continued - poor lighting and sound

Poor lighting and sound is also another convention used in documentaries a lot. An example of where poor lighting and sound is in the documentary a secret millionaire (filmed in the town of Warrington). Poor lighting is often used to make a place look poor and sometimes sad. The reason for this is that sometimes the documentary makers will want to make the setting look different to what it is, they do this by using poor lighting. Poor sound is sometimes used in documentaries. The reason poor sound is used in documentary is create to certain mood for the documentary and often to make the audience feel like they are they’re experiencing it for them selves.