Final documentary & Thumbnail

 This is our final documentary and out final thumbnail

link to the youtube video

link to the drive

Behind The Scenes

 this is the behind the scene of the shooting for media project

Crime Documentary Behind The Scenes oleh cassandra dominica

Critical Reflection

 In the Project Documentary , we are asked to make an opening of a crime documentary with the duration of 3 - 5 minutes. Me and my group decided to make a crime documentary about a stalking case , which also involves kidnapping .  

            Branding is important for media text , so people could recognise the media text that we made. We created our own thumbnail , the purpose of the thumbnail is to make the audience click on our documentary , so we have to make it as engaging as possible. From the thumbnail (fig 1.1)shown audience could know that this is a stalker crime documentary from how there so many picture of an innocent person , which is the victim , also the victim’s face are not shown in every photo in the thumbnail , this is to give hermeneutic code and to make the audience curious . The letter “O” in the word Fixation we change it to a target , to show the audience that she is targeted by someone. The lighting of the thumbnail was shown in dark or low lighting , which creates a meaning that something bad is happening ,and to make the audience know that it is a crime documentary.

Research helped me to know what are the characteristics of crime documentaries and from the research I could know the common convention on the crime documentaries. So this help me to conform the convention so that people could know that our documentary is a crime documentary , and from the research it gives me inspiration on the idea we could use when making the documentary, like the cut used in the edit and what the interview is like and the footage use ,such as the cctv footage , so this could help us to know what to do . The research also helped me to know what subversion we could use in our documentary and the music we could use as crime documentaries mostly use high suspense music , and in crime documentary usually there the police department or detective saying that the case is different from other cases and we follow this convention could be seen in (fig 1.2) 

Our target audience are young adults or teenagers , in the age group of 16 - 25 years old, they are targeted by , first the actors in our documentary are teenagers , so people that are teenagers and young adults could relate to the documentary video we made . So this would make them enjoy watching the documentary , since they are seeing the character have the same age as them. Another way that teenagers and young adults are targeted is from the content of our documentary. Our documentary involves relationships , since young adults mostly relate to romance , relationship . So this might make them interested with our documentary video , also the victims were shown broken hearted which could relate with most young adults this relates to the theory of . We also use different mise en scenes , such as the room of the victim , would relate with most teenagers and the clothing is the clothes used by young adults conventionally or the trend in the young adults clothing. 

                                        

In our documentary, there are more than one social group represented, such as the victim (of stalking) and the victim (of kidnapping) , Detective , and the stalker/kidnapper. We represent the social groups to align with the reception theory , where we want the audience encode meaning same as our dominant reading . The victim is represented as a teenager that is innocent and traumatized with what had happened to her, this is shown from how she acted at the interview, she looks scared and full of anxiety. From the interviews the detectives were shown tidy and professional. It is seen from the clothing and it is shown that he shows sympathy towards the victim. The stalker was shown mysterious and covered with all black clothing , this creates a meaning that he is a bad guy. Also from the voice mail sent by the stalker it already shows how obsessed the stalker is towards the victim , until he desperately wanted to hear the victim's voice and how his jealousy overcame himself , when he knows that the victim have a boyfriend , until he had to commit a bigger crime , which is kidnapping the boyfriend. 

fig 1.1

        

fig 1.2

Editing

This is the our editing which is done by Maisie with the help of me 

Media Studies Editing Process oleh Maisie Halomoan

thumbnail and research development

 this is our thumbnail and the process of making the thumbnail 

Made by Cassie

Thumbnail oleh cassandra dominica

location scout and risk assesment

 

script and screenplay

 

story board

  This is the Storyboard for my Documentary project.

filming schedule

 

Scene	Date/Time	Location	People	Props	Equipment	Other
Candra Interview Scene	23/08/25 6:00 PM	Mai’s House	Full team + Felixen	Jacket, glasses	Ring light, phone, tripod, charger	Candra came super late so we filmed later at night
Bedroom/Teddy Bear Camera Scene	23/08/25 4:00 PM	Mai’s House (in her room)	Mai, Sagara & Cassie + Felixen	Teddy bear, photobooth strips, hair clip, makeup, iPad	phone	Candra was not present
Kidnapping Scene	23/08/25 7:00 PM	Mai’s House (in front of her gates)	Full team + Felixen	Towel, phone, jacket, mask	Digital camera, ladder	We had to wait for the streets to be empty to make it seem more believable

Research

This is my research for the documentary projectThis is the docs link

Statement Of Intent

 Statement of Intent 

Sub-genre (crime)
Stalking, murder	Because it is an interesting sub-genre of crime thriller
Topic
A girl is being stalked by an unknown individual who seems to be terrifyingly obsessed with her
Primary Target Audience
Demographic: Teenagers, Young adults, Couples	Because relationships can get really complex. At that age, you feel a lot of emotions such as jealousy or obsession, hence people of these age groups would be drawn to this documentary
Psychographic: True crime enthusiasts, Thrill seekers, Curiosity-driven people	We think these groups will be most drawn to our documentary because its main mission is to track down an elusive criminal
Message (Dominant Reading)
Unhealthy obsessions and excessive possessiveness can drive a person to commit unspeakable crimes against the innocent	Because this issue affects people our age, our documentary aims to warn others, raise awareness, and make it clear that such behavior is unacceptable and dangerous
Characters
Protagonist: A teenage girl, living an ordinary life with her boyfriend, until she becomes the target of a stalker Boyfriend: Victim of the stalker’s violence Stalker: The antagonist with a hidden identity, driven by jealousy and obsession to kidnap the boyfriend
Representations (groups, places, events)
Groups: Teenagers, Young couples Places: Girl’s home, School, Public Events:	We have easy access to teenage actors, teenager issues, teenager dramas, etc, making it more authentic and relatable.  These places are familiar environments to teenagers, making danger feel closer and more real to the audience. These places are also easy and free to access.
What will be the hook? (The mystery that keeps audiences watching)
The question of “Who’s stalking her? Why are they willing to go this far? How did this all start?”, along with the shocking package of her boyfriend’s finger.

Team

 This is my team for making the project documentary 

Brief

 This is my brief for the documentary project.