Task 1b

Task 1b

Factual programming has a few different genres which can be presented a total of six different documentary modes which are expository, observational, participatory, reflexive, and performative. There are also some conventions in factual programming that are realism; dramatization; narrativization.

Gangland

Gangland is an original two-part documentary that gains unprecedented access to London’s most notorious young gangs, as they document what life is really like as part of a contemporary gang. Gangland documentary is film in an expository format. An expository documentary will expose a person or a topic. Expository documentaries will have a commentator talking over the images or videos explaining the story. In gangland you can see this and hear through the documentary, as this documentary was about the most notorious young gangs it had a lot of language that most other views would not understand so the three was voice overs breaking down the slang used for example a guy said ‘I will probably buss case’, the voiceover said this line but added that ‘buss case’ means win the case in court. This type of documentary had a large number of views because it is an expository documentary exposing thing that most people would not know about so most of the views would find it interesting to watch. I believe that the main convention in this is realism because this is based real people and their lives with no scrips, and most of the footage in this was filmed by the gang members as none of the directors or camera men were allowed to film there self for identity reasons, there are also some re-enactments of events to show the stories to get a better picture.

The secret life of a five year old

The secret life of a five year old is a show set in a school which has hidden cameras that capture the daily life of the kids and also captures the tantrums and expressions when kids meet for the first time. This show is observational it observes the daily life of the children. As the children are young the director does not need to worry about the children finding out they are being recorded this also means maintaining the observational mode allowing the children to act naturally, so the audience get a better view and sense on how the children act when with other kids. The main convention of this TV program is realism as it is representing young children that shows there life and how they act and express their thoughts and feeling to other children. There is no presenter during the show as it is observational but there is a voiceover that helps explain what the situation throughout the program as the it might be confusing about what is going on, there are also experts in psychology that analyse the children behaviour.

News Report BBC Business Live 27/02/2017

The news presenters are the people that introduce the factual program. The presenter can introduce the stories in different ways, on the BBC the presenter will walk to the left side on the studio to the screen and talk about a story with the statistics popping up on the screen to give the viewer a better image. Another way to present is if they stood in front of a green screen with relevant photos in the background like a weather forecast. The dress code of a presenter is normally formal and profession in the studio but outside on live reports they will probably be dressed to suit the weather. They also talk formally and uses appropriate language that will not upset the audience. The presenters present the stories as non-bias as the BBC has regulations that won't allow them to take a side of a story. The field reporter is someone that reports from another area which corresponds with the story that the presenter present. For example in the studio they was talking with a guest about Leetchi and online platform that has 7 million users in 150 countries, then it went to a live reporter using the software with a worker from Leetchi. There are many different field reporters, some are over sea and some are local. Reporters are often granted inside information about important updates, such as injuries, because they have the credential necessary to do so. Links to the studio is where a news team in a certain studio may want to discuss a story with a different news studio to trade information that they may not have. An example of this in the news report is when the BBC had a live discussion about trinity mirror results with a guy called Michael. This is also good as the audience may feel like that are part of the discussion and feel more involved.  The mode of address to how the reporter presents and address the news to the viewer this will depend on the target audience. An example in this BBC news report it is presented using formal and precise language, whereas cbbc 60 second news is less formal because they have a different audience watching. Interviewing is when a reporter will question another person to add content to the program. There are a many types of interviews, but the type will depend on the objectives of talking to the interviewee. The BBC will sometimes do pubic interviews to get a view from the public, this helps to make the report look unbiased.

                                                                                    

Experts and witnesses; report structure; actuality footage