AS Task - Evaluation

After finishing the documentary, we watched it all together to make sure that we were happy with all of it. However, when evaluating the documentary we found faults in it. For example, one of the main codes and conventions of a documentary is the title that appears with the name of the interviewee. We have not done this. I also think that it is too short and that some of the cutaways could be changed to be more specific so that we do not have to use images off the Internet. This was due to our timing that we produced it in though so when we do our real documentary next year, we will know what to change and what to remember including not filming with the light behind our interviewee. On the positive side, i feel that the small microphone worked really well because you could clearly hear her speaking and yet the microphone on the camera picked up the atmosphere of the Wicked Cafe. The changes that we made to the lighting has also been successful because we can now see Katie's facial expressions clearly. This is important so that people can understand her points. Linking to the codes and conventions of documentaries, Katie looked towards me when I was asking her the questions and ignored the camera. For most of her answers she answered in full sentences but there are a few that maybe would not make sense if you did not know what the original questions were.
Overall, I think that our mobile phone documentary full filled the brief of the task well.