Convention Confirmation

Today we met up as a group and after much discussion on Recoding conventions – we decided to first lay down exactly what is that we are Recoding. A definition of Convention that we all agree upon…

Conventions

As a type of film or television develops, filmmakers and directors find certain techniques that become useful or effective in creating texts. These techniques get used again and again, and eventually they are associated with and are used to define certain types of texts. The techniques then become known as conventions.

Documentary has its fair share of conventions, which we can recognize in such mockumentaries as This is Spinal Tap and the recent A Mighty Wind, for these films call heightened attention to the conventions in order to make fun of them.