After looking at the documentary techniques, I have looked at what I want to use in my documentary. At the beginning I have decided that I want to have a montage that lasts about 7 seconds then the voice over comes in. I have already done a brief summary of montages in Documentary techniques.

The montage will be short clips that last about 2 seconds each then the voice over comes in and introduces the documentary. I have decided I will use the most iconic places around Liverpool including the Liver building, Matthew Street, football grounds and more.

I have watched a documentary by BBC called Worldwide Teen: Being 17 which is a documentary about teenagers from around the world from Lebanon to Uganda who are on the brink of adulthood and Newsbeat meets teenagers and look at their hopes and dreams.

At the beginning of this documentary, there is a montage but with the voice over that comes in first and shows a montage of things all around the countries and shows what the voice over is speaking about, for example, he says about people going to school and shows a school and then says going to work with people actually going to school. Each shot lasts about 2 seconds which is what I would use in my own work and the whole montage would last up to 7-8 seconds all together. Each of my shots would last around 2 seconds to get a full montage before the voiceover in. The whole point in giving a montage in my documentary is to make sure that the audience get an idea of where it is set and what it is about, my audience will know that my documentary will be about Liverpool because I will have the most famous tourist attractions in it.

   

I will have montages right throughout my documentary when the voice over is talking and there is nothing to show so there will be more montages to cover the blank spaces and show other parts of Liverpool that may include the shops and more.

Bbc.co.uk. (2019). BBC iPlayer – Newsbeat Documentaries – Worldwide Teen: Being 17. [online] Available at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p071q1fv/newsbeat-documentaries-worldwide-teen-being-17 [Accessed 24 Mar. 2019].