Planning - Documentarey Analysis (Mike Ashley)

The Mike Ashley documentary is made by the BBC and produced by Dan Farthing. It looks as Mike Ashleys time at Newcastle but also how he has made his millions. It centres around his life and includes a number of interviews, that are formal (to camera etc.). It is presented to camera but also with voiceovers as well. I thought that this would be a good one to look at because this is kind of what my documentarty is going to be based on so provided a perfect example of what to look at.  

Target Audience

Now that it is getting to the stage of actually producing the product, I feel it would be best to look at who exactly the target audience for the documentary will be. I envisage the piece to be shown on a local news channel, as a sort of special report, as it is something that will be very much associated with people of the North East with it not really being something that would ever be shown nationally, as it would not gather enough interest. With this all being the case the target audience will be very niche as it will only appeal to those who firstly have an interest in football and secondly, those who have an interest in Newcastle United. The age range and gender is also something that would be very hard to narrow down as it is something that really comes solely down to interest and isn't like a music video where you could say that the target audience will be relatively young because of the type of song etc. meaning the overall I will just be aiming the product at those with an interest in the club.  

Morinho Documentary Analysis

This documentary focuses on Jose Morinho. It provides a very personal at his life and career.

The documentary shows the different ways to interview someone that I will look to use in my own documentary. Its a very relaxed set up and the questions that are asked cannot be heard, instead the viewer can only hear the responses which are given and I feel this is better as it gives the documentary more ebb and flow.

There are plenty of different interviews in the documentary but at no point is it a direct piece to camera as it is actually split up by different images and videos being shown over the top. It is broken up in a way that I feel will also suit my documentary.

Jose Morinho Documentary (video)

Planning - Documentary Analysis (Stacey Dooley)

The documentary is very insightful, it is a three part documentary but includes lots of different ways that I could look at doing my documentary. It focuses on young South Americans who are trying to Cross the boarder illegally. It provides a very insightful watch. It uses a range of locations in order to show the troubles that these young people face and to also try and show the viewers at home the true heartache that these people face. Stacey Dooley is a very experienced documentary presenter so is a perfect individual to look at in order to get tips off how to present the documentary.

Plannig - Documentary Analysis (Special Report)

As part of my planning I watched a special report based on Cesc Fabregas, this was a short documentary that was presented by Georgie Thompson. It talked about Cescs life from his childhood right through to his move from Arsenal to Barcelona.

It provided many different ways of how to present a documentary with different features such as the voice over mixed with the actual presenting to camera. The piece was centred around Cesc and him talking about his life, it acted as an interview throughout however it was less than formal and the documentary came across as quite relaxed but very informative.

Special Report Cesc Fabregas (video)

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