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Sunday, 15 September 2024
Critical Self Reflection
This is my Critical Self Reflection
Our group was tasked to create a 3-5 minute opening for a crime documentary according to the brief. Our documentary is about a young celebrity named Resha. Because he’s newly made, he’s unable to take the horrible comments given by haters and other celebrity artists. Because of this, he results in killing his rival artist that’s been insulting and slandering him. From Stuart Hall's representation theory, This documentary represents social groups such as celebrities not being as they seem and having to put a mask on whenever a camera is present and usually having a hidden agenda away from all the cameras. Our dominant or preferred reading for our documentary is that the celebrity’s hidden meaning is most commonly something negative or fatal, involving murder or other types of crimes. We do this by using technical elements such as camera, sound, editing, and mise-en-scene. By using a handheld camera, it mimics the way paparazzis and news reporters use their camera to quickly capture the celebrity since they only have a tight window. Handheld is also used to show that something is off and not entirely stable. Indicating that there might be something slightly strange that’s going on in the background. Non-Diegetic Sounds such as slow melancholic music can be used throughout the interview and during celebrity interviews to further keep the mysterious tone that the celebrities may have under the rug. For edits, including J-cuts can be used to follow typical crime documentary characteristics, as well as having more time in between shots to grow suspense when the celebrity is about to kill. Keeping the viewers on the edge of their seat, anticipating the murder but not knowing when it will happen. Mise-en-Scene such as having daytime and nighttime be have different feelings. Daytime being safe, as the celebrity is more seen putting their mask on in the day and being friendly towards his fans. However, when night falls, that’s when the celebrity is about to strike. Meaning that night time has less of a safer feel and the viewers must be on edge.
Crime documentaries have a certain genre or convention that they follow and use in their technical elements such as having a CCTV footage shot to show that the events that happened are based on true events, and have a historical record of it. Sounds like eerie, creepy, and music is used to build suspense during murder scenes or build mystery in crime scenes. As well as using audio recordings to have historical records. Mise-en-scene of poor and dimly lit lighting is used to keep a mysterious and uneasy feeling whenever scenes including these are present. This is to signify that either the crime happened at night, or to establish that night time is an unsafe time. The editing of crime documentaries usually have fewer time in between shots to give more of a fast paced feel, as well as exposing the audience to their product quickly so that viewers remain hooked and continue to watch the crime documentary. I conform to most of these technical elements, to show that my product is a crime documentary, and so that viewers also realise it’s a crime documentary. The only conventions that I didn’t follow are the audio recordings, as well as the fast paced editing. I didn’t follow the fast paced editing, as I feel as if I could take my time to slowly establish the characters in the universe and the viewers may understand the characters more. My research on Always sunny in Philadelphia, and Worst Roommate Ever heavily influenced the production of my documentary, as they exaggerated conventions, and that would help my documentary easily follow conventions. Next time, I think Instead of adding more case studies, I think ill enjoy to have fewer case studies but have more in depth research.
