Analyse the forms_and_conventions_in_a_documentary_(1)

By Fatou Panzout

ASSIGNMENT 1:

FORMS AND CONVENTION IN A

DOCUMENTARY:

ONE MILE AWAY

ONE MILE AWAY

Format: Film

Duration:1:30:00

One Mile Away is a developing social enterprise, working with

schools to reduce gang culture in the UK, which was made and

directed by Penny Woolcock.

The film follows their painstaking journey over two years to

recruit supporters from both sides

This documentary demonstrates how the film and the

determination of ordinary people can transform entrenched

social problems.

One Mile Away Trailer

CONVENTIONS

Conventions Use/Develop/Challenge? How and Why

Non-Diegetic Score Music Developed – When they use the street gang music

Expert Interviews Use – They had used a person from Parliament to explain what

was going on

Public Interviews Use – They interviewed younger people that are involved in

gangs

Sense of Realism Use – The camera was handheld majority of the film

Archival Still photographs Use – When they were explaining a death of two girls, they got

newspaper articles

CONVENTIONS

Non-Diegetic Score Music

27:56

During these scenes they play

rap music which symbolizes the

stereotype

It creates a mellow mood but

with a serious tone to it

CONVENTIONS

• Expert Interviews

21:45

CONVENTIONS

• Public Interviews

19:18

They had public interviews as to which

helps them express their honest opinion

about the topic

They often get people of different ages to

try and grasp a range of different opinions

as to how people see things the way they

do

CONVENTIONS

• Sense of Realism

0:32They had a panning shot, which

wasn’t steady. So therefore

emphasizes the realism

CONVENTIONS

• Archival Still photographs and footage

0:49

This gives the viewers

information as it helps

them to identify what the

purpose of this

documentary is.

FORMS

Forms Use/Develop/Challenge? How and Why

Voiceovers Used – For viewers to know what is going

during the clip which is being shown

Sound bridging Used – To keep the dialogue continuous

Credits Used – For viewers to have alternative

information known to them

FORMS

• Voiceover

5:43

FORMS

• Sound bridging

28:09

FORMS

• Credits

They used credits to inform

the viewers as to what a

certain word means or who

the person is