The Brief

My name is Callum Daley and this blog will feature all of my coursework for my a2 ocr media studies course. Me and and Mitchell Hinchley will be creating a short 5 minute documentary, which means i will be researching a range of existing documentaries on the television and on youtube.

The OCR specification entitles that i mist make an extract from an original documentary TV programme, lasting approximately five minutes, together with two of the following three options:

• a radio trailer for the documentary;
• a double-page spread from a listings magazine focused on the documentary;
• a newspaper advertisement for the documentary.

I will be choosing the magazine double-page spread and newspaper advertisement, therefore i will need to research these advertisements for existing documentaries such as the ones i will be researching. I will also have a look at these forms of advertisements for other types of documentaries so that i can make the comparison between how different types of documentaries are marketed in these forms.

 

Me and my partner have decided that our documentary will be themed around school life featuring perspectives of students and teachers, showing footage of lessons, socialising in the common room and the school building in general.