lets you really now what the article is about. 

Game footage over interview

As a group, we have filmed various interviews with a parent, students, professional video gamer, and teachers. However the interview with Nick Wearing, a parent of two, was almost ten minutes in length, therefore we were finding it difficult to make use of it in the documentary. However, despite the duration, Nick made some very effective and helpful points about the topic that expressed his own opinion very clearly, therefore we felt it was important to use the footage. Tom then began experimenting on premiere pro to try and find a way that we could include Nicks interview by cutting and pasting the effective points he made without it being visible to the audience. We resulted in using in game footage from Fifa to divert the attention from Nick's changing position in his chair. We then altered with the sound to make the voiceover seem like Nick was making these points one after another, and not separately in the space of ten minutes. By using the software we were able to make very helpful use of Nick's interview, as the important answers he gives are presented to the audience in the space of about thirty seconds.

Whilst this was an effective outcome of the editing, we also learnt that interviews accompanied by footage is a widely used convention in documentaries. For example in Super Size Me, a documentary film directed by Morgan Spurlock following the drastic effects of fast food, Spurlock uses various footage over interviews that often supports or relates to what they are saying. For example in his expert interviews with nutritionists he would often include footage of Children eating healthy food or playing outdoors to support the points being made. We have used a similar technique, by including the Fifa footage we are providing effective evidence of the information that our interviewee is expressing.

Video Game - The Movie

The 2014 Documentary 'Video Game The Movie' directed by Jeremy Snead was a big influence on our documentary. The documentary talks about the influence that video games on the world. The documentary provided a lot of insight into the topic and its facts and statistics section really influences how we went about presenting our facts and stats. Despite this I feel this documentary relies quite heavily on archive footage, something we are trying to avoid in our documentary.

In game footage

Throughout the production of our media project we have included various footage from a range of different video-games, including "Grand Theft Auto, "Call of Duty" and "Fifa". However we have made use of particularly unusual technique in terms of editing when making use of the footage. We have presented game footage in a small box in the bottom left corner of the screen, this is accompanied by footage of both myself and Tom playing the video games on a console. We felt that we were allowing the audience to see both perspectives of our activity in one shot, it is an interesting and visually attractive editing technique.

We achieved the effect on premiere pro by overlapping both pieces of footage and minimizing the size of the screen. We then placed it in the bottom left corner of the screen and accompanied it with our other footage of myself and Tom playing thd game. At the moment the in game footage consists of game play from "Call of Duty", which we have already used in the documentary, however we are planning to change it to footage that the audience has not seen before such as "Grand Theft Auto" or "Fifa". However we will most certainly be using the same editing technique due to the effective outcome.

Nodding Shots

Having done intense research of the documentary genre both in class and as extra work, we have learnt that "nodding shots" are an important convention. They are used in interviews to backchannel an affirmative response and a sense of understanding to the person being interviewed. This often creates a more comfortable atmosphere for the person giving an answer, and can often lead to a more responsive interview. Therefore in our editing we have made strong efforts to include this important convention in order to achieve an effective outcome. During the interview with Julie Maitland we have included a medium close up shot of myself and Tom agreeing to the answer she is giving, indicated by our supportive nodding in agreement. We felt we applying to an important code and convention of the genre, as well as indicating that we want the most responsive answers from our interviews.

We have also included an expert interview with a parent of two Nick Wearing, yet we still have to film nodding shots for his footage. When we made use of the technique the first time we felt it would be effective to use it again for Nick. Therefore the group are creating a schedule for an appropriate time to film this new footage, it will again consist of myself and Tom (the duel presenters) agreeing to what Nick is saying. I feel that our group are displaying clear enthusiasm and determination to use familiar codes and conventions from the documentary genre.