Documentary

Final DPS

This is the final DPS for my documentary. I have added more text to the page and made the typeface a lot smaller like a real magazine, this meant I had a lot less space to play with and has to move the quote and 

Images for DPS and advert

Here are a few of the original and edited images that I have used on the advert and DPS. The only editing I have done to the images is playing with the lightness and contrast, the only other editing I did was making some of the images black and white to make sure that they fit in with the colour scheme on the pages. 

Final Advert

This is the final design for the TV advert. I decided to make the image black and white to stop the contrast with all of the green leaves and the typefaces I was using.

This final design has the name of the rider in colour to make the most important information on the page  stand out from the rest of the black and white typefaces and the image. 

Health & Safety while riding and filming

While we are filming and riding there are quite a lot of risks and dangers out in the woods and while riding fast.

This is not a problem as there are always First Aid trained people either on the side lines or filming. I myself am first aid trained and would be able to deal with most accidents that would happen while out filming. All of the trails and locations that are used in the films have been risk assessed before we began riding, we also checked that they have all been built and maintained by professionals to make sure that the rider is always safe.

I feel that I have done well in assuring that Zac was never in any danger or felt uncomfortable with the riding that he had to do. However falls do happen and Zac has had a few cuts and bruises while helping me film. 

Clothing and props

For my documentary there cant really be a set costume or set props as it is meant to reflect reality, this means that the star of the documentary would not be in the same set of clothes all of the time.

However this is the jersey that Zac often rides in with a pair of jeans.

This shows that he is quite interested in the sport as he has taken time to acquire the proper equipment for the sport, this is one of the 2013 racing jerseys for 'Fox Racing' and gives the rider a slightly more professional look that if he was just in a t shirt and jeans. I think this will work well for my documentary as I am trying to make the subject look as if they have a good understanding of the sport and this imagery of the jersey suggests that Zac (the rider) aspires to be good at the sport. 

The bike Zac will be riding will be the only constant prop throughout the documentary. It is his bike so he would always be riding it while trying to get better at riding, the bike he has is a Kona Cowan and has been changed and adjusted to Zac's style of riding and how he feels comfortable. The only other props that are a constant are the helmets the riders use throughout the documentary. Here is an image of some of the helmets used. 

music for my documentary

Questions for interview

Question 1

Tell us about yourself?

Question 2

How do you feel you’ve been progressing?

Question 3

What are your favourite aspects of riding?

Question 4

How did you get into the sport ?

Question 5

Do you think that anybody could do what you do?

Question 6

Where do you see yourself going with this hobby?

Question 7 

Is there any chance of you racing next season?

Advert Draft 2

This is my second draft for my advert. I have adjusted a few of the fonts and the colours schemes a little bit.

I have put a black line around the two white titles to make them stand out a bit more from the busy background. I am trying to develop a black and white image for the background instead of this busy and very colourful background to the subject.

I kept the general information the same at the bottom of the image and exactly how it is aligned as it looks like it actually belongs at the start of a documentary.  The typeface I used for it is has also stayed the same as it is simple but easy to read at the same time.

Advert Draft 1

This is my first attempt at making a television advert for my documentary.

The title of the documentary is 'Six Months In' as it entails that the rider has been learning to ride his bike properly for six months of this year, this is why I put the tittle of the documentary over the top of the image quite close to the rider to show that he is the subject of the documentary. The name at the top of the poster also dedicates itself to the subject of the documentary.

The alignment of the event information is all simply left aligned, this looks quite good but I will need to adjust the layout and sizing of the information as it is quite hard to read with the lighting over the landing of the jump.

The typefaces used for the name of the the rider is very simple and neat, I will probably use this typeface for the final advert, however the 'Six months in' type may need to change as it is a bit too bold yet quite hard to read with the different lighting in the background.

The image itself is very good on its own but I may need to take a new picture that is a bit easier to edit around, the lighting through the trees and on the ground makes the picture very hard to place text on as it has a lot of different tones and contrasts. 

Magazine DPS Draft 2

I decided to completely change the design of my double page spread. The last draft was just too two sided with the two tone pages, this was changed quickly to the large de saturated image of Zac riding towards the camera. This keeps the pages looking like one singular piece and adds to the overall effect of the page. The tittles have stayed the same apart from small scale adjustments to make them fit the page a bit better. The quote has been moved, the main change is the white rectangles which will eventually have images in too look like polaroid pictures thrown onto the page. 

Magazine DPS draft 1

This is my first basic draft of the magazine double page spread I am making. It is very simple at the moment as I have only just put all of the images and text onto the page, I am hoping to change some of the images and the tittle on the left page too look more part of a whole than two halves. 

Audience Research Results

Question 1

The graph shows that is is quite and even split between men and women who answered my questionnaire.

Question 2

The majority of the people asked where between the age range of 15-18 this is the ideal range for teenagers watching my documentary.

Question 3

As you can see from this pie chart  the people who answered my questionnaire watch mountain biking documentaries at least once a week.

Question 4

Most of my audience watch sporting documentaries on websites such as ‘Pinkbike’ or on the TV. Using this information I will plan to release my documentary online.

Question 5

Most of the audience would like to see either interview shots or actual riding compared to shots of the riders lifestyle, I will try to make my video more riding orientated.

Question 6

This graph shows that the audience enjoy point of view shots and wide angled riding shots but would enjoy some close up shots.

Question 7

This questions answers show that most of the people we asked generally take part in the sport themselves, this means I wont have to explain too much about mountain biking in the documentary as most of the audience already participate in the sport.  

Question 8

From the answers to this question you can see that the audience are looking for the inspiration to ride that they normally get from other documentaries like the one I am making. This means I will need to try and make the video exciting so that it will inspire people to go out and ride themselves. 

Question 9

This question shows that most of the audience already mountain bike as a hobby, this means I can rely on them to be in the know about riding an allow them to make their own decisions about whether the riding is good or not. This does make it a lot easier to make as I wont have to explain much about riding as a sport or hobby in the video. 

Question 10

Most of my audience are looking for excitement and inspiration in this documentary compared to information, because of this I will try and keep the video mostly riding and less just talking or lifestyle shots. Of course I will need some of the background and lifestyle of the rider to get context into the film, however most of the shots will be riding to keep up the excitement,