Evaluation

Induction: Evaluation

"Educating Cardiff" series 1 episode 1

The show that I researched was "Educating Cardiff" that was a show that started in 2015 which is an imitation on "Educating Yorkshire" which was on channel 4. This gave the audience an incite to the education system of secondary schools. this is a serious but funny documentary on students and teachers life. I chose this specific style in this genre because i would of liked to imitate some of the camera work in my own project.



The typical sections of the documentary that the genre normally has were a range of medium close-ups, medium shots, high angle shots and a range of other techniques. The documentary typically has a focus on a certain topic such as a group of students up to mischief. the shots normally were 4-5 seconds long and cut to a new clip. this technique is used so the audience does not get bored on one clip; this also allows the documentary to show other stories happening at the same time due to the length of the shot. the documentary is normally has high key lighting to state the mood of the sequence.

My project is called a "A Greener Journey" that is about how students get to college and what is better: practicality or being green. The overall message of the documentary was that more students get the bus or car rather than walk and cycle to Bhasvic. We tried to show how most people use transport by using other clips from the internet in the documentary.  

The Strengths:

• Good establishing shot
• A range of editing techniques
• the non-diegetic sound show the mood of the documentary 

The Weaknesses:

• The audio didn't work due to the set up of the microphone 

The main shots that I used was establishing shots at the beginning of the documentary and use close-ups or medium shots for interviews.

RESEARCH NOTES 20 SHOT-BY-SHOT DETAILED EXAMPLE
TV ADVERTISEMENT TITLE Educating Cardiff (25 August 2015)
SHOT	TIME-CODE	CAMERA WORK (distance, angle, movement);     LOCATION / LIGHTING;      SOUND;     EDIT (cut/fade/dissolve)
01	0:07	(Medium, Wide angle shot,  no movement)   (Classroom,  High-key)   (diegetic sound, Dialog)  (Cut-ins)
02	1:52	(Establishing shot of school)  (High key lighting)  (Non-diegetic sound, diegetic sound)  (Cut-ins between students and teachers)
03	2:48	(long shot of teacher, high angle)  (Corridor, High-key lighting)   ( diegetic sound, dialog)   (cut-ins ‘4-5 seconds long)
04	5:46	(medium shot, high angle shot) (classroom, High key lighting)  (dialog non-diegetic sounds )    cut ins between students
05	6:45	(Close up)     (interview room, High key lighting)  (dialog )    cut ins between students
06	10:37	(Rear shot)  (Head-mistress’ Office, high key)   (dialog)
07	11:49	(4 shot, subjective panning)       (corridor, high key)    (Diegetic sound)     (Jump cuts)
08	13:43	(long shot, rear shot )                (corridor, high key)      (diegetic sound, Dialog)
09	15:19	(medium long shot)                 (corridor, high key)        (diegetic sound, non- diegetic sounds, Dialog)
10	16:38	(medium shot, high angle)     (corridor,)        (diegetic sound, non- diegetic sounds, Dialog, voice over)
11	17:40	(Medium shot)            interview room   high key                   dialog non-diegetic sounds
12	18:31	(Close up)     (classroom, High key lighting)  (dialog )    cut ins between students
13	20:03	(Close up)     (drama room, High key lighting)  (dialog )    cut ins between students
14	21:09	(rear shot)  (canteen, High key lighting)  (dialog , voice over)
15	22:05	(close up on pipe) (Outside school)         (Non-diegetic sound, diegetic sound, voice over)
16	22:33	(Close up)     (interview room, High key lighting)  (dialog )    change of focus
17	23:02	(medium long shot)                 (corridor, high key)        (diegetic sound, non- diegetic sounds, Dialog)
18	25:48	(Close up)     (staffroom, High key lighting)  (dialog )    cut ins between teachers
19	26:23	Medium long shot, Subjective camera    Teacher’s office, high key   diegetic sound, non- diegetic sounds, Dialog
20	29:13	Long shot, Rear shot,            assembly hall high key  diegetic sound, non- diegetic sounds, Dialog)
RUNNING TIME:   43:26

Doc Homework

Documentary Homework: Planet Earth 

Due to the cinematography in the series ‘Planet Earth’ it is creating an incredible land scape which the long shots which introduces the audience into different habitats of different animals. Due to the different habitats, there is a range of different of colours this gives meaning to the montages because certain aspects of the film indicate emotions which is also backed with the music. The music is very beneficial to sequences due to the music reflecting the emotions of the scenes, music can also convince the audience whether to feel a specific emotion, this will give more meaning to the show due to the audience creating a connection within the show.

The voice over helps give meaning to the series because David Attenborough creates a story making the audience feel more involved into the series and have a greater understanding of situations e.g. survival, hunting etc. due to there being a story being plotted the audience feel more attached to characters throughout the episode.
This creates a bond between the characters and the viewers.

Editing has specifically been of greater use to the episode  due to techniques. For example, how time has passed us a time laps or jump cuts to different environments which either indicate a large amount of time has passed onto show we are seeing a different location.