Rebecca Barnard BTEC Media (1)

By Dictionary definition, a documentary is "using pictures or interviews with people involved in real events to provide a factual report on a particular subject". This definition implies that everything shown in a documentary is the complete truth...but there is also a second definition of the word documentary, "consisting of or based on official documents". The use of the term 'based on' poses the question, are all documentaries truthful? Is every documentary an utterly unclouded display of the events that took place? To base something upon something else is to use certain facts and ideas to conclusively make a decision. The problem that is posed when creating a documentary based upon facts is that the complete story is unknown, therefore the creator uses the given evidence to come to a conclusion of what they believe occurred. This approach is problematic as a conclusion is a personal decision, therefore the creator of the documentary is using the platfor...

This FlipSnack presentation includes the risk assessment, location recce and release, production schedule and adult & minor talent releases for my Three Minute Wonder documentary production. Personal information such as addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses have been blanked out to protect privacy.

Feminism is a topic I would deem myself extremely passionate about, and therefore the subject of my 3 minute short film.  Feminism has been hit in recent times, and Feminists have been labelled as "man haters" and "selfish". It has also been hit with controversy about what a Feminist truly is and what their beliefs are. One such example of this is Emma Watson's recent Vanity Fair shoot, pictured right (http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/02/emma-watson-cover-story). A BBC article perfectly summarised the backlash that feminism is still experiencing through an article on Emma's   "Rebel Belle" photoshoot, posing the question of whether Watson is an anti-feminist for exposing her breasts. The article can be found here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39177510 Feminism, to me, means equal rights and opportunities for both genders, and personally I think it's fantastic how far society has come for women and how much has cha...