Narrative Arc

Narrative Arc For Documentary

1) In my documentary i am going to have an impartial view. i will try to assess both views and provide a balanced argument, so that the audience do not feel effected or influenced by me and what i say so that they can make their own opinions at the end. 

2) My documentary is just going to start with me giving the brief history of video games, how they started out and how they developed over the years with improving technology and a growing market allowed for more innovation and variety in the gaming industry which has led us to this point in time, i will give specific examples from different time dates and give short gameplay segments to let the audience see what games were before and now the graphical advances and also the in-depth game play and they are more complex in the present, where as there was simple objectives in the past.

3) I am going to be impartial in my documentary so i'm not going to be trying to make the audience think something, i want them to be able to make up their own opinion about video games, so i am going to non-biast in my documentary and make sure that they give both sides of the argument to make it more balanced.

4) I will achieve this by not taking sides, being as non-biast as i can and impartial, to give the audience a sense of freedom.

5) There will be no concluding statement, it is going to be an open ending to allow the audience to think and make up their own mind about video games, this will engage the audience further into my documentary as they will be actively thinking to try and come up with an opinion or view about video games which will take time and so make them remember my documentary as they have used brain power to do so.

Section 1:

Who: Me

What: Doing a voice over, with the opening sentence

Where: N/A

Why: To introduce the documentary, and open the way for me to give the brief history of video games. So that i can inform the audience so that they can know the basic facts, and also so that they can see the drastic changes that have happened to video games over the years.

Duration: 3-5 Minutes

Section 2: 

Who: Staff of Game

What: This will be the 1st interview that i will do.

Where: The Game store in Surrey Quays.

Why: The interviews will allow for more specialist opinion and knowledge and also give the audience a different view from mine and all other interviews as well. Allow for more in-depth information.

Duration: 2-3 Minutes ( Depending on the length of answers he/she gives i have 11 questions )

Section 3:

Who: Staff of CEX

What: This will be the 2nd interview that i will do.

Where: CEX game store ( Peckham, Brixton, Elephant & Castle )

Why: The interviews will allow for more specialist opinion and knowledge and also give the audience a different view from mine and all other interviews as well. Allow for more in-depth information.

Duration: 2-3 Minutes ( Depending on the length of answers he/she gives i have 11 questions )

Section 4: 

Who: Gamesmaster Staff

What: The last interview, they do not have an email so i will have to call the store, or i may just have to go in and ask as they are very close to me. 

Where: In Elephant & Castle store.

Why: The interviews will allow for more specialist opinion and knowledge and also give the audience a different view from mine and all other interviews as well. Allow for more in-depth information.

Duration: 2-3 Minutes ( Depending on the length of answers he/she gives i have 11 questions )

Section 5:

Who: Me - Doing a voice over

What: Finishing the documentary with an open ending

Where: N/A

Why: To finish off the documentary, and give the audience an open ending so that the audience can make up their opinions and have their own views at the end of the documentary. 

Duration: 1-2 Minutes

Section 6:

Who: Me

What: Doing the editing, adding text and graphics

Where: In the media room

Why: To make it more engaging to the viewer and make it more interesting and more appealing to watch as i will be adding sound, text and transitions to make it a more lively looking documentary and it is not just one boring sequence of interviews and me talking. Also i will have to put a disclaimer at the start of the documentary as i will be using scenes and pictures form Games which would be copyrighted and also some of them might include violence in them so a disclaimer would advise viewers.

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