Sunday, October 17, 2021

Example two of a similar product

 



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The ITV documentary opens up by showing a collage of videos representing Megan and Harry as people of the public, showing them in community settings creating an influence for better, this is done by centralising Megan Markle in each shot. The opening shot shows Megan kissing prince Harry in a close-up shot, we can see that this is an image from their wedding which would be a stock video as Megan is wearing a bridal headdress with harry wearing his royal guard outfit. The editor uses a combination of close-up shots, mid shots and establishing shots that use the rule of three to establish Megan. A non-diegetic post-production narrator can be heard over the top of the collage of footage that uses quick jump cuts between shots. Post-production sounds of cheering have been inserted over the top of Megan and Harry's wedding. The diegetic sound of Megan's speech to the people of South Africa can be seen by the mise-en-scene of the South African flag, the audio of her speech fades in when the establishing shot of her speech is presented.


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In scene two the non-diegetic narration continues and we are presented with a mid-shot of the family presenting family life and presenting part of the royal family to be relatable to the audience. Natural lighting is used throughout the family life shots this represents the family as being natural and not eccentric, as well as minimal background items, the only thing that can be seen are some cakes and some neutral flowers. The cakes use a tone of blue which is used to present Archie the son as being a boy. An over the shoulder shot of them walking past the press into the building is also shown this shows the pressure of the press on the family. Fast-paced editing is used between jump cuts to assist the continuity of the documentary. 



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A jump cut is then used to demonstrate the behind the scenes set-up of the documentary, this is shown using an over the shoulder shot. The non-diegetic narration continues over the top of the set-up of the interview for the documentary. A jump cut is then used to get a close-up shot of Megan. The narration then fades out as the interviewer starts to ask Megan questions, we can hear the dietetic background sound of birds tweeting and the leaves blowing in the wind. The main interview for the documentary has a long duration and is the predominant part that exists within the interview it lasts 1minute 4  seconds out of an overall documentary that lasts 2 minutes 26 seconds. The documentary interview uses quick cuts to go back and forth between a close-up shot of Megan's face and an over the shoulder shot of the interviewer. The close-up shot of Megan during the interview uses a shallow shot to ensure there are no background disturbances and that we are focused on her. The dietetic noise of passing traffic can also be heard during the interview very dimly while Megan's audio has been amplified while she has been answering the questions.

 
ITV also trademark the interview by including their logo at the top right corner of the documentary. Natural lighting is continued to be used throughout the interview.

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The narrator fades back in before returning to the collage of family shots and shots of Harry walking presented in a long-mid shot. As well as returning the idea back to them being relatable characters of the public. The shots switch between themselves using jump cuts as well as each shot continues to use natural lighting. The dietetic cheering fades back into the documentary. Another mid-shot also presents multiple photographers taking photos of Megan and Harry which again represents the invasive publicity of their lives.






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The final shot of the documentary presents the logo of ITV and includes an advertisement requesting to share their product over multi-medias (cross-media convergence). They use only two different colours to present their product as well as using the specific recognisable cursive font of ITV as well as ensuring that the font for the 'News' is bold and strict representing its importance. This also represents the production team ITN, who create all the news shows for ITV and are a part of the same subsidiary that works in a synergy that also uses the same fonts and logos. This is a strong way of representing and advertising the production company and company. 




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