Today we watched parts of documentaries and took note of the codes and conventions in them. We watched "In The Teeth Of Jaws - Part 1" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42Zj8R0kumw) and "The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special In 3D On Ice Part 1" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orLGI7c5oHc)
These are the codes and conventions I noted down:
- A bar at the bottom which says who the person speaking is and what their role is.
- If the interviewee is positioned on the left, the interviewer will be positioned on the right and vice versa.
- The questions asked by the interviewer are edited out.
- The interviewee's eyeline is in the upper half of the shot.
- The interviewee looks at the interviewer and not at the camera.
- Cutaways to footage of things to do with the topic to break up the interview and show what is being spoken about. They also help to avoid abrupt jump cuts.
- There is no light source behind the interviewer.
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