Research

VA Museum:

These are some photos I took when we went to the Victoria and Albert Museum.

What makes a documentary a documentary?

What is a documentary?

A documentary is a non-fictional motion picture.

List some documentary films you know

- Blue Planet

- Jeffery Dhama

- Great Railway Journeys

Docudrama/Historical:

A docudrama is a fact-based representation of a historical event.

Example:

Biographic/Autobiographic:

A biographic documentary is a movie that tells the story of another person's life. Autobiographic means that it is marked by a person dealing with one's own experiences or life history.

Example of Biographic & Autobiograpic:

Nature/Science:

Nature documentary is a documentary film or series about animals, plants, or other non-human living creatures. Science documentary means that it tackles issues specifically studied by some scientific disciplines.

Nature & Science documentary example:

 

Ethnographic:

An ethnographic documentary is a non-fiction film, often similar to a documentary film, historically shot by Western filmmakers and dealing with non-Western people.

Example:

Travel:

A travel documentary is a documentary film, television program, or online series that describes travel in general or tourist attractions without recommending particular package deals or tour operators.

Example:

Advocacy/Crime:

An advocacy documentary is a movie/series that examines or tells the story of a real crime.

Example:

Rockumentary:

A rockumentary is the meaning of rockumentary is a documentary relating to rock music

Example:

Sport:

A sports documentary is a production in which a sport or a sports-related topic is prominently featured or is a focus of the plot.

Research: Vox Pops

Leaflet Analysis:

This leaflet is for anyone who would like to know about the Bluebell Wood history trail and it could be an ancient woodland. This leaflet is targeted at people who are interested in nature, woodlands and bluebells. I could target all ages especially the elderly since they have more free time. This leaflet uses an informative tone as it tells you about Bluebell Wood. They use stickers to place randomly like a collage. They use a green colour scheme and an accent of orange. The contents of this leaflet inform you of the history of the Bluebell Woodland. This leaflet uses the same type styles for the paragraphs and different type styles for the headings and subtitles.

Research on Photographers:

Source: https://liop.co.uk/content-hub/photographers-using-reflection-and-portraits/

Saul Leiter

Saul Leiter became enchanted by painting and photography as a teenager in Pittsburgh. Saul Leiter's work interested me because of the angles and different objects he used to catch the reflection of people and the colours really do correspond. His photography also gives a vintage look. 

Rony Hernandes

Hernandes balanced his artistic research within photography and creative directions with images that come from feelings and bodily expressions of what he experiences and who he records. The photo above shows a shattered mirror and a body which could interpret the feeling of being unhappy with your body. I really like his work because he portrayed the shattered mirror 

Erwin Blumenfield

Erwin Blumenfield was an American fashion photographer. His work had different effects added to the photo such as making the photo look stretched and the second photo look like a part of the photo has been cut out and moved. I like this because it makes the photograph mysterious as to why it's been taken like that. I will be incorporating this type of effect into my photos. Furthermore, the black and white gives a dark and depressing tone.