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		[{"id":3118,"link":"https:\/\/media-studies.ro\/2024\/emiliabirlea\/2025\/10\/16\/analysis-for-major-task-documentary\/","name":"analysis-for-major-task-documentary","thumbnail":{"url":false,"alt":false},"title":"analysis for major task \/\/ documentary","author":{"name":"Emilia Birlea","link":"https:\/\/media-studies.ro\/2024\/emiliabirlea\/author\/ms_adm_emilia\/"},"date":"Oct 16, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-10-16 11:11:16","modifiedDate":"2025-10-16 11:14:21","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-10-16 11:14:21","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/media-studies.ro\/2024\/emiliabirlea\/category\/a2-task\/\" rel=\"category tag\">A2 Documentary Package<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/media-studies.ro\/2024\/emiliabirlea\/category\/a2-task\/a2-research-and-planning\/\" rel=\"category tag\">A2 Research and Planning<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/media-studies.ro\/2024\/emiliabirlea\/category\/a2-task\/\" rel=\"category tag\">A2 Documentary Package<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/media-studies.ro\/2024\/emiliabirlea\/category\/a2-task\/a2-research-and-planning\/\" rel=\"category tag\">A2 Research and Planning<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":12,"sec":3},"status":"publish","content":"In this post I am going to analyse two different documentaries in order to understand the conventions better and to apply them to my documentary"},{"id":2883,"link":"https:\/\/media-studies.ro\/2024\/emiliabirlea\/2025\/09\/29\/research-into-conventions-for-major-task\/","name":"research-into-conventions-for-major-task","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/media-studies.ro\/2024\/emiliabirlea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4-1.jpg","alt":""},"title":"research into conventions for major task \/\/ documentary","author":{"name":"Emilia Birlea","link":"https:\/\/media-studies.ro\/2024\/emiliabirlea\/author\/ms_adm_emilia\/"},"date":"Sep 29, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-09-29 17:34:21","modifiedDate":"2025-10-16 11:09:10","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-10-16 11:09:10","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/media-studies.ro\/2024\/emiliabirlea\/category\/a2-task\/\" rel=\"category tag\">A2 Documentary Package<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/media-studies.ro\/2024\/emiliabirlea\/category\/a2-task\/a2-research-and-planning\/\" rel=\"category tag\">A2 Research and Planning<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/media-studies.ro\/2024\/emiliabirlea\/category\/a2-task\/\" rel=\"category tag\">A2 Documentary Package<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/media-studies.ro\/2024\/emiliabirlea\/category\/a2-task\/a2-research-and-planning\/\" rel=\"category tag\">A2 Research and Planning<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":6,"sec":7},"status":"publish","content":"When I first started researching documentary conventions, the first thing I did was look up the dictionary definition of documentary. I already had a general idea"},{"id":2694,"link":"https:\/\/media-studies.ro\/2024\/emiliabirlea\/2025\/09\/15\/research-planning-for-preliminary-project\/","name":"research-planning-for-preliminary-project","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/media-studies.ro\/2024\/emiliabirlea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/5.jpg","alt":""},"title":"research & planning for preliminary project","author":{"name":"Emilia Birlea","link":"https:\/\/media-studies.ro\/2024\/emiliabirlea\/author\/ms_adm_emilia\/"},"date":"Sep 15, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-09-15 16:13:00","modifiedDate":"2025-09-29 17:14:49","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-09-29 17:14:49","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/media-studies.ro\/2024\/emiliabirlea\/category\/a2-task\/\" rel=\"category tag\">A2 Documentary Package<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/media-studies.ro\/2024\/emiliabirlea\/category\/a2-task\/a2-preliminary-work\/\" rel=\"category tag\">A2 Preliminary Work<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/media-studies.ro\/2024\/emiliabirlea\/category\/a2-task\/\" rel=\"category tag\">A2 Documentary Package<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/media-studies.ro\/2024\/emiliabirlea\/category\/a2-task\/a2-preliminary-work\/\" rel=\"category tag\">A2 Preliminary Work<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":9,"sec":0},"status":"publish","content":"Research I\u2019ve decided to focus on the Documentary Package for my main task this year, so I\u2019m going to try making a short documentary as"},{"id":2623,"link":"https:\/\/media-studies.ro\/2024\/emiliabirlea\/2025\/09\/10\/my-portfolio-previous-works-of-mine-and-inspiring-content\/","name":"my-portfolio-previous-works-of-mine-and-inspiring-content","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/media-studies.ro\/2024\/emiliabirlea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4.jpg","alt":""},"title":"my portfolio \/\/previous works of mine and inspiring content","author":{"name":"Emilia Birlea","link":"https:\/\/media-studies.ro\/2024\/emiliabirlea\/author\/ms_adm_emilia\/"},"date":"Sep 10, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-09-10 15:55:58","modifiedDate":"2025-09-29 17:17:47","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-09-29 17:17:47","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/media-studies.ro\/2024\/emiliabirlea\/category\/a2-task\/\" rel=\"category tag\">A2 Documentary Package<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/media-studies.ro\/2024\/emiliabirlea\/category\/a2-task\/a2-preliminary-work\/\" rel=\"category tag\">A2 Preliminary Work<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/media-studies.ro\/2024\/emiliabirlea\/category\/a2-task\/\" rel=\"category tag\">A2 Documentary Package<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/media-studies.ro\/2024\/emiliabirlea\/category\/a2-task\/a2-preliminary-work\/\" rel=\"category tag\">A2 Preliminary Work<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":5,"sec":11},"status":"publish","content":"I have a strong passion for art and design, which has shaped the way I see the world. 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It really made me reflect on my"},{"id":1990,"link":"https:\/\/media-studies.ro\/2024\/emiliabirlea\/2025\/04\/02\/q2-how-does-your-product-engage-with-audiences-and-how-would-it-be-distributed-as-a-real-media-text\/","name":"q2-how-does-your-product-engage-with-audiences-and-how-would-it-be-distributed-as-a-real-media-text","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/media-studies.ro\/2024\/emiliabirlea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Q2: How does your product engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text?","author":{"name":"Emilia Birlea","link":"https:\/\/media-studies.ro\/2024\/emiliabirlea\/author\/ms_adm_emilia\/"},"date":"Apr 2, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-04-02 21:18:02","modifiedDate":"2025-04-16 06:44:31","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-04-16 06:44:31","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/media-studies.ro\/2024\/emiliabirlea\/category\/as-magazine-task\/as-creative-reflection-paper\/\" rel=\"category tag\">AS Creative Reflection Paper<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/media-studies.ro\/2024\/emiliabirlea\/category\/as-magazine-task\/as-creative-reflection-paper\/\" rel=\"category tag\">AS Creative Reflection Paper<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":52},"status":"publish","content":"To answer this question I started by looking back at the Budget and Calendar post, where I talked about how the magazine will be distributed"},{"id":1987,"link":"https:\/\/media-studies.ro\/2024\/emiliabirlea\/2025\/04\/02\/q1-how-does-your-product-use-or-challenge-conventions-and-how-does-it-represent-social-groups-or-issues\/","name":"q1-how-does-your-product-use-or-challenge-conventions-and-how-does-it-represent-social-groups-or-issues","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/media-studies.ro\/2024\/emiliabirlea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Sunset-Beach-NC.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Q1: How does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues?","author":{"name":"Emilia Birlea","link":"https:\/\/media-studies.ro\/2024\/emiliabirlea\/author\/ms_adm_emilia\/"},"date":"Apr 2, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-04-02 14:34:20","modifiedDate":"2025-04-18 19:59:33","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-04-18 19:59:33","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/media-studies.ro\/2024\/emiliabirlea\/category\/as-magazine-task\/as-creative-reflection-paper\/\" rel=\"category tag\">AS Creative Reflection Paper<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/media-studies.ro\/2024\/emiliabirlea\/category\/as-magazine-task\/as-creative-reflection-paper\/\" rel=\"category tag\">AS Creative Reflection Paper<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":38},"status":"publish","content":"For the first question of the creative reflection I decided to do a more dynamic presentation on Prezi. 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