I feel that this project went well at the start, my team and I were communicating well and getting all the pre production work complete, we also started to contact everyone that needed to be contacted via email when we figured out our idea. A few people did get back to us however more of the more important companies like the boat companies that we needed a reply from never got back to us.
When our first idea didnt work out we all stopped communicating as much, this