Narrative Arc

Narrative Arc

Section 1

I think the start of my documentary might include a small summary stating that I do not own the animated clips in my documentary or that I do not own the music. This section will mainly be a black screen graphic, just stating the above. This section will run from 1-3 seconds, as it doesn't need a long period of time of show.

Section 2

The second section of my documentary, I'm planning to do a montage of a variety of different genres of anime, which will have a voiceover introducing to the audience what anime is. I plan to open the beginning of the documentary with a clip from a opening of a very popular anime from the past year and from there it will lead into a collection of different genres showing. I think overall this section will last around 30 seconds, as the different anime shown and the voiceover introducing it, will be able to show the audience a glimpse of what anime is and give them a brief history of anime as well.

Section 3

The third part of my documentary will consist of vox pops from people either from around the local area or maybe a popular part of London e.g. Trafalgar square. The vox pops will consists of one question mainly which will be:

" Do you know what anime is? and if yes what do you think of it and if no what do you think it is?"

The main point of this section would be to see if the general public know about anime and what they think about it, which would be able to link to the topic of my documentary " has anime become more popular in recent years?" by seeing if more people do know about it depending on their answers. Also for this section I think graphics will be used, by having the a box coming up at the bottom of the screen, which has the question in it. I will be keeping to the theme of anime by using a icon, which many anime fans would know of, which is this:

Which would appear in the right hand corner of the box. Also I think that this section will run for around 30-60 seconds. Also for this section I will be doing vox pops with both males and females, so that is will appeal to the target audience.

Section 4

This section will be graphics, showing statistics of the popularity of certain anime shows and anime in general across different countries. This would be beneficial for my documentary, as before going into the next section, I think it would be necessary to show the audience some statistics of anime and whether to see if it has decreased or increased, as this would be able to provide them better knowledge of the topic.  Overall this section will run for around 20 seconds, as it is a only a quick section, that will benefit the audience.

Section 5

This part of the documentary will be be mainly focused on the the London MCM expo and might be the one of the longest part of my documentary. When this section begins, I will include establishing shots which will show the audience the location of the expo and will also show the people at the event. This would be able to give the audience a more realistic feeling to the documentary, as I also plan to do my documentary handheld, as I think the audience will feel like their at the event more this way. Also for this section I will provide a voiceover, explaining the history behind the expos, such as how many people have been attending over the past years. I think the section will run to around 30-40.

Section 6

Following section 3, this part will include some graphics of statistics of how many people have attended the London MCM expo, with the presenter doing a voiceover. There will be no specific location for this part of the documentary, as it will just be graphics and most likely running from 10-20 seconds.

Section 7

This part will consist of  the short interviews/vox pops with people at the expo, as I will be able to get the opinion of people who actually have an interest in anime and ask them a few questions such as:

.Why do you like to attend the expo?

.Do you think anime has become more popular, if so why/if not why?

.What do you think about anime becoming mainstream?

Following the interviews I will be including a lot of cut away, of what things happening at the expo, which would be able to show the audience what it's like there and also it would be able to keep them engaged. I think this section will last around 1:00-2:00, as this way I would be able to include a lot of different peoples opinions on the topic.

Section 8

This section will be quite short one, as it will mainly consist of footage from the London MCM expo, with a voiceover  explaining it a bit more, but near the end the presenter(me) will state that they are now going to talk to someone who cosplays( Amber Quadling) and has been to these events before. This section will last around 10-20 seconds.

section 9

This section here will mainly consist of establishing shots of the area, that the presenter and interviewee are meeting up at, as I think it would be slightly odd cutting from the montage bit beforehand directly into a interview, so I think this would be the best way to lay it out and it would show continuity. At the moment the location has still not been decided. This section will mainly run from 3-10 seconds, as it's only establishing the location of the interview. The shots that might be included might be when going to her house I might record my journey to her house and then just give a glimpse of it/ or even her opening the door, which would then lead into the next section.

Section 10

This section here will be the main interview of my documentary, which will be with a cosplayer( Amber Quadling) who has experienced expos in the past. This would be my expert opinion in my documentary, as I will be interviewing Amber who has a interest in anime and also cosplays at events, so being able to get their opinion would be quite beneficial for my documentary. Also through the interview I will include cut aways, to the expo again or maybe some archive footage e.g photographs of Amber from previous conventions in her cosplay, as this will be able to keep the audience engaged. Overall this part might last around 1:30-3:00. When it comes to the location for this part, there are two main possibilities. One being that I will meet Amber in her own household or two we meet in a location, where we can both get to, this might be somewhere local.

Section 11

I think this would be the final section to my documentary, where I(the presenter) most likely would do a piece to camera, where I directly ask the audience if they think anime "has become more popular in recent years?" and coming to an un-biased conclusion. The location for this part most likely will be based around the London MCM expo, so that this part still links into the topic of my documentary. Overall this section will run around 5-15 seconds, as it's only a short conclusion.  

section 12
Section 11 will just be the ending credits, which will be a list of people who participated in the documentary e.g. the interview with Amber and also the name of the director and songs used. Also with this I will include the message of how I do not own any of the music or anime footage in the documentary. This section will last around 3-5 seconds.