Branding is important because It promotes what the documentary is going to be about, and is needed so that it stands out among the other crime documentaries, to catch the viewer’s attention and gain watchtime. Our documentary uses a thumbnail that can be displayed in the netflix homepage. This is done because viewers mostly watch crime documentaries from the netflix live streaming service, since most of the good crime documentaries are present there. By being associated with netflix, our documentary automatically has a high quality expectation from the viewer because they usually connect netflix with good quality, having a higher chance that they would view our documentary. The purpose for the thumbnail being displayed in the netflix homepage is so that viewers click on it, since netflix mostly has good crime documentaries. It promotes a documentary in a quick and snappy way in the form of an image that can be easily digested to grab the viewer's eyes in a short amount of time. The audience will decode that the thumbnail and the documentary are directly related. This is done by having the thumbnail and the documentary have the same tone, using the same colour palette, or dull colouring to lean more into the adult themes that the documentary is going to touch on, as well as using the same font. Having the face and a name of the main character from the documentary be included in the thumbnail also directly tells the viewers who and what our documentary is going to be about. Bothe the thumbnail and the documentary in netflix creates a brand image that our product is high quality. Making people able to talk about it without viewing the documentary since they automatically have a positive view of the product. Engaging Blulmer and katz social relationship, which also helps promote our product to more customers
My thumbnail engages with the audience. which are Teenagers to workers (aged 15-45) That may take an interest in crime documentaries, documentaries in general, or any crime related media. These teenagers may also be fans of their own celebrity. The demographic documentary are people aged 15-45, middle class/upper class that either lives with their family, or are in college or university, and are either situated in or around Indonesia. The psychographic for our documentary, are people who seem to have a celebrity as their idol, or do not believe a celebrity to be how they are on camera. As well as a lifestyle including their celebrity in their daily lives, like listening to their favourite artist’s songs throughout the day. Our documentary includes characters that represent some of our target demographic as well as unfolding rumours about celebrities. Our product fulfils all 4 of Blulmer and Katz uses and gratifications criteria by allowing viewers with a boring or mundane lifestyle may have a sense of escapism when engaging with our product. Besides that, audiences may want to be more like how some characters are portrayed, like using the same sunglasses and ring as Resha. Our product allows audiences to learn to second guess their favourite celebrity, and may begin to think big celebrities have a possibility of having hidden agenda behind the camera, that’s typically bad, conversing with others about how they’re favourite celebrities are two faced. Audiences looking at our thumbnails may wonder who Resha may be, and wonder how if he was famous, why don’t they know about him. Resulting in them clicking on our product. Using Barthes’ hermeneutic code, it's hinted that the documentary is tied to murder, using blood splatter on the thumbnail. This makes viewers wonder who was murdered, as well as why they were murdered
Editing
This is where I document my editing
For my editing software, I am going to be using a mix of Premier Pro and Capcut, as I feel that I can better arrange and match up clips in premier pro, while Capcut can help with any effects or that I need post production, like subtitles or captions. Since I've had some experiences with Premier Pro, I feel like I would be familiar to the software, making the editing process slightly more efficient than usual
For any template videos or songs, like the Netflix intro, I am using Youtube as I feel that it's the best platform to find any template videos for my project, and I can easily and simply download any video from the platform. I find this to be the easiest method of quickly picking and choosing a template video, as I don't need to go into any websites and check their legitimacy for each video. Since They're all in one platform, I can easily pick and choose my wanted clip
After Choosing the video that I want, I can then copy the video link and paste it in a Youtube to mp4 converter, so that I am able to download my chosen video and import it into my timeline in my editing software. This process for me felt quick enough to me, as I didn't need to do any weird tricks to download a video. Other websites may require me to do a captcha for every video that I download, which would be extremely tedious
I moved over to capcut since it has a feature where it uses AI to generate subtitles form the audio of the video. Some of the captions were a little off, which I then later had to change before exporting, so that it would fit our documentary properly.
Editing mostly done by Louis
Self Refleciton: After having a portion of the video be reviewed by my teacher, He gave me recommendations on what I should do make the situation more convincing and gave some example shots that we could include in our video. He also recommended to test the audio in different output devices, since speakers and headphones may have a different sound and may change the outcome of our product to seem poor.
Thumbnail research
This is my thumbnail research.
Most of thumbnail research is made by Louis
Self Reflection: I was able to quickly put together this thumbnail since I had previous experience in creating a thumbnail for a personal project. I really enjoyed how the final thumbnail turned out, as I really feel like it would fit in the Netflix interface nicely.
Thursday, 12 September 2024
Documentary Project brief
This is my project brief
Self Reflection: Since I rarely watch any crime documentaries, I felt very new to this I was excited in the beginning since imagined it being fun to record and edit. Slowly I realized that because of my poor time management that it was more of a hassle since we had to travel to certain locations in at times. This proved to be very difficult since sometimes there were issues where teammates may be unavailable
Weekly Progress and Plan
This is my weekly progress and plan
Week 1
Back to school introduction
Week 2
Started this week with the project lesson, and spent the other 2 days discussing Social Media Regulation, ranging from freedom of speech to being controlled. On the final day of social media regulation, a group work was done talking about the different types of media regulation used in social media.
