Doc research

So documentary if I’m going to be honest I don’t watch any documentary by my own violation unless it’s a murder doc but obviously we aren’t doing one so I went out to search for one that was a topic that interest me that was closer to something we could do a story on. 

Now we did do a doc earlier on on the year and I did some research earlier on but I wanted to do research specifically on episodic docs since that’s what the A level project since we have to be promoting one we come up with and Film a clip for it. 

The first one is a documentary on Netflix called 7 days out 

 This documentary is about the 7 days out is about all the preparation put into hosting any huge event. 

The actual documentary is interesting because each episode focuses on different people and professions preparing for a huge event that usually people forget need preparation. If my group did decided to do to documentary I think we would lean to this style where there is a common theme of the episode but it doesn't have a continues story through every episode. But through watching these episodes i did learn that with the similar style of filming and interviews that it did feel like a cohesive series without feeling too separate. 

Now i could find barley any promotion for this series except post from the cast and crew who posted promo in their own Instagram which does lead the target audience to see the promotional but with Netflix having a big account you would think they would at least post the poster but they didn't. But this did remind me of another Netflix documentary series i did research on earlier in the year this show is called Abstract. 

This Instagram page really caught my eye when i first saw it because it  follows a clean, minimalist, and vibrant color scheme with photos and quotes of the artist the made a documentary on this helps the audience get to know the subjects better making them more interested in watching the show. The cohesive aesthetic makes the audience more likely to look through since it draws more attention. For the a level project if my group actually is able to sit down and have conversation and chooses to do a documentary i think this Instagram page would be a great example on how to do a promotional page that is able to highlight each episode and person/ thing its following without giving people whiplash and no connections. 

Ok that is basically all for today but hopefully next time I post I will have a definite answer on what me and my group are doing and I can start posting on starting the project! <3