Documentary Homework

What is being done by the soundtrack/ voiceover/ dialogue?
Gives a overview of what is happening in the documentary, highlights every aspect

What sound and visual techniques are used to convey meaning?
She uses iPads and iphones to show that they are common and everyone is using them on a daily basis

What are the denotative meanings and connotations?
Connotation is what the picture or text is and de notation is what it means

What is the significance of the mise-en-scene?
It plays a big aspect because it helps distinguish whats happening on the scence and it creates more of an effect

What are the dominant images and iconography?
The use of social networking logos

What assumptions about the audience are made?
There are many such as some do it for fun and some people are just desperate

Who is the target audience?
Teenagers and Adults


To which genre/s does the text belong?
Reflexive Documentary

Who is being represented?
The teenagers and adults who use social networking to find love

What is being represented?
Websex

Why is the subject being represented in this way?
Because its unusual and not used very often

Are there any stereotypes?
Most Males use it

Is the representation fair and accurate?
No as the documentary shows female use it to

How are these ideas and values put across in the text?

They are put through not in a formal way but it uses some facts to get the point across

How did the institution affect the text?
As its a PSB it has a goal to inform and educate

how has the text been distributed?
Through BBC and the iPlayer

Who owns and controls the institution?
The Goverment and its payed for through the TV license

Is the text a public service or commercial institution

Public Service