New Font Research

Whilst editing, I didn't really like the current font that we chose so I began to start looking for some different ones that would go with our film better.

I looked at these 3 fonts which I thought were quite cool.

The font I have chosen is, ironically "GAME OVER"

I thought this one worked the best for our documentary as it really brings across this idea of technology that we are trying to get across to the audience. As it mirrors games and technology I think it will really appeal to our target audience. Its fun, simple and effective. 

The font will probably work best in White as most of our footage is pretty dark so it will be easier to read. Choosing white will appeal to our audience as it could highlight us "enlightening" and "challenging" our target audience. If the font was darker we wouldn't be doing this which would not have been very effective.

Inspiration: Hollyoaks & Embarrassing bodies

As away of showing the progression of our documentary, we thought of using text to show our questions. One thing that inspired us is Hollyoaks and the way they display texts messages.

They have the message pop up so us the viewer can read what the character is reading. This makes us feel more involved in what is happening and also contribute to the plot of the show as we know what is going to happen next.

Another source I took inspiration from was Embarrassing Bodies. During the show they give us statistics over a blurred background while a voiceover explains what is going on.

Here they show the name of the disease at the beginning and the statistic below with a transparent running number (which is also in front) to highlight how astonishing or drastic the case is.

We are thinking to incorporate this in our documentary in order to display our series of questions.

Stats - Helping to build our documentary story

As our documentary is a medical one we though that showing stats would be another good way to develop our story and to talk about dopamine. Embarassing bodies which i have previously looked at does this very well by displaying the stats over the background of what they are talking about. By doing this we are able to inspire and give insight to our viewer and in some ways shock them they the facts as the voice over runs over it.

I thought it was a better way of answering the next question to our story than a black screen with writing on it. Looking at a  coloured screen with faded images in the background that relate to what they are talking about, is a lot better.

Something like this could be used in our editing because our documentary is quite bright and visual, so a black screen might take away that meaning. Something vibrant in the background of the statistics would keep our audience focused on the screen and they would probably be likely to actually read them.

Victoria found some examples of statistics that agree with what one of our interviewee's have said

• 1 in 3 users would rather go a week without sex than give up their device- NBCNEWS.com
  
• 21% would rather starve than go without their mobile phones 'Daily Mail' 
• 34% check their phone before they get out of bed.

UPDATE!

Lack of blogging has been due to a world wind and very busy period.

After reviewing and looking at what we have so far with our documentary we have done pretty well and can see a clear story being developed.

As the editor, I have struggled to complete our documentary too its full potential as there are a few shots still needed.

With Ali very busy with exams It has been hard to communicate with him to get some more shots of his nephew Kyreece. After struggling to get hold of him, it was decided that me and Victoria carry on filming some more cutaway shots so we don't have interviews just running for a long time.

The Plan so far is:

15th Jan
Filming
Who: Victoria
Where: Her house
Shots:
- Shots outside Victoria's house
- Cutaway shots on the comp, phone, watching tv etc..
- Observation shots of pedestrians on the street, bus etc

16th Jan
*Meet at 10:50 Room 004 for camera exchange*

Who: Dakota
Where: 004

-Upload footage
-Research new title fonts
-How will we show questions?
-Record quick voice over so we know what we expect
- Write a new voice over.

17th Jan

Who: Dakota
Where: 004

(all of the above from 16th Jan if not finished)

18th - 19th Jan

Who: Dakota
Where: Anywhere

-Film more establishing shots
- more cutaways

Evaluation of production so far.