Post #14-Creating a Magazine (Research)

Magazines are used as an advertisement tool within several production forms. Sports documentaries rely heavily on magazines for several reasons. One of these reasons is because it allows for visual storytelling. Visual storytelling enables audiences to connect to the product emotionally because the images being shown tell them what to feel in a way by showing facial expressions or body language of a character. Another reason is because magazines have a long-lasting effect. magazines are often readily available at everyday locations such as the grocery store which allows the information to reach a large amount of people Providing magazines will be around for a long time which is why producers choose to advertise through magazines. A third reason may be because they create anticipation. They get readers of the magazine excited to see the product being advertised, which may lead to the spread of information, therefore, reaching more people. The final reason is because magazines create ethos. Ethos is credibility within a text. By producing a magazine with quotes from well-known athletes such as Michael Jordan you are creating credibility. This is because Michael Jordan is incredibly famous and die-hard sports fans trust him and what he has to say. Therefore, they will be encouraged to pick up your magazine and decode all the information provided in your magazine. This could lead to the spread of your magazine as well as more viewers when it comes to your final production.

When creating my documentary excerpt, I will consider who my cast is. By casting Coach Hatcher and Cianci I will be able to create trust because both people are well known in the cheer world. By casting them as interviewees in my final product, I can feature some wise words spoken by both people in my magazine. These quotes will create ethos, and my magazine will reach a larger quantity of people allowing me to reach my target audiences and gain huge recognition.

Magazine advertisements also create anticipation. By providing consumers with information or images regarding your film, you are allowing them to get a preview of content that may interest them. Due to excitement, they may spread the word by telling friends and family and planning a day to sit down and watch the film together. This allows a film such as my sports documentary to have remarkable success margins. This also allows my audiences to be active consumers like Henry Jenkins' theory states. They may create fandoms regarding my product based on information gained through the magazine. Once again, this creates enormous success margins.

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Post #64 -Critical Reflection

The process of constructing this documentary required extensive research, planning, editing, marketing, and further refinement. When researching other products labeled as sports documentaries, I was able to identify what conventions would and would not be included in my products which in return link s to audience engagement. Conventions are elements that are commonly used within a specific genre, and audience engagement refers to the interest, involvement, and emotional connection someone has to a piece of media. I also identified what social groups and issues I would be targeting. During the research phase I studied the documentary " Starting 5". When studying the micro elements within the film, I recognized that the documentary failed to address the emotional aspect of basketball. Instead, the practices and principles of the sport were explored. This ...

Post #25- Gantt Chart For Documentary Excerpt

A Gantt chart is utilized to allow producers and their crews to visualize their schedule and the time in which each phase is taking place. These charts may represent past phases, present, and future. For reference, the Gantt chart attached above is a chart that I have constructed, and it depicts the timeline of my production process. This shows the dates in which I started researching, ended researching, the dates in which I started planning, the date I plan to end planning, the scheduled date to start filming, end filming, and enter post production which leads me to the final upload of my documentary excerpt. By creating this chart, I am able to keep myself on task and follow this timeline so that my audiences build trust in Pridgen Productions, encouraging them to spread positive press and maybe even create fandoms. This can be connected to Henry Jenkins' theory because he believes that audiences are active media consumers who share, interpret, and apply content within fi...

Post #32- Interview Questions

I have reached the stage of my production process where I have begun to consider what questions my interviewees will be asked in order to inspire their responses in which will develop the meaning I have encoded. To ensure I evoke immense emotion from my interviewees, I have constructed meaningful questions that will develop the deep narrative rather than surface level content. Since I have encoded a deep narrative, I have decided to use this as my unique selling point. This is considered a unique selling point because a common mistake many producers make is not including a deep narrative to their film and instead focusing on the principles of the sport. Therefore, including this detail makes my product appealing to a significant amount of people and creates emotional connections between the audience and documentary. After taking these factors into consideration, the following questions are being considered to include in my final product. - What is cheerleading and what...

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