Major Project: Structuring a documentary Draft

Introduction: The introduction to this documentary should captivate the audience and make them want to watch more. This is therefore the best opportunity to tell the audience what this documentary is about and what I will be including in the main section. Most documentaries have a short introduction at the start to introduce the topic, the characters, and subjects. So if we introduce with news clips which introduce the stories and we also include interview extracts so the audience is familiar with our subjects.

The documentary could also include a short introduction with a voiceover to introduce the audience to the making of the film. In our case we include extracts of our experts talking making some key points also. 

The introduction will also include clips from interviews from the main section to introduce the cast and crew from the film. This gives the audience a little taste of what is to come and what to expect. 

The body or main section: This is where we tell the story with the key interviews, voiceovers, and video clips. I will experiment with the format of this butas it stands at the moment we would like to keep the interviews seperarte but have the experts link them together.  It’s an opportunity to explore the topic and to pick out the interesting information or the moments to present to our audience. It’s also a chance to get to know the characters and understand why they’re involved in and how there are many sdtories like theres that aren't very well documented. The only one that has been is Liams who didnt go to prison. If the public knew there were people like Eddie and Jordan then it would lead to many re-investigations and also have many people lose faith in the criminal justice system.

In one crew’s documentary, the main section will include interviews from the cast and crew of the film, video clips to go with the interviews, and facts and information about how the film was made and what inspired the story. The aim here is to present information that the audience may not know and to promote the film.

Conclusion: Ending your film with a conclusion can help the audience members make up their minds about the information you’ve presented. Your conclusion summarizes the main points covered in your film and brings the story to a natural end, leaving your audience feeling informed. This may include the answer to a question asked in the introduction, or the end of a journey started in the introduction.

You may wish to include information about the subject at the end of your info film with a call to action, which is a way the audience can respond to what they have just watched. Calls to action are often used with charity or promotional films that leave information at the end. The conclusion for one crew’s documentary includes some final quotes from the film crew and cast about how they felt about making the film and what they enjoyed most.

When going into this project, me and Jack have always been a little unsure about the timeline and how this story is going to sequence. However, this isnt neccisarily a bad thing. After watching the below vidoe on writing a documentary I found that it was actually important to go into a documentary without having a script. Bizzar tho this sounds, the lady in the video makes a fair point sasying not to 

"write a script at first as you dont want it to be propaganda". And this is true; she emphasiseds the fact that while you are filming the documentary it is a journey you are also going on as the creator, and you ofen wont ever have an idea about how it is going to end. Because that is just the reality when dealing with real stories.

References:
https://www.desktop-documentaries.com/how-to-write-a-script.html