1. 1.In what ways does your media product use,
develop or challenge forms and conventions of
real media products?

2. Use
I used several stereotypical features for my documentary at some
points even taking direct conventions from my inspirations; mainly
Dogtown And The Z-boys. I used these common features in all aspects
of the film this includes;
•Characters (Skater, friends, manager, fans)
•Locations (Skate parks, studios, casual settings)
•Clothing (Hawaiian shirts, snapback, glasses)
•Interviews (people close to the subject, VOX POP’s of fans)
•Found footage (Corey Skating)
•Camera angles (hand held, medium shot for the interviews, tracking shots)
•Clips and still images overlaid with a voice over

3. Development
I have developed on ideas these documentaries that I
have taken for inspiration as they are are centered on
real life events and people. Although I use many
conventions of these and themes such as
skateboarding and celebrities, mine is not based on
true events as I had a fictional character in Corey
Skelton.
The development of these real media conventions
was more prominent within my first ancillary task in
which I created a film poster. I looked at posters for
all my influences and combined aspects of all into
mine. This includes the colour, award certifications,
logos, the films title, release date and a image
relating to the film. This developed conventional
forms as I did not just use what one poster had
included but rather a mixture of all my inspirations.

4. Challenge
The main way in which my product challenged typical conventions was through the
narrative. Although interviews and found footage are included the main character is
not seen live through the whole documentary. The film is based on Corey and tells
the story of his life but we do not get to have a direct interview with him due to him
being dead. We only see Corey though this found footage.
It also broke conventions through the way the ending is revealed within the first five
minutes. The documentary starts with telling the audience about his death, the rest
of the film would go back to talk about his childhood and explore the suspicious
circumstances of his death. This itself challenges conventions of film as although
Corey is seen to be perfect and loved by all he also has flaws, in the fact he has a
serious alcohol programme.

5. 2.How effective is the combination of your main
product and ancillary texts?

6. Links Between Documentary and
Newspaper Advert
For my first ancillary task I was asked to create a
newspaper advert for my documentary, I decided
that it would be a full page film poster of the film.
Before starting I once again looked at all of my
inspirations and their posters (mainly Dogtown
and the Z-Boys). From doing this I could see what
they typically included and what to use in mine.
By looking at these I layered red, yellow and blue
over a still image which is used in the
documentary, this gave me the main base. From
that I added award certifications, release date,
production logos and the title.
The film poster is linked with the documentary as
it directly advertises it with showing when the film
is released, using an image direct from the film
and with the title big and bold in the centre.

7. Links Between Documentary and
TV Listings article
I had to create a TV Listing magazine article for my
second ancillary task. I decided that the article would
be a review of my documentary, on the upcoming
films page. This is a page that is typical in TV listing
magazines, it showcases the films that are to be
shown on TV in the upcoming week, with the
magazines top choice. For this I included a full
written review for the film (including a rating) as the
centre of the page with a schedule for the day it is on,
on the top right, new to sky box office on the bottom
right and other films showing below.
They are linked as the review, which is the centre
piece of the page is about my documentary and even
includes an image at the end.

8. 3.What have you learned from your audience
feedback?

9. Target Audience
There would be a big audience for the film as all fans of extreme sports would be interested for example
there are over 18 million people worldwide who own a skateboard, however 85% of these are under the age
of 18. Due to these figures my target audience would mainly be towards teenagers of ages between 13 and
18. Gender wise they will be both male and female, both of which for different reasons. The boys would be
interested in this film as they would be fans of his stunts and his sporting ability where as the girls would
typically be more interested due to his celebrity status. On the psychographic scale my audience would be
explorers with the need to discover and learn in this case, about Corey’s life. They would have both personal
identity (loosing someone you love/struggling with alcoholism) and personal relationship (identification of
companionship) with the film. They would also be from families in the socio-economic group of C1 (lower
middle class) or alternatively E as they would be in education.
Nonetheless this film may still appeal to a secondary audience outside the key demographic, as it is a
documentary and could be informative to people who do not know about Corey Skelton or the extreme sport
world.

