INTERTEXTUALITY

In this Intertextuality research task I will be looking at how 2 documentaries (Jesy Nelson use intertextuality to appeal to a wide range of audiences.  I will also be highlighting what makes references in documentaries effective.

In conclusion, intertexuality is good because it can help illustrate to my audience information that is too complex to explain. For example, if I was to explain the concepts of synergy and intertexuality to a 10 year old they may not understand this complex media terminology. However, if I was to use art, sound and illustrations, like in the below Simpsons clip, these concepts become a lot clearer to understand. In my NEA, I would use intertexuality of social media to illustrate to the audience vast technological advancements and how politics has become increasingly influenced by the media- linking to my documentary topic because it could explain how the older generation may not be as wise as they believe. Social media in order to back up statistics and brands that old people but not young people will find familiar and vice versa will be effective to my target audience because it will illustrate the message I want to convey in my documentary- older generations are not as out of touch as one may think. Simlarly, alot of younger people are wiser than older people.

GENRE RESEARCH

Task 1 - Write a short introduction explaining what you're going to do for this post... here's an example:

In this post I am going to undertake research into the genre of my documentary.  The main reason for doing this is to highlight and analyse codes and conventions of documentaries specifically aimed at young people in order to help me produce an effective media product of my own.

The genre of the text as described in my chosen brief is factual and I'll be looking at the conventions of 3 media products that of the same genre.

TASK 2: PRODUCTS

1. A Dot's Story Of Grime
2. Jesy Nelson: Odd One Out
3. Bats, Balls and Bradford Girls

TASK 3
This lesson aided my research because it helped me realise why producers decide to incorporate certain aspects, as shown above, and how this contributes to my enjoyment of the genre. Exploring different types of documentary allowed me to figure out the tone of my product that I wanted to convey. Whereas Odd One Out was extremely serious, Story Of Grime was a fast paced, light hearted look at a niche subject and this is exactly the tone I want to have for my finished product. After conducting my research, this has made me realise I need to develop my research into audiences in order to make my subject- which is much more political than grime- appeal to the 16-24 demographic

NEA Briefs

In this post I am going to choose my brief for my NEA and begin to come up with initial ideas for both my products. I am going to study the briefs and choose the most appropriate I am going to be making a mind map to demonstrate these ideas.
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I am going to select the documentary brief because I am a fan already of BBC Three and love the content that they produce. Therefore, I recognise the needs that are required to appeal to and suit a BBC3 audience. In addition, as a consumer of BBC3, I am already knowledgable of the codes and conventions of documentaries for that client. For example, these documentaries have a strong focus on youth issues and social issues for the younger generation which I would make sure I included in my final product. In addition, I already have skills in IMovie- such as syncing soundtrack to content and controlling two different audio levels (the music and the actual content) However, I would like to develop my editing skills because even though I have had some experience at GCSE, this was only for a short 45 second trailer which would not even nearly meet the standard at A Level.
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CONCLUSION

For my documentary, I want to explore the generation gap between the youth and the old- with the intention of figuring out whether the old are out of touch with the modern age. The focus of this documentary is within politics but as the client is BBC3, it would feature less political and more cultural elements such as technology. Even though there is an overarching theme of politics, the more fun elements will capture the motto of the BBC institution of inform, educate and entertain.