1. By Fatou Panzout
ASSIGNMENT 1:
FORMS AND CONVENTION IN A
DOCUMENTARY:
ONE MILE AWAY

2. ONE MILE AWAY
Format: Film
Duration:1:30:00
One Mile Away is a developing social enterprise, working with
schools to reduce gang culture in the UK, which was made and
directed by Penny Woolcock.
The film follows their painstaking journey over two years to
recruit supporters from both sides
This documentary demonstrates how the film and the
determination of ordinary people can transform entrenched
social problems.
One Mile Away Trailer

3. CONVENTIONS
Conventions Use/Develop/Challenge? How and Why
Non-Diegetic Score Music Developed – When they use the street gang music
Expert Interviews Use – They had used a person from Parliament to explain what
was going on
Public Interviews Use – They interviewed younger people that are involved in
gangs
Sense of Realism Use – The camera was handheld majority of the film
Archival Still photographs Use – When they were explaining a death of two girls, they got
newspaper articles

4. CONVENTIONS
Non-Diegetic Score Music
27:56
During these scenes they play
rap music which symbolizes the
stereotype
It creates a mellow mood but
with a serious tone to it

5. CONVENTIONS
• Expert Interviews
21:45

6. CONVENTIONS
• Public Interviews
19:18
They had public interviews as to which
helps them express their honest opinion
about the topic
They often get people of different ages to
try and grasp a range of different opinions
as to how people see things the way they
do

7. CONVENTIONS
• Sense of Realism
0:32
They had a panning shot, which
wasn’t steady. So therefore
emphasizes the realism

8. CONVENTIONS
• Archival Still photographs and footage
0:49
This gives the viewers
information as it helps
them to identify what the
purpose of this
documentary is.

9. FORMS
Forms Use/Develop/Challenge? How and Why
Voiceovers Used – For viewers to know what is going
during the clip which is being shown
Sound bridging Used – To keep the dialogue continuous
Credits Used – For viewers to have alternative
information known to them

10. FORMS
• Voiceover
5:43

11. FORMS
• Sound bridging
28:09

12. FORMS
• Credits
They used credits to inform
the viewers as to what a
certain word means or who
the person is