Update of Filming #1

Schedules and Evidence of Filming - Jonathan Wade

Filming Schedules and Evidence of Filming

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Setting up equipment - Jack Thompson

This process allowed us to learn all the sufficient skills to set up the equipment in the relevant manor so that our clips will look as professional as possible. we learnt how to safely carry and open the tripod while making sure it is level using the built in spirit level. This makes sure all the clips taken are level with the ground so it looks balanced. Secondary we had to learn how to put the base plate on the camera correctly and then insert it into the slot on the tripod ensuring the camera is fully locked in so it is safe to use. Learning these skills will significantly help us in filming phase of the creation of the documentary enabling us to create the best product possible.

Archival Footage - Philip Costin

Codes and Conventions of Interviews - Philip Costin

It is important for us to understand and break down how professional documenter interviews happen and the best way to keep ours looking good. We intend to use many vox-pops in our documentary, mainly involving those near our target audience age. We can take away from this  the traditional types of shot used such as the MCU and the also very important factor of relevant mise en scen in the background. We can go forward in our blogging and filming knowing how we want the interviews set up and look for relevant mise en scen ideas.

Expert interview - Jonathan Wade

Here is an example of an expert interview on mobile phone developments, we aim to replicate some aspects of this. 

This task focused on researching which member of staff would be best suited to our documentary. The final decision was displayed and reasoning for why we  have chose them and a basic profile is put forward. In our documentary we will be interviewing both of these experts so the information is relevant. The target audience for this task (in terms of who our experts are) are in the age range of 30-50, this was because their knowledge will be much more complete then a younger member of staff. Both experts will be a part of our planning as we need to decide the best place in which to complete the interview.

Mise-en-scene - Jonathan Wade

mise-en-scene

This task was completed to research into where we will complete the shots and also other aspects such as lightings. This will be shown in our documentary as the best places that we found will be used to film key interviews and background footage from around the college. To choose lighting techniques I researched into the conventional lighting used into documentaries, there my knowledge developed. This will also be used on the blog in our schedules as the backgrounds researched will be used in the planning of filming.

Diary #4 - Group Update

Arranging interviews - Jack Thompson

Evidence of Interview

We tried to interview an employee as well but decided after refusals to take part, we thought it was for the best not to get too many interviews as we don't won't to fill our documentary with interviews.

Vox Pop questions

Vox Pop questions
1) Do you own a mobile phone?

2) How often do you use it?

3) What do you mainly use your mobile phone for?

4) How old where you when you got your first phone?

5) Is there a home phone in your household?

6) Are you addicted to your mobile phone?

The purpose of the questions is to ask our target age group questions on mobile phones. They will represent the new generation and we can observe the results to see if we really are a tech obsessed. When deciding the questions we tried to relate them to the answers that we needed, once they were completed we made final judgements on our findings.

Expert interview questions

Expert interview questions
Richard: (tech expert)
1) In recent years, how fast has the growth of mobile phone usage been?

2) Have you seen a rise in the amount of people using mobile phones?

3) Have the developments in mobile phones caused other devices to fall in demand?

4) Do you feel pressure to update your phone often?

5) Do you still think theres more room for mobile phone developments?

These questions our specifically designed for Richard as we knew his rich background in technology. Also we could tailor other questions to the fact he works in a college and has observed students in classrooms over a period of time and may have noticed the increase in phone usage.

Julie Maitland: (college councillor)
1)In recent years, have you noticed the increase in mobile phone usage?

2)Have you noticed, over this time period, an increase of cyber bullying?

3)Have you found cases of students addicted to their mobile phones?

4)Have you found a correlation between mobile phone usage and underachievement in grades?

These questions are also important in their own right because as Julie is a councillor she would know about the ugly side of mobile phones and the ethical issues that can have effects on not only students but the populous  as a whole, such as cyber bullying.

Storyboards - Philip Costin

Storyboards

Risk Assessments - Philip Costin

Risk Assessment Solihull

Risk Assessment College by jwade97

Location Recce - Jack Thompson & Phil Costin

-We will use a plain white wall as a background because it makes it easier for us to edit things  behind it and puts all focus on the interviewee as they will be holding or wearing objects that show  the link with them and college.

-We may use a brick wall as a background because it makes vox pops clearer and puts all focus on  the interviewee as they will be holding or wearing objects that show the link with them and college.  Although the mise en scen would be questionable.

-The communal college garden may provide good background footage as it is a popular area that  we could film students 'hanging out'.

-The theatre may be a good room to use as it could put emphasis on a point whilst front on stage,    or the reverse view and show students on their phones filling the seats.

-The cafe area we took photos of will be a great place to film background footage, vox-pops and  other interviews.
-The shots of the college sign and the college building may be useful when introducing the college in  the documentary and significant to the documentary.
-Finally the shot of the computer may be used for looking at phones on the internet as well as  backgrounds for interviews. The classroom as a whole is somewhere we can film background  footage.