Week 3
This week we did our statement of intent and finally settled upon our idea for our crime documentary project (celebrity crime) as well as focused on media regulation, and used a case study of it (TikTok)
To Do:
-Complete statement of intent
-Potential actors
-Ideas
Week 4
This week, we began with going through a lesson with out main teacher, meaning we had to mostly do the work by ourselves, the rest of the lessons for Thursday and Friday, was used to get into more depth with the power in media
TO Do:
- Record
- complete script/screenplay
Week 5
This week, we began with a project lesson. During this lesson, my team has worked on our script, storyboard, location risk and scout assessment. On the next day, we viewed a Netflix documentary that portrayed our own country. this documentary was about Jessica Wongso's trial called "Ice Cold." For our final meeting lesson for this week, we focused ore on how Indonesians represented foreigners. We viewed an Indonesian sitcom titled "Sekolah International." This sitcom was about how foreigners sound funny speaking Indonesian.
To do:
- Record
Week 6
Like regular we began the week with a project lesson, however, our teacher experimented with something new this week. He tried a different approach, showing an entire 1 hour long episode from the series "Black Mirror" with the theme of media regulation.
To do:
-Record
Week 7
For most of the week, we had project lessons, having only 1 day be a theory lesson. The first and final days were used as project lessons. On the first day, our teacher took a look at our work and helped us with anything that was missing, as well as giving feedback on our work. on our 2nd day, our theory lesson. Where we discussed how the audience has as much power in the media as companies do. In this lesson, the case study that we looked into was the live action Snowhite remake that's being made
Self Reflection: This weekly progress and plan helped me keep track of the things that I did each media lesson. remember elements from previous lessons so that it can slowly be ingrained in my head. However I only sometimes check my weekly progress and plan, most of it being the beginning and the end of a media lesson. Though I may only sometimes check up on it, it still helps me with any missing tasks that needed to be done at the time. In the future, I'll try to make my progress more understandable and more bite sized for myself.
My Team
This is my team
Members and blogs:
Komang Atalanta Ramanavami Daiva
Ida Bagus Haresha Wedananta Wijaya
Self Reflection: I chose this team, as I am close friends with them, which makes us rich in chemistry, resulting an good synergy. My camera skills aren't the best, but Since I was working with Ata and Nathan, they helped provide the shots and scenes needed to complete the project. Afterwards, they send them to me so that I can edit these clips and splice them together. Haresha helped with the planning of our project, as well as providing a location for us to shoot our scenes. These technical skill will help me become more organized with scheduling and be more professional with studio equipments
Behind The Scenes
CLASSROOM INTERVIEW BTS
EDITING THE VIDEOS
EXPERIMENTED PHOTOS OF HARESHA HELPING A PERSON
(redlighted border is the final product)
THUMBNAIL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
MANUAL CCTVs
VOICE OVERING (planned to be louis calling police dispatcher but got turned down)
Research
This is my research
Questions:
- What sub-genre of crime documentary would you categorise this as?
- Who is the target audience?
- What typical documentary conventions were used?
- Did this opening conform or subvert the conventions for this genre?
- How does it create suspense using the following:
- Camera
- Sound
- Mise-en-scene
- Edit - What parts of the opening did you find inspiring?
1. sports crime/riot crime
2.The target audience bey be leaning to fans of football & sports, as well as British people. This is because most of the documentary was set in Wembly, which commonly has British inhabitants. It also targets football and sports fans, since it gives them
3.
Some typical documentary conventions were that an interview style approach was used, interviewing witnesses of the event and people that partook in the event. Another can be the excessive use of a narrator style, having a voice-over be played over footage form the event, or establishing shots.
