Introduction to A2 Media Studies

In A2 Media Studies we will be looking at a variety of documentaries, and analysing the different techniques used in them, and placing them into four different categories and why these techniques are used. The categories are: camera work, mise en scene, sound and editing. When we arrive at our final task later in the year we must decide a mode; this means how the documentary is presented, for example reflexive, participatory, observational, expository or poetic. We will explore a variety of different modes when watching different documentaries and will get a greater knowledge and understanding of the modes throughout the year. We will be watching the likes of Louis Theroux documentarties, also Michael Moore and Ross Kemp documentaries and will be using that information and experience to use it in our own documentary.