These shots fit with conventions as there are a lot of typical establishing shots and plain or computer backgrounds common in use with vox-pops and expert interviews. We want to use these kinds of locations so that our documentary looks as professional. 

Location Recce on PhotoPeach

Diary #3 - Jack Thompson

Questionnaire Results - Jack Thompson

Questionnaire-Topic - Jack Thompson

The purpose of this questionnaire is similar to the documentary questionnaire as it is given us valuable information that would be difficult to get in other situations. Like the Documentary questionnaire, there are a variety of open ended questions and multiple choice all based on mobile phones. The results gained from these questionnaires maybe used in our documentary for facts but the main reason for them is to show generally the amount of time mobile phones are used in everyday life. The amount of time the audience use their phones may be shocking to them. That is what we hope to gain from the creation of the documentary.

Questionnaire-Documentary - Jack Thompson

I have produced a questionnaire that asks the target audience a variety of multiple choice and open-ended questions about documentaries in general. These questions will give us more detailed information about the target audience's preferences of documentaries enabling us to create a top quality documentary with all the preferred features of a documentary. This information will affect the clips we plan to get, for example if the results show that people prefer a presenter or not then we will use a presenter in our documentary. By complying to the audience's preferences our documentary will be of a higher quality while being factual and educating.

Potential Facts and Statistics - Philip Costin

This is a post I decided to do off my own back as I thought it was important to have a set of facts we can use and can reference to where we found these facts. We can also use more facts further on if we find any new, more relevant, facts. I intend for us to apply this to our documentary at a time where facts seem relevant to put in and emphasise our points. I tried to extract more facts concerning our target audience of younger people so that the facts are more relevant and hit the audience harder. We can also use these facts later in our blog and bring them up in one of our expert interviews about the technology of mobile phones.

Article Research Evidence - Philip Costin

article phil

News Artcile Analysis

It was important to do this research to see others opinions and reasoned arguments with facts. We can learn from this style and use the facts we found in our documentary.

Research into similar products - Jonathan Wade

Research Into Similar  products

 
Overall analysis and how this will help our documentary

What happened in Kavos overall analysis
Sound
I discovered that multiple interviews are used as well as a narration and vox-pops. These are present to enhance a documentary format in a conventional manner, we will seek to replicate a similar format for our documentary. There are also multiple diegetic sounds used, including sounds from night clubs, these are related to the subject of the documentary and the issues raised with a clubbing atmosphere. We have decided to try and use this information and develop it by using mobile phone related sounds such as mobile phones ringing.

Image
A wide range of images and camera shots are used to give a visual representation of what is being discussed. It varies from images related directly to what the narrator is saying to more general images which given information beyond what we are being told. In our documentary we are going to have a wide range of footage related to our narration such as people on mobile phones, however we are also going to get more footage of relevant ideas such as cars for the idea of drink driving.


The devil made me do it overall analysis
Sound
Once again there are multiple interviews with the public and with experts. We will try and get expert interviews in our documentary to provide support for the ideas that we raise. There are a large amount of non-diegetic sounds used which add to the atmosphere of the documentary, we will not copy this to a large extent but there will be some sound effects added such as the ringing of phones. To follow conventions there is a narration providing speech over image, we will seek to replicate this and provide certain ideas for the viewers to approach.

Image
Early on their are useful images which explains the basis of the documentary, we will follow this as we want our audience to know the intended meaning of our documentary. Once more there are multiple images of what the narrator is describing, this is stereotypical of documentaries and we will follow this convention. In the documentary pictures of victims are used, this allow us to become more personal with the characters discussed. We will not follow this to a large extent as we feel it is important for our audience to have their own views rather than having to have everything explained to them.

The devil made me do it




What Happens in Kavos


Before this task our knowledge on documentaries were limited, however after it we got an insight into what is classed as a typical documentary. Our documentary will have similar aspects, we took notes on how they edit and use the 'voice of God' technique. This will be applied to our documentary as we will aim to follow some conventions such as a voice over. Our target audience for this task was mixed as all we needed was conventions in similar documentaries.

Analysis of similar products - Philip Costin

Killing Screens Analysis

Our Proposal

Documentary name ideas & Chosen name - Jonathan Wade

Documentary names on PhotoPeach

The purpose of this task was to discuss how we decided on the documentary name 'my cell friend', it shows the process of choosing the right name for the audience. This information will be used in the documentary as the title of it is the one that was discussed in detail through the use of the audio clip. This will also effect further posts on the blog as we refer to the chosen documentary name on a regular basis.

Our Target Audience - Philip Costin

Our Target Audience

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Channel Research - Jonathan Wade

 We completed this task as we had to decide what channel would be the best to publish our documentary on. We will be using our results to come to a final decision on what channel we are going to be linked with and then this will be used to complete a proposal. With the final decision we will complete an editing style suitable to the channel. Through this tasks my understand of codes and conventions have developed, I have learnt the typical style of documentary is a mixed one. The target audience for this task was 15-30 as we are aiming to achieve a modern style of documentary.

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