Panorama the Syrian Conflict Analysis

The documentary is a ‘Expository Documentary’. In this documentary it displays what affects the Syrian civil war has caused in its homeland. Jurying the documentary the presenters have presented the documentary by including;

• · Voice overs
• · Close ups
• · Graphic scenes
• · Moving images
• · Interviews/Interviewee’s opinions
• · Over shoulder shots
• · Shows the Doctor’s opinions of the event

Through the documentary it is displayed by the doctor’s journey through the war on Syria. The introduction is used in the documentary to hook the viewer’s attention by displaying curious and graphic scenes and informing the viewer of a short note of the tragic story to quickly inform what the documentary is roughly about.

In the documentary shows the struggle of Syria, which includes the low amount of supplies that the Syrian civilians need. These include medicine/treatment, food/drink and shelter.
The documentary also informs and displays the tragic stories of the people of Syria. The stories that the doctor mainly comes across, includes families lost/died juring the war.

The documentary displays a first hand view of the war, by showing real graphic footage of the war.
By using footage of the war makes the documentary more interesting, so you can get a first hand knowledge of what is really happening in Syria.


Comparison of the Audience

The Audience of 'Panorama':

• Age rating from 14-55
• NRS ( National Socialist Grade Scale) C2 (Skilled working class) - B (Middle Class).
• Religion - There would be a certain part of the Audience that do have a religion. This would include any religion, because they can relate to some of the episodes of the programme. A certain amount of episodes can have certain parts of religion in them involving the subject of the episode.
• The size of the audience is estimated to be up to 3.6 million viewers. The original size of the audience is estimated to be 2.6 million.
  
• Pacific interests - The pacific interests that viewers might in a catorgory are; History, Travelling/Geography, Documentaries, News of the world (events that are happening across the world) and a pacific fascination of the subject of the episode and stories.
• Gender - The gender of the audience could be an average of 55% of females that watch this programme and 45% males. The programme would be aimed at in my opinion, both genders but I think it depends on what episode the subject is.