Analysis of 3 Documentaries
The history of hacking
Hacking is a form of computer crime yet there are many people over the world who hacks into many different websites such as banks in order to steal money. The history of hacking is a documentary which takes a historical approach of a version of computer crime called hacking. It looks at the role of the hackers during that time and features Steve Wozniak, Capt. Crunch, and Kevin Mitnick.
There is a lot of editing used throughout this documentary especially at the beginning. Three main hackers are introduced and throughout the introductions a lot of common computer sounds are utilized such as the dial up tone when connecting to the internet. Methods of hacking are also shown at the start such as images of creating a worm in order to harm a computer, the mouse arrow is shown as a large image, this is done to clearly show the genre of the documentary and to allow the audience to know the context of it. Shaky shots are also used in the documentary for example when the hackers are being followed; this is done to enhance the authenticity of the documentary.
The voice over is done by a male which is expected of this type of a documentary as most of the people in the documentary are also males and there is not a great chance that a lot of females would be interested in these types of documentaries. Hackers are describes as the heroes of the computer revolution and other people think that hackers are one of the main problems to the computer revolution which shows the different views on the topic.
A lot of interviews are also shown throughout this documentary such as the hackers themselves and other crew members of the phone freaks. This is done in order to show other peoples views and thoughts about the topic and how it begun through telephone lines in the 1960s till the present day.
Million Dollar Machines
The documentary called Million Dollar Machines is an overwhelming documentary about the worlds most expensive and luxurious cars ever built and what people do to drive them. Cars which feature in this documentary are racing cars such as the Ferrari Enzo, Rolls Royce Phantom, Ford GT, and the elite Mclaren F1 – the fastest super car ever to be built.
These cars are shown at the start of the documentary and are introduced like they are introduced in the popular TV program Top Gear. Due to the fact that they are shown at the beginning, it immediately grabs the audience’s attention as we are being shown the best cars in the world. Furthermore, the sound used further makes us as the audience to want to keep on watching the documentary as we can hear the engines roaring and the sound of the cars drifting and breaking across the surface.
The documentary looks at these cars in depth throughout the documentary and shows how people wanted to buy them and their experiences with the vehicles. In my opinion, one of the best parts of editing is at the start when they show some of the cars and the specification next to it like they would in a video game. The scenes look computerized and the graphics look very powerful in presenting the cars. Point of view shots are used in this documentary whilst they describe the cars. This is done to make us feel that we are in the cars as they are moving at an incredible speed.
The target audience for this documentary would be people who are very interested in cars and who would like to know a lot about these cars. The voice over is done by a man using a powerful voice to further show these cars as powerful machines and I think that females would not be interested in watching this documentary as they would not be interested in the genre.
History of Video Games
This documentary shows how the video games began being created in 1972 and how the first ever video game was created by Atari called pong. This documentary shows how these video games enhanced through the years and how they know show such immense game play and incredible graphics now, and how it used to show none of these features before.
A lot of interviews are used in this documentary as they are showing us how video games were created with Nolan Bushnell, (Founder of the first ever game Pong) therefore it involves a lot of people telling stories of how they felt when they played the games and how the games were sold.
There was a lot of digetic sound used in the documentary as they were showing the sound of the games as they were happening, they were not recorded over during editing and therefore it is digetic sound. The documentary itself has a powerful impact on the audience as it is portraying a very popular genre which is video games and everybody plays video games and therefore would be interested.
The target audience for this documentary is teenagers and adults; this is because teenagers would want to know the roots of games and how they were created. Also, adults would want to know how these games were created as they grew up playing these specific games such as Pong, Pac man and Tetris. This documentary shows how gaming has changed over the year.
***By Kunal***
1 n Only
Hacking is a form of computer crime yet there are many people over the world who hacks into many different websites such as banks in order to steal money. The history of hacking is a documentary which takes a historical approach of a version of computer crime called hacking. It looks at the role of the hackers during that time and features Steve Wozniak, Capt. Crunch, and Kevin Mitnick.
There is a lot of editing used throughout this documentary especially at the beginning. Three main hackers are introduced and throughout the introductions a lot of common computer sounds are utilized such as the dial up tone when connecting to the internet. Methods of hacking are also shown at the start such as images of creating a worm in order to harm a computer, the mouse arrow is shown as a large image, this is done to clearly show the genre of the documentary and to allow the audience to know the context of it. Shaky shots are also used in the documentary for example when the hackers are being followed; this is done to enhance the authenticity of the documentary.
The voice over is done by a male which is expected of this type of a documentary as most of the people in the documentary are also males and there is not a great chance that a lot of females would be interested in these types of documentaries. Hackers are describes as the heroes of the computer revolution and other people think that hackers are one of the main problems to the computer revolution which shows the different views on the topic.
A lot of interviews are also shown throughout this documentary such as the hackers themselves and other crew members of the phone freaks. This is done in order to show other peoples views and thoughts about the topic and how it begun through telephone lines in the 1960s till the present day.
Million Dollar Machines
The documentary called Million Dollar Machines is an overwhelming documentary about the worlds most expensive and luxurious cars ever built and what people do to drive them. Cars which feature in this documentary are racing cars such as the Ferrari Enzo, Rolls Royce Phantom, Ford GT, and the elite Mclaren F1 – the fastest super car ever to be built.
These cars are shown at the start of the documentary and are introduced like they are introduced in the popular TV program Top Gear. Due to the fact that they are shown at the beginning, it immediately grabs the audience’s attention as we are being shown the best cars in the world. Furthermore, the sound used further makes us as the audience to want to keep on watching the documentary as we can hear the engines roaring and the sound of the cars drifting and breaking across the surface.
The documentary looks at these cars in depth throughout the documentary and shows how people wanted to buy them and their experiences with the vehicles. In my opinion, one of the best parts of editing is at the start when they show some of the cars and the specification next to it like they would in a video game. The scenes look computerized and the graphics look very powerful in presenting the cars. Point of view shots are used in this documentary whilst they describe the cars. This is done to make us feel that we are in the cars as they are moving at an incredible speed.
The target audience for this documentary would be people who are very interested in cars and who would like to know a lot about these cars. The voice over is done by a man using a powerful voice to further show these cars as powerful machines and I think that females would not be interested in watching this documentary as they would not be interested in the genre.
History of Video Games
This documentary shows how the video games began being created in 1972 and how the first ever video game was created by Atari called pong. This documentary shows how these video games enhanced through the years and how they know show such immense game play and incredible graphics now, and how it used to show none of these features before.
A lot of interviews are used in this documentary as they are showing us how video games were created with Nolan Bushnell, (Founder of the first ever game Pong) therefore it involves a lot of people telling stories of how they felt when they played the games and how the games were sold.
There was a lot of digetic sound used in the documentary as they were showing the sound of the games as they were happening, they were not recorded over during editing and therefore it is digetic sound. The documentary itself has a powerful impact on the audience as it is portraying a very popular genre which is video games and everybody plays video games and therefore would be interested.
The target audience for this documentary is teenagers and adults; this is because teenagers would want to know the roots of games and how they were created. Also, adults would want to know how these games were created as they grew up playing these specific games such as Pong, Pac man and Tetris. This documentary shows how gaming has changed over the year.
***By Kunal***
1 n Only
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