Liam Harris Film and TV Blog

  Introduction to the news task Part one I watched the ITV News on April the 23 rd 2006. Firstly, it was Iraq in possible civil war. Secondly, they started to talk about Tony Blair and how the economy is going. Thirdly they talked about an experimental drug that went very wrong.   Finally, football fans who were fighting at the Fulham vs Chelsea game. In the start sequence you have the intro, which is Big Ben’s chime bell hit, which catches your attention. The audio and visuals have been used to catch the attention of the audience, possibly getting them to watch the news. Part two The story was about Iraq who are possibly going into civil war. We were led in with the news reader talking about how Iraq were going into civil war, with images/videos behind her on the screen with fires. The main content is the labour party with Tony Blair who is accused with financial matters. The final comments are the football scores and what is coming up at 10 PM. In the differen...

  Documentary What is a documentary? A documentary often consists of a moving image and plenty of images to show what life is like and from a point of view of someone. There is often voice overs to tell you what is happening. This is so that you are not confused. Paragraph one They key features of expository documentaries. An expository documentary is mainly from a point of view perspective. They will often be narrated over and be very much from the opinion of one person, so take that into account. The narrator will often speak to the viewer too. The dust bowl is a good example of an expository documentary. This was about the drought of America in 1930. Paragraph two The key features of an observational documentary are eschew interviews, voice-over narration and a soundtrack, and instead present footage of real life as it unfolds. A good example of this would be hoop dreams made in 1994. The documentary focuses in on African Americans playing and coping with basket...