10. Feedback
I showed a first cut of the documentary to show to my class, this was helpful as
they would all be classed as my target audience. I was able to gain feedback from
them, both positive and negative in order for me to see what areas were working
and what to improve on.
Positive
The audience all agreed that the storyline was very clear as they all understood
what happened in the piece, they was also fans of the interviews, and the surprise
ending with the complimentary music.
Negative
The comments that would cause me to make adjustments were little technical
details such as checking the sound in some areas as for example one shot the
audience could not hear the due to the music. They mentioned how more shots
should be included in the opening montage as it became boring. As well as
changing the ending to make it more clear by adding proper titles and an ‘end of
part 1’ slate to let them know that is only the first 5 minutes.

11. Changes Due To Feedback
After listening to the opinions of my class I decided there were aspects of my
documentary that had to be changed or improved on. The first change was to add
more clips and images to my opening montage, as many had said this became boring
due to the still images being up for too long. I went out for two 3 more days filming
enough footage to fill these gaps. During this montage I also changed the music half
way through as it became repetitive and uninteresting. I also added production
company logos, and a quote in the opening rather than the blackout which before
lasted too long at 12 seconds.
I fixed the technical issues such as sound volume issues and jump cut issues. Finally I
adjusted the very ending with adding the title of the film over a shot of Corey with his
head in the clouds, there was also an ‘End of part one’ title to let the audience know
that this was only the opening 5 minutes of the documentary.

12. 4.How did you use media technologies in the
construction and research, planning and evaluation
stages?

13. Research
Before starting my project I had to decide whether I wanted it to be a documentary or a film trailer as I
had the idea of Corey Skelton as a character but wasn’t sure which one to do. I decided on a
documentary as I could make it more realistic and have the opening to a piece rather than just clips from
throughout the film. I had to research other documentaries that would be in a similar style to mine, this
would influence me when creating my own. As my documentary was based on a extreme sport
athlete/celebrity, I focused my research on watching films and documentaries that are based on
celebrities and extreme sports. I researched all these through the use of the internet and Google. I
researched these all on both their Wikipedia and IMDB changes. I watched these on sites such as
YouTube, Netflix and on DVD’s. By watching these I had a very focussed idea of what I wanted mine to
be like this helped me during all stages; the pre-production, production and post production. The pre-
production through my storyline and how to structure it (with found footage and interviews), the
production through my camera shots and the relaxed nature (hand held and tracking shots)and the post
production through the use of music (modern) and editing techniques (found footage).
Documentaries:
Dogtown and the Z-Boys
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
Senna
Feature Films:
Lord Of Dog town
Rush

14. Planning
After researching similar projects it was time to start planning my documentary. As I worked in a group on
my own I did not need to discuss ideas and share them to the rest of my group, I could just get on with and
use my own ideas.
I started with creating a power point presentation of my initial ideas this include; would type of production
it would be (documentary) my characters (and their roles) as well as locations. I then created a storyboard
with drawn diagrams accompanied by a script of all the dialogue that would be used. This was to get a
rough idea of what shots I would need to fill out my 5 minutes. I then transformed my shot list storyboard
into a 5 minute long animatic which included the music which I had planned on using.
Before shooting I further planned by researching outfits and having an idea of what my characters would
be wearing. I also went location scouting and found where exactly I would like to shoot. Finally I decided
what props I would be using.
Through all of this I kept up to date by keeping track of everything by using a production schedule.
When doing all of this I used a range of technologies most noticeably PowerPoint and Blogger to plan and
keep track of everything. I also used iMovie to piece together my animatic and Excell for my schedule.

15. Evaluation
For the evaluation of my work I chose to use Microsoft
power point to create it this was so I could easily change my
font colour/sizing as well as it being a lot east for me to
insert my images. It was then also easy to put the whole
power point onto my Blogger account by using the website
slideshare.