Way back when I started this project the University asked me to choose an outlet that my documentary could be aired on.
I choose Channel 4 as my outlet because they target the same age range that my documentary targets and they do a lot of media related documentaries. Their style of documentaries are also very creative and entertaining to watch whilst still being informative.
Because of this choice I needed to ensure that my documentary has elements that match the editing style of Channel 4.
When researching Channel 4 documentaries there was a key dominator with all the ones I watched, their use of on screen subtitles. They use many different styles of titles such as the following:
Words appearing in large bold letters as spoken (Particularly in the introduction)
Sentences appearing at the side of the screen while they are being spoken
When numbers are involved they tend to exaggerate them by having them appear across the screen multiple times
The name and occupation of an interviewee appearing at the side of the screen
The title style always being in black and white blocks
Examples of the on page titles mentioned above^^
I tried my best to recreate these styles throughout my documentary to insure that my documentary fitted in with Channel 4's style.
Here is my re-creating the one screen title styles^^
I did the best I could to choose the same font, colours, style and transitions for the subtitles that Channel 4 uses to make them as authentic as possible.
I do think that with more time and perhaps a better editing software I could of made these better than they are however I am still pleased with how close I managed to get them to the Channel 4 ones.
Other elements:
The on screen titles play a big part in linking to Channel 4 however they are not the only thing I did whilst editing to match their style.
For example, Channel 4 tends to start with the presenter on screen before going to a title sequence. This was against my original plan however to make my documentary as similar to a Channel 4 documentary as possible I re-arranged the order to have me presenting as the opening then the title sequence.
Also using upbeat, club like music within my Documentary was not only a choice because it fits in with the Radio theme, but it is also something that Channel 4 does on a regular occasion and therefore me doing it matches their editing style.
One more thing I did to re-create the Channel 4 editing style was to have images pop up on screen while i'm presenting. They do this often. However I struggled to figure out how they made the pictures look like they fitted into the video as well as they do. I tried my best to edit the pictures in and make them look like they are naturally supposed to be there, however if theres one thing I would love to learn/ change in the future it would be how to do this element better.
Mine V Channel 4's ^^
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