1. Assignment 2 – introduction
to documentary
task
By Gledis Dedaj

2. The documentaries I have chosen…
‘My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding’ ‘Baby Beauty Queens’
‘Teenage Vampires’

3. Interesting topics!
My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding
• What traditions gypsies have?
• How they are discriminated
against by other members of
society.
• Why they marry at such a young
age.
“Why don’t you go
back where you came
from!”

4. Interesting topics!
Extreme
Baby Beauty Queens requirements
• Whether or not girls of a very young
age should compete in beauty
competitions.
• Are these mum's trying to achieve
their own dreams through their
daughters?
• Should young girls wear make-up?

5. Interesting topics!
Teenage Vampires
• Vampires do exist, but not how they
are portrayed in films.
• Why some people are addicted to
drinking blood.
• How members of their community
view them and treat them.

6. What Went well:
My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding
• Good range of shots.
• The use of a voice- • Unique topic that
over worked well. hasn't been done
before.
• Good range of
interviews.

7. Conventions!
‘My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding’ • One on one interviews
• Montage Footage
‘Teenage Vampires’ • Establishing shots
• Titles, Texts and Credits
‘Baby Beauty Queens’ • Voice-overs
• Interviews
• Establishing Shots