My second choice of media piece to aid the production of my own documentary is one based on the Scottish athlete Chris Bungard, and his success and training for his sport of mixed martial arts, and the buildup to his fight with Terry Brazier.
This documentary was up close and personal, showing every aspect to the talent's day, which is something that I would wish to portray to my audience.
The main aspects I highlighted as important or interesting during the documentary:
- In this documentary it is far more of a personal stance in the way that it is shown. There is no presenter, only clips put together of Bungard explaining his routines, as well as interviews with his friends, team mates, and coaches. Although this was different to the newsbeat documentary in the way of how it is presented and it worked, I will still have a presenter to fulfil the brief of having two people within my 3 minute opening.
- Mixed martial arts and its dangers is established, this is not a sport I had heard about before, and for some of my audience it will be similar to this for horse riding. It will be important that I establish a grounding of what the sport is within my opening sequences.
- The documentary analysed his opponents, which may not be as achievable as how they conducted it, as it is a much wider field in showjumping.
- There is huge amounts of behind the scenes in the documentary, from his home in Scotland, training in Ireland, and the night before the fight. This gave plenty of options for shot types in the different locations, which I would like to achieve also to make it more interesting and varied for the audience.
- Interviews made a large part of the documentary, with family, friends, and coaches. This is something achievable within my documentary, as well as online if it is unable to be placed within the 3 minute opening, as it could be an opportunity for a 'team' aspect and getting to know them.
- The documentary does not focus purely on mixed martial arts, but also swimming, running and weightlifting that Bungard took part in to ensure peak performance. This is something that may be good to include in my documentary as well as online as it could open a 'how to keep fit' for this type of sport, and Harry (my talent) giving his opinion on what is best.
Some screenshots of the opening few minutes of 'The Bad Guy':
The opening of the documentary is a series of different shots of the talent, Chris Bungard. The body language he portrays emphasises his confidence and power within the arena, and so that he is a well respected man at martial arts.
The title is clear, short and memorable, which I quite like. It features a close up sideways shot of Chris Bungard, anchoring that he is the 'bad guy' of the show, and the talent that is featured. The use of lighting highlights his face, and his lack of a smile anchors his seriousness and confidence to the audience.
These two shots also show Bungard as the dominant man of the competition, displaying the opponents in a weaker place and so him as a definite winner.
Here is another wide shot, this time of training. The camera looks down to the mats that Bungard and his team mates train upon. This gives an insight to what goes on behind the scenes in preparation for the ring.
The documentary features many interviews with Bungard's team mates and coaches, as well as family. Both interviews with Brian Gallagher and Paul Craig are medium shots, and are used consistently throughout their interview. They discuss Bungard's success, his lifestyle, and his work ethic that makes him so successful within mixed martial arts. This is an important idea to emulate in my documentary as it gives the audience a sense of how hard sportsmen have to work in order to achieve success.
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