4. The documentary to me felt like it subverted from expectations, that being making the beginning of the crime documentary not feel like a crime documentary. I felt as if it It felt like it started off as a lighthearted documentary about England's biggest game since 1966. Slowly, it descended into a riot and became a sports crime documentary.
5.
Camera : Slow panning shots, slow push in/pull out shots were used during interviews and establishing shots to give some entertainment to the viewers if ever they get bored from just sitting and listening to the interviewee
Sound : Slow pensive music was used in the beginning to calm the viewers down and trapping them into thinking that this may be a light-hearted sports documentary that they can enjoy.
Mise-en-scene : English people in crowds are shown while they held beer in their hands in broad daylight. This gives a sense that most of the people in this area are psychologically healthy and may hint at the cause of the event
Edit : Throughout the beginning of the documentary, it has a slow pace to increase suspension, and still give a hint to the viewer that it may still be a crime documentary, as well as constantly switching back and forth between shots of the event interview shots to keep viewers wondering what event actually happened there.
6. I really enjoyed the fact that they twisted it, and started it off as a lighthearted documentary. This to me felt very unique and I haven't seen a crime documentary do this.
1. The intro didn't fully reveal the genre, it was more vague and mysterious. However, I believe it could be attempted murder
2.
This may be targeted to young adults, college students, or anyone that lives in an apartment/ has to live with roommate. This is because people who are in college or are young adults, are commonly found to be living with a roomate or living in an appartament. This may them have a second guess at how their roommate can be like.
3.
Most documentaries, just like this one, depict the crime happening at night and having a police officer present in some scenes to show the event's connection to the law. It also uses victim photos to indicate that this is a real documentary and that it isn't fake
4. Conform, It starts off the documentary with voiceover from the interview and a slow push in shot of the location the event happened. This time the documentary was more intense and straight ot the point all throughout, leaving no room for any lighthearted moments.
5.
Camera : Still/Slow pan, push in/pull out shots to show the neighboorhod and establishes to the viewers where the crime took place, while giving an eerie feel by using less intense camera movements.
Sound : intense music, and trans-diegetic voiceover of the victim in the interview helps the viewers immerse themeselves in the situaiton, and strenghten connections between scenes
Mise-en-Scene : Dimmly lit house, and Victim photos were used to make the situation more serious, adult, and realistic. Which it's supposed to be, since it's a crime documentary, conforming to expections
Edit : Quick shots of the murder is used to show how the witness felt a sense of adrenaline and a sense of shock. This also helps the viewers quickly be exposed the the victim and keep them hooked
6. I really enjoyed how the opening snippet was very straight to the point. It makes the viewers on the edge of their seat, eager to know more of the story
1. Sports crime
2. The target audience for this can again be sports fans, as this feels like big news for sports fans that is hard to miss, and may want to revisit the event
3.
This crime documentary continues to conform to conventions, beginning the scene with an impactful moment from the event or an establishing shot of the event, coupled with a voice over or J-cut into an interviewee answering a question.
4. The opening conformed to the conventions where a lot of documentaries, or crime documentaries start with a J-cut and or using a voiceover to further make set the more non-lighthearted tone of the documentary, using trans-diegetic audio, coupled with the a J-cut. As well as using footage from the event
5.
Camera : Shakey or handheld camera coupled with POV camera angle was used to put the viewers in the shoes of the runner, making them have more of an intense feel since the scene shown felt very impactful. This
Sound : Suspenseful music, trans-diegetic voiceover of the witness in the interview
Mise-en-Scene : Smoky, Overcast lighting
Edit : Slow paced
6. I really enjoyed how they were able to have well-lit and colour rich scenes in a crime documentary. Usually crime documentaries have a more serious tone making scenes have more muted colours or not have colours entirely, mainly having more of a gray tone to scenes.
2. I don't think that there's a specific target audience for this murder documentary other than young adults. Maybe it could also target people living around California since the documentary takes place there
3.
The first 5 minutes of the documentary is heavily surrounding cops, and their investigation on the multiple gunshots they heard.
4. The opening conformed to conventions, beginning with a slow pan of the location where the crime happened coupled with trans-diegetic narration from the witness, almost looking like a typical murder documentary
5.
Camera : Slow shots
Sound : Suspenseful music
Mise-en-Scene : Dark, Night time, Dimly lit
Edit : Cut to the beat was used when switching in between shots. The beat used in between shots were gunfire sounds which was used repetitively. This can make the viewer imagine behow grusome the death would
6. I like how slightly intense the opening feels. It keeps it slow and suspenseful, but intense enough to keep the viewers engaged. but overall, it looks like a typical murder documentary
2. This could target highschoolers as well as young adults, judging from the setting of this documentary. It takes mostly takes place in schools, where audiences who are still in school may be interested in.
3.
The same typical documentary conventions were used, beginning with suspensful music to get the viewer hooked and on their seats. However, they added reverse shots, during the establishing shot of the school, I'm not sure as to why they did this.
4. I think that this documentary slightly subverts from the serious and dark tone of documentaries. Though this documentary is still serious, they incorporate colorful scenes and mostly scenes in the day. this could be because the victim was still in highschool and would spend the rest of their day in a vibrant school
5
Camera : Close up Shots were used during scenes including the victims diaruy. This signifies that the diary somewhat has importance, or a large role in the documentary
Sound : Trans-diegetic narration, suspenseful/intense music
Mise-en-Scene : Colourful, vivid during the day to show insinuate that daytime seems more friendy and safe in comparison to the atmosphere at night, where duller colours are present during the night, giving an unsafe feeling or a a sense of uneasyness.
Edit : The documentary seems to slightly be fast paced, using quick cuts in between scenes. This could be because the documentary wants to quickly get the viewers attention. And the way they did that is by quickly exposing the viewer to contents that the documentary would have in a short amount of time.
6. I really enjoyed the multiple close ups of the diary as I feel like not a lot of crime documentaries that I've seen have used a dull object as an object of significance or importance. I feel as if that using the diary as an integral part that could lead to the capture of the criminal is interesting to me.
1. Comedic fake crime documentary
2. This could target families. This is because, unlike other crime documentaries, which are supposed to be more adult. The topics touched in this crime documentary is more lighthearted and practically seen as jokes.
3. This documentary follows most of crime documentary conventions, since the entire episode is about making a parody of a crime documentary. Poking fun at the way they are made, from the way they had the interview style scenes, and the way they edited specific sections to include a J-cut or a voice-over from the interviewee.
4. This documentary definitely subverted form conventions. Since it's a joke documentary or fake documentary, this is taken less seriously and isn't real. Because of this, it separates itself from more serious and adult crime documentaries, instead, this documentary is mostly used a way to make the audience laugh.
5.
Camera: Most of these shots were at head level since a lot of the scenes did not have a sense of power.
Mise-en-Scene: Unserious images of the victim are used to make the audience laugh. These images were filled vibrant, a complete contrast to how victim images have more muted colours and serious
Sound: Goofy non-diegetic sound effects like cat meows were used to remind the audience that the documentary that they're watching isn't real and is only a mock documentary
Edit: The editing in these documentary to me feels very minimal, as it almost feels like the pacing of the documentary is almost the same pace throughout
6. I really liked how they completely subverted from the typical documentary, taking a full 180 and making fun of the situation by mocking the way interviewees act and how characters are portrayed in crime documentaries. To me, this seemed very entertaining to watch.
Self reflection:
After a discussion with my teacher, he gave me some advice since my first research was lacking in some aspects. I then revised my research to be more detailed and more specific. I found it to be slightly harder to find and watch crime documentaries in Disney+ since I did not have a Netflix subscription. This lead to me not having access to popular crime documentaries that may be easier to break down. I able to add 1 of 2 of the recommended documentaries to my research, and that was Always Sunny in Philadelphia [S12 E5 Making Dennis Reynolds a Murder] but was unable to add American Vandal to my research, as I currently do not have a Netflix subscription.
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