Newspaper and Radio

Our Documentary Poster

Examples of Other Documentary Posters

Codes & Conventions Of A Newspaper Advert
- Logo
- Schedule
- Image relating to the documentary
- Website
- Date and time
- Simplified images
- Colour Schemes
- Items located to the bottom of the advert
- Logo usually located to the bottom right
- Photoshopped images to enhance and make changes to imagery

Creating our Newspaper Advert
We looked at other newspaper adverts to get a sense of what was expected of us, from this we identified the codes and conventions shown above. We debated some ideas within the group and looked at the type of newspaper it would be advertised in as this would affect the elements of our documentary immensely, we also looked closely at the codesand conventions and decided which ones we should conform to to enhance our advert.
We decided to use four images of teenagers and cut certain aspects out of the pictures to mould together to create a typical teenager thus posing the question are all teenagers the same despite their different stereotypes, looks and ethnicity. We also used simple fonts and colours to accompany the image to tie the advert together and make it look professional.


Codes & Conventions Of A Radio Advert
- Extracts from your documentary
- Opening with a voice over explaining and introducing the topic
- Sometimes can ask a question
- Ident at the end of the advert
- Usually last no longer than thirty seconds
- Subtle but effective music bed

Radio Advert Script.
Sex, drugs, games and alcohol, all in a typical teenage day, but are all teenagers like this?
[extract from documentary-My lifestyle is playing Xbox, getting hammered and having sex] Teenage Evolution is going to find out if teenagers are all that the media says they are [extract from documentary- Yeah I went to anger management...got kicked out of anger management...for being angry] do teenagers need to grow up, or do they have too much too young? you decide, Teenage Evolution, Channel 4, 9:00, Friday.