IN THE TEETH OF JAWS:
The Documentary '
in the teeth of jaws' uses the rule of thirds and places the subjects either to the Left of the screen or the Right of the screen with their eyeline resting on were the 'lines' cross. this makes the documentary more visually stimulating and more interesting to watch. the eyeline of the subjects is also always either to the left or the right of the camera and never looking into the camera directly.
When a subject is speaking a graphic appears at the bottem of the screen with a logo and the name and role of the subject to inform the audience of who they are and what they do, showing their relavance to the documentary.
There where a lot of cutaway shots from the subjects to scenes of the ocean relating to the theme of the documentary (Jaws) and the theme tune of Jaws played while a graphic of a shark leaps at the screen giving us an idea of what this documentary will be about.
Another thing that this documentary has is the mise-en-scene as behind a lot of the subjects are shark cutouts, jaws posters and even the ocean which is behind the author of the book, this is important as mise-en-scene adds to the documentary creating something else for the audience to look at, but you need to be careful with the mise-en-scene because if the background is too interesting the audience will pay more attention to the mise-en-scene than they will to the subject, however a boring background will not mean more people will pay attention to the subject as they may just switch over to another programme.
The lighting used in this documentary shines either on the face of the subject or they are outside and in natural light, the natural light however is behind the subject and makes him appear darker and his backgroud lighter. Position of lighting is key for the same reason as mise-en-scene as a brighter backgroud will attract more attention than a dull subject. another key point in this documentary and in all of them is you don't hear the question they are aswering being asked, instead the subject incorperates the question in his/her answer so we know what question they are answearing.
THE SIMPSONS 20TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL:
The simpsons documentary starts off with the simpsons theme tune and the graphics of the opening of the cartoon, then cutaways to people or bands playing the theme song with different instruments and back to people speaking about it and what they think about the simpsons. the editing between shots is very quick and snappy making it interesting and visually interesting.
the similarities between this documentary and the jaws documentary are that the rule of thirds is also used in this documentary, the sides that people are sat on don't change and they stay on the side they are sat and the eyeline is once again either slightly to the left, right or just above the camera and never looking directly into the camera.
The graphics are again used to show who the subject is and what they do, showing the relavance of what they have with the documentary and why they have the opinions they do. the mise-en-scene of some of the subjects are either to do with the simpsons or to do with what whier jobs is e.g Seth Macfarlane has Family Guy posters in his background. the background in this documentary is interesting but the attention is not off the subject for to long as as they are more prominent and more in focus than their background.
The cutaway clips used are between the subjects voicing their opinions and between clips of the simpsons, or of the voice artists doing the voices of the characters, this makes the documentary quick and snappy making it more appealing to people to watch and the editing of what the subjects saying to make it quick and easier to listen to instead of being long and drawn out.
the lighting used in this documentary isn't behind the subject and isn't glaring in their face, this makes the subject stand out more than his/her background. another thing that this documentary shares witrh the 'jaws' documentary is the questions asked aren't heard but the subject incoperates it intop their answear.
CODES AND CONVENTIONS OF DOCUMENTARIES:
- Graphics: these are used to show a subjects name and job role, letting a veiwer know what the relavance is of having them in this documentary, and whether or not their opnion counts.
- Music: often used to show a theme, giving the audience a slight idea of what the documentary may be about or to add a desired effect to the documentary.
- Cutaways: these are short clips of either still images or moving images to add a visual stimulus but they are also used to cover up mistakes or cover up scenes that didn't make the original cut.
- Mise-en-scene: this is the entire back ground that a subject is sat in front of, this is to also add a visual stimulus for the audience.
- Light source: this should be placed on the subject and never behind them as it will create a glare that will detract attention away from the subject.
