Regional Identity: Poster Design
Regional Identity: Documentary Codes and Conventions
Introduction: In conjunction with our given brief, I have decided to format my 'Regional Identity' project as a documentary. Documentaries have typical conventions that should be adhered to make a documentary appealing to a target audience. As to further inform my initial ideas, I am researching the codes and conventions of documentary filmmaking. By definition, a documentary is a film or radio programme which provides the audience with a report through delivering information. Documentaries have the connotation of being educational and are used by audience members to further inform themselves on a given topic. Although the filmmakers might strive to offer the truth, documentaries are a mediated version of reality because they are shaped by the perspectives and choices of the people behind the production. Perhaps the best definition comes from John Grierson, a pioneer of the form, who said a documentary was “the creative treatment of actuality” . Since documentary film is a ver...
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