Evaluation One: in WHAT WAY DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA?

 Our media product uses many codes and conventions of real media  products, I have selection nine key frames from my documentary to convey how my product uses, develops and challenges forms and conventions of real media.

1: This is a medium close up shot of a sign of a priest’s door, this is a clear example of how we chose to introduce our interviewees as well as us having the voice introducing him, as it clearly denotes who he is and where to find him.

2: My second screen grab is of the title of my documentary, its eye catching and at the same time comical in the sense that the teens are not actually babies, but yet are so young to be having children, and are seen as babies to society.

3: Cutaways are used in every documentary, they are used to keep the audience engaged and at the same time relate it to the subject matter. The third screen grab is of an high angle cutaway shot, we got this idea from another documentary on BBC about single parents, from our understanding this shot was used to make the viewers aware of the location, which we also wanted to do for ours.

4: The 4th shot is one  example of editing used throughout the documentary; this is used as a way of capturing the attention of the audience by giving them something other than the views of our interviewees and the voice over and at the same time feed them with facts.

5: This screen shot shows props used by a teenage mother and her child, this is used to convey young mothers in a positive light, as she stated how becoming pregnant has changed her in a positive way we are able to see that reflected through this scene.

6: Mise-en-scene such as costume is used in this scene of the pregnant teen in her school uniform, the use of this element is important in setting the right tone and image of the documentary, as this clearly connotes her as being underage. It also introduces the interviewee to the audience from our research of documentaries we had noticed many using graphics to introduce their interviewees which allows the audience to understand why we have chosen the speaker. We gave the name of the speaker which was in bold, we did this so it is clear to the audience and their title.    

7: This shot demonstrates the topic of the documentary, as we can clearly see she is a pregnant teen, this documentary like many is a re-presentation of reality issues. As it informs and educate on issues surrounding the world we live in. this also challenges conventions of a documentary as it doesn’t persuade the audience to have a particular view but allows them to decide for themselves.

8: This is a shot of the special effects used such as text used as another way of conveying a message to the audience in an easier, quicker and effective way. We decided to use this as we didn't want to bore our audience with only information from the voice over and also we wanted important information to stick in their minds, so the use of the graphics were very effective.

9: This image represents the location in which the documentary is taking place. As the documentary refers to Romford and the area around it,  like most documentaries they are usually filmed in the actually location which give it a sense of realism.