Hi Blogger! Are we surprised about what this post will be about? The only right answer is no. In this blog post, I am going to delve even further within what I should potentially be including within my episodic documentary for portfolio project. Even after just researching a few episodic documentaries within my later blog post, I am already gaining so much information of aspects that I can include within my own portfolio project. Therefore, I will be looking at even more episodic documentaries to ensure that I know everything I can about the genre to ensure that the genre is captured to the best of its ability within my portfolio project. Even though I know this research is beneficial to the future of this project, I cannot wait to discuss some ideas that have been coming to mind recently that I will be speaking upon within the next week. As of now, I have to finish this portion of the project off strong with what I know best, research.
Home Game (2020)
This episodic documentary focuses on a different unfamiliar sport each episode while delving into different cultural traditions taking place to enlighten their audience with insight into a unique sport's roots, importance etc. Some episode examples are Scotland's highland games, Kyrgyzstan's Kok Boru, and a variety of other unknown activities that have a hook on their home country. This show not only not only discusses lesser known sports but also explores human relationships and a passion for culture. Throughout my research process, I have also been looking specifically at how episodes are structured as well as their titles in order to understand the overall outlines of episodic documetaries.
Episode Examples
I especially admired this series cinematography and interview shots. Many of the colors, shots, and angles displayed gave me a lot of inspiration for potential ideas that I could implement within my own portfolio project. In my own episodic documentary for my portfolio project, I would really love to create a good sequence and pacing within interview shots while also making them unique to provide engagement within my target audience. While watching interview clips from Home Game, I admired their choices made as I believe certain decisions that they made work well very well within my own project.
Shot Examples
For instance, I really like how up close and personal this shot is while the subject is looking in another direction. Therefore, I would love to keep this in my mind for shots that I could implement within my own portfolio project.
I would love to implement low angles, therefore, I was really interested in implementing a shot similar to this one.
Song Explorer (2020)
This episodic documentary stars a different hit song each episode and explains the process of how each musician composed their music. Some features including writing, recording, and producing. The documentary stars infamous artists such as Alicia Keys, Lin Manuel Miranda, R.E.M., and others within the industry as they recount how they made their successful music. This show allows to fans to see the behind the scenes events that occur throughout artists' creations which is similar to what I want to do within my own portfolio project as my episodic documentary will be surrounding a behind the scenes look into a subject's personal life, thoughts, feelings, emotions, experiences, etc.
I had previously seen this style of colorization within other documentaries, however, I especially liked how they used this style within this episodic documentary. I am unsure what type of colorization I would like to do within my own portfolio project, however, I am interested in possibly embarking with experimentation with brighter colors to allow for as much audience engagement as possible. Furthermore, I really liked the use of the over the shoulder shot demonstrated as I believe I were to use this type of shot within my own project, it will give a very personal vibe that would make my target audience feel more comfortable and allow for a sense of relatability.
After continued lengthy research within my intended genre, episodic documentaries, I feel prepared to work on my own portfolio project, This upcoming week, I intend on following my planned schedule that I made last week which is researching social media pages and planning posts that way I understand and potentially have an outline within my portfolio project through the use of possible subjects, storyboards, brainstorming, charts, and other aspects that can contribute to the creation of my portfolio project. Until next time!
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