In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Above is the annotated video: Codes and conventions of a documentary (enlarge to full screen in order to view all annotations)

BBC3 was the most appropriate channel to air out products because it primarily targets young audiences and is the only BBC channel that does. We chose to developed the form and conventions of a documentary to suit the style of BBC3

"We find the best of new British talent, give them room to play, invent and experiment, and then mix in the most important element - You."

Quoted from BBC3 'All about us'

The documentary works well within their concept because, our presenter brings in the playful and youthful element and also it is experimental as she is a young presenter for a young audience, which is different from other documentaries, which is how we have challenged the codes and conventions of real documentaries. BBC3 shows many documentaries, most of which relate to things that young people go through which was perfect for our documentary.

'Out of the Dark' is the brand name of our documentary although all series carry a theme and this episode focuses on 'Sex, Moods and Teenager', this is similar to BBC3's documentaries where all the documentaries are shown within a season and follow the theme of that season. Currently the theme is "Bringing Up Britain", which is all about real stories from parents and the joys and struggles of being a parent. The season our documentary would have been shown in was "Dangerous Pleasures Season", as it addressed sexual health and issues concerning drugs, although it works well within both the current season and this previous theme. "Dangerous Pleasures Season" theme was running at the time our documentary was due to air and we were aiming to educate young people on sexual health.