NEA Generic research - Textual Analysis 3 - Unsolved: The Man with No Alibi

Textual analysis 3 from sophiecobaj

Focus group: Questions

After carrying out my audience research I asked my focus group some questions to gather a more clear view into my specific demographic and their habits towards media consumption etc. By gathering these results, it should help me to gain more of an insight into how to engage with the audience correctly and more techniques that are more likely to want to keep them watching on past the intro.

1. How often do you watch documentaries?
Jake - Once every few months
Max - Usually every month
Daniel - Most weeks
Kerri - One or two a month

2. If you came across this documentary would you want to watch it?
Jake - Yes, the topic seems interesting and something that I would be into, especially as there will be many other versions of the theories told online that would allow me to form my own theory around the subject.
Max - Yes, it's an interesting topic and I have watched content with a similar topic on YouTube before, which I really enjoyed, so I would give it a watch.
Daniel - Yes, I have already come across other documentaries and short videos on conspiracy theories and it would very interesting to see the take that you have on the theories and how you approach the style of the documentary.
Kerri - Yes, the idea of this documentary seems fun and not something that I have really watched before, so would be exciting to watch, especially with the family.

3. What is your favourite genre of documentary?
Jake - Murder and mystery documentaries are the ones I find most interesting.
Max - I tend to enjoy murder documentaries the most.
Daniel - I quite like mystery documentaries, as they are really intriguing.
Kerri - A lot of the documentaries I have enjoyed in the past have been true-crime.

4. How likely would it be for you to engage with the show via social media?
Jake - Quite likely, probably not to talk about it myself but to see other peoples opinions on the show and their theories.
Max - I would probably use social media to engage with the show by reading through what other people have to say and maybe even comment on the show myself.
Daniel - Very likely, especially if there is a specific hashtag for the show, I quite enjoy interacting with other people watching the same show.
Kerri - Not very likely, I don't really use social media that much/

5. Have you ever watched any shows on BBC Three?
Jake - No
Max - Once or twice
Daniel - No
Kerri - Yes, a few times

Audience Research: Audience Behaviour

Audience behaviour from sophiecobaj

Focus Group

My focus group consists of 4 people with three which fit into my primary audience and one in my secondary audience, who may possibly watch the documentary if a younger friend or family member was watching. My primary audience consists of three 16-25-year-olds and has interests that may contribute to them enjoying the style of my documentary, in order for me to receive results that are more accurate and valuable. The target audience for the brief is 'middle-to-upmarket, socially-conscious, 16-25-year-old audience.

Name: Jake Denby
Age: 16
Occupation: Student
About/Interests: Jake is a GCSE student from Wickford who hopes to do construction in college at the end of this year. He spends his free time playing football, watching Netflix and taking photos.
Audience type: Primary

Name: Max Farrer
Age: 17
Occupation: Apprentice
About/Interests: Max is an apprentice from Southend doing business and accounting. Max has interests in music, sports and likes to watch Youtube in his spare time.
Audience type: Primary






Name: Daniel Carter
Age: 16
Occupation: Student
About/Interests: Daniel is in his first year of studying a-levels and does film studies, English language and computer science. He enjoys doing sports, watching films and TV series and has already has an interest in documentaries.
Audience type: Primary

Name: Kerri Edwards
Age: 38
Occupation: Swimming Teacher
About/Interests: Kerri is a mother of two children, aged 16 and 13, and is a swimming and sports coach. She enjoys to read, watch crime TV series and one of her favourite genres is true crime.
Audience type: Secondary

NEA Generic Research - Textual Analysis 2 - Horizon: Coronavirus Special

Horizon: Coronavirus 2020 Documentary
This documentary is about investigating the scientific facts and figures behind the biggest public health crisis in living memory. This documentary focuses on the amount of data, information and disinformation that is flooded to us from the worlds media and what exactly is the facts.


Main aspects of this documentary:

• In the introduction to this documentary the editing is fast paced and there is many different clips used .
• The clips used were of real life things happening and related to the voice over.  

• The music that was used whilst the voice over was happening gave a kind of eerie sense and suspension and suspension that excites the audience.
• The editing was fast paced and there was a glitch effect transition used multiple times to go from pictures to videos, which created an interesting effect that i would like to use in my documentary as its an easy way to transition form one location to another.
• There was a couple uses of time lapses within the documentary that fitted quite nicely to the theme of the documentary as most nations are on lock down, so everyone is just watching the day pass. and it also provides an aesthetic shot for the viewer whilst listening to the voice over. 
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• There is many interviews with experts in this documentary as they are letting the audience know what information that has been released by major companies on certain forms of media is true and what is false. In my documentary I will have more opinion based interviews but am able to take points on the style of the interviews within this documentary.
• In the documentary they also use clips from BBC News, considering it is a BBC documentary, it gives a different point of view form what they're talking about and shows it in a media from rather than straight from an expert. 
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• One of the presenters in the show goes and does many different interviews with experts to find out what news is actually factual and is sought to be believed by the public.
• There is also clips of just the presenter talking about, briefly, what it is that may of caused the coronavirus. 
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• The intro title for this documentary is similar to what i would like to do as it is simplistic with a background that clearly shows what it is about. I would like to do this with mine as it is short and easily memorable to the audience. 
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