Sunday, 10 April 2016

Documentary: Documentary Interview Styles

As part of my pre-production for the documentary unit, I decided to look at some different interview styles. DOCUMENTARY INTERVIEW STYLES When I say interview styles, I mean the different ways it can be done, in terms of camera positioning, interviewer/interviewee positioning, and location/sound. FRAMING/CAMERA/CAMERA...

Documentary: Script- Draft 1

As part of the pre-production for my documentary unit, I had to produce a script for my group's documentary: Pledge For Veg. SCRIPT: DRAFT 1 Before writing the script, I looked at all the information I already had about the documentary and the people involved, which included websites, leaflets and...

Documentary: Sequencing Workshop

To follow on from the interview workshop we did a few weeks back, recently we took part in a sequencing workshop, that allowed us to film sequences to cover edits in our interview. DOCUMENTARY- SEQUENCING WORKSHOP In preparation for the workshop, we produced a shot list, based on what Cheyenne had...

Wednesday, 6 April 2016

Documentary: Second Contact Visit

To continue the preparation for our documentary unit, Cheyenne, Saskia and I visited our contacts for a second time to set everything in stone and gather more research. SECOND CONTACT/LOCATION VISIT When we arrived at the site we met with Martina, the Veg-box and communications coordinator. She told...

Sunday, 3 April 2016

Documentary: BAFTA Guru- Dale Templar

As part of my pre-production I watched a video on the BAFTA Guru website: Dale Templar: In Conversation. Here is what I learnt. BAFTA GURU- DALE TEMPLAR Dale Templar is the series producer of Human Planet. Her passion is wildlife and people. Dale Templar Every shoot on human planet was like an...

Documentary: Dreams Of A Life (Documentary Film)

In a recent lecture we watched a very interesting documentary film: "Dreams Of A Life". DREAMS OF A LIFE What I find most interesting about this documentary is that is made up of interviews and sequences, with the occasional photo thrown in. This is a very intriguing and difficult method for...

Documentary: Parodies of the Documentary Genre

KEITH LEMON SKETCH SHOW I've decided to look at "The Keith Lemon Sketch Show" as part of my pre-production research. My reason for doing this is because the show often parodies a few documentary techniques. I think that a good way to learn about these techniques is to watch how people imitate...

Documentary: Initial Meeting With Contacts

Over the Easter holidays I met with two contacts at The Windmill Community Gardens. INITIAL MEETING WITH CONTACTS I first met with Martina Knight, who is the Veg-box and communication coordinator. She was my first point of contact, as the manager was away on holiday. She began by showing me around...

Documentary: Preparation For Meetings With Contacts

Before meeting any contacts, I produced a few documents for use during any interviews and initial meetings. PREPARATION FOR MEETINGS WITH CONTACTS First I produced a document that contained all the information about the documentary, including our research, that the contacts and I needed to know....

Documentary: Production Development (03/04/16)

Over the Easter holidays I have carried out some work to help develop the production of our documentary: 'Pledge For Veg' PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT I have made contact with our proposed subjects/location, The Windmill Community Allotments. I called them up and spoke to the Veg-box coordinator, as the...

Documentary: The Final Proposal

Below is my group's final proposal for our documentary idea: 'Pledge For Veg' THE FINAL PROPOSAL We are producing a 10 minute documentary about allotment gardening in the UK. We are doing this because we recently discovered that since WW2 the number of allotments in the UK has dropped from 1.4...

Saturday, 2 April 2016

Documentary: Eden (TV Channel)

As part of the pre-production for the documentary unit, I looked into the proposed channel we were making the documentaries for: The Eden Channel. EDEN CHANNEL "Eden aims to show the world in all its beauty and wonder" - Eden- What is Eden? - Eden, part of the UKTV network, is a television...