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Documentary Opening 1: (Worst Roommate Ever) | |
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Who is the target audience? Give one example of each and explain the meaning:
| I think the target audience are adults or mothers aged 25-45, and have a really close friend or roommate. This is so that they can engage in the documentary since they relate to most of the positive things that happened, like having a good bond with their best friend. camera => handheld and POV , it showed the woman and the house, it can show how the woman can perceive her house and how it feels like to live through all the things that happened mise-en-scene => the house was very dull which reflects the woman's life of dullness and possibly terror. The overall coloring was very dark, which implies that many unpleasant things happened editing => there were flash backs of photos of her child and a picture of her in the hospital, it shows a glimpse of what is going to happen and it also shows that she is a mother and she cares for her family sound => there was unsettling music and loud thuds, this can emphasize in suspense and an uncomfortable feeling to the audience and also hinting that many bad things happened to her. |
Would you continue watching? Why/Why not? | Yes i would continue watching it because i want to see what her roommate did and what bad things she really did for this documentary to exist. |
Documentary Opening 2: (What Jennifer Did) | |
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Who is the target audience? Give one example of each and explain the meaning:
| I think the target audience are teenagers or young adults aged 17-30 aged similar to jennifer, especially asians, because they can relate or empathise on how it feels like to be jennifer, having strict expectations from her parents but wanting to have fun in her life. camera => cctv footage, it shows a recording of jennifer being interviewed by the officials from a high angle, this shows that jennifer is vulnerable and not in power mise-en-scen => the mise-en-scene shows dark and lowkey lighting which symbolizes that many bad things happened, it creates a more suspenseful and mysterious atmosphere to the audience. editing => it showed quick cuts of crime scene photos, which emphasizes on the things that happened during the crime scene, allowing the audience to see and visualise on what happened in the crime scene sound => suspenseful music was used in scenes where the director wants to create more suspense like during the phone calls or when they showed the crime scene photos, it creates a more unsettling and curious feeling to the audience They also put real phone calls from the crime scene, it can emphasise realism as it actually happened in the scene. |
Would you continue watching? Why/Why not? | Yes because the title is called what jennifer did, but during the intro it only showed that the parents were murdered and it made it seem like jennifer hasnt done anything and is a victim. Im curious to see why the title is called what jennifer did. |
Documentary Opening 3: (A Deadly American Marriage) | |
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Who is the target audience? Give one example of each and explain the meaning:
| The target audience are adults aged 25-40 who are married and have a family, this is so that they can relate or share the same experiences as what is shown in the documentary camera & sound => the camera used was an establishing shot showing a house, it is paired with the real 911 phone call, this can tell the audience that the crime is happening in that house and it gives them an imagination of how the calls happened and how the murder happened. mise-en-scene => they showed crime scene photographs of blood, and used weapons in the scene. This creates realism as those photos show what actually happened in the crime scene and the audience can understand what the victims experienced throughout the muruder editing => the editing used was match cuts with the two characters' storytelling. The woman and her father were interviewed, and they were explaining about what happened, and their storytelling was edited back and forth switching between each person, it showed that they told a similar story yet there were different parts. This can let the audience think of the differences in their stories and why this can happen. |
Would you continue watching? Why/Why not? | I would want to continue to watch the documentary because i want to know why the wife and the wifes father wanted to kill the husband and why they killed him so viciously |
Documentary Opening 4: (Sins of Our Mother) | |
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Who is the target audience? Give one example of each and explain the meaning:
| I think the target audience are adults aged 25-50 especially those who already have families and children, its so they can relate and maybe share the same experiences of having a family and they can see the dark side of the families shown in the documentaries. camera => they used a POV shot from the police’s bodycam footage, this can add realism as it was from the actual case and isn't remade for the documentary mise-en-scene => they added a scene of police lights as the person is talking which can make the audience have a feeling of urgency and danger editing => the editing used was flash backs as they used old videos of the mother and kid having fun together, this can make the audience think what could possibly happen causing them to be missing sound => they used suspenseful music in the beginning, this is used to make the audience feel a more sense of urgency and suspence |
Would you continue watching? Why/Why not? | yes i would want to continue watching the documentary as i want to know if they are actually missing or does the mother have a different motive |
Documentary Opening 5: (900 Days Missing Without Anabel) | |
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Who is the target audience? Give one example of each and explain the meaning:
| I think the target audience are teenagers to young adults aged 17-30, this is because the victim is aged similar to anabel, this can be informative to them to not experience the same thing as the victim. The target audience can also be for people who like to run, this can hook the audience because she got abducted while she was jogging. camera => the openings used a POV shot as if someone is walking around a house, this can mean the director wants the audience to picture being in the house of the victim and the family. mise-en-scene => they recreated many scenes for the documentary, there was this one scene where there were two people talking or maybe arguing. This can resemble the two that were talking in the background. editing => the editing used was quick cuts to show how many times the kidnaper called the person, this can enhance the repetition and urgency of the calls. sound => they used non diegetic sound of suspenseful music as the people were being interviewed. This can create a suspenseful feeling as the people are explaining the experiences and about the case. This can make the audience have greater expectations from the documentary. |
Would you continue watching? Why/Why not? | I would want to continue watching to find out why she was missing for 900 days, but the opening was pretty boring to watch as there were only interviews, and no hooks like crime scene photos or footage. |