Teenage Daze Analysis

This short documentary was produced by Sherish, Bushara, Dinveer and Sawan for their a-level coursework. It revolves around how teenagers believe that they need to look good in order to fit in and how this leads to bullying. The target audience for this documentary is teenage boys and girls who are bullied because of their appearance and those who are self-conscious. This is evident as the male and female protagonists are both teenage and have these problems. I would expect to see this documentary on BBC1 as it seeks to advice and educate its teenage audience. It uses a range of camerawork such as point of view shots-to put the audience in the protagonist’s place, high angle shots – in order to show how intimidated they feel and also over the shoulder shots. Also, it shows fades between scenes and slow non-diegetic music in order to create an emotional atmosphere. The typical documentary conventions it uses include, archive footage, shaky shots, voiceover, and experts. We will be borrowing the following features form it:
~ Shaky camera movements
~ A female voiceover in order to show that it is mainly targeting females
~ Close ups on faces to show expressions
~ Interviewees talking straight to the audience in order to create a relationship and help them identify with them.
~ Familiar locations-this documentary shows Southall and we will be shooting a section in Ealing Broadway.
~ Helpline in the end-in order to create professionalism

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