Author: Emilia Birlea
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analysis for major task // documentary
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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 as well. The documentaries I will be analysing are The Candy Factory and Shahid. Short documentary (The Candy Factory): To be honest, I did intend…
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research into conventions for major task // documentary
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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 of what it was, but I realised I couldn’t clearly describe it myself. According to the definition, a documentary is “a film or television programme that…
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research & planning for preliminary project
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Research I’ve decided to focus on the Documentary Package for my main task this year, so I’m going to try making a short documentary as a trial to see if it’s the right fit for me. I want to get more comfortable with filming and editing. I also want this…
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my portfolio //previous works of mine and inspiring content
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I have a strong passion for art and design, which has shaped the way I see the world. Traveling is my favorite way to gather new inspiration, from architecture to everyday life. It is a very important aspect for me as I enjoy observing different cultures and capturing small details…
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Q4: How did you integrate technologies – software, hardware and online – in this project?
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I created a short video of my process of making the magazine, including the technology I used. I put together in CapCut some shots that I took during my making-of process. My journey began online on the blog, on a platform called WordPress. To make my blog I used other…
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Q3: How did your production skills develop throughout this project?
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This question made me think a lot about this project and everything I’ve done from start to finish. It really made me reflect on my work and how I managed everything. This is why I decided to make a ‘special article’ from the magazine, the answer to this question. I…
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Q2: How does your product engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text?
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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 and marketed. I made a plan of how I could approach this topic in Google Docs, and then started looking for a template in Canva.…
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Q1: How does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues?
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For the first question of the creative reflection I decided to do a more dynamic presentation on Prezi. I discovered this website while searching for more unique presentation sites. I like how I can make the whole presentation ‘flow’ and guide the readers view with this theme. I firstly made…
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reviews and feedback
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I wanted to see how my target audience would react to my magazine and what they think about it, so I showed it to a few of my girl friends and collected some review from them. Sophia: Daria: Catrinel: Overall I think it went really well and they are all…
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the final presentation
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I still had to adjust a few things in order for everything to run smoothly, but overall I’m really happy with my final result. Once my magazine was ready it was time to upload it to Issuu, and I found the perfect flipbook format. I’ve included the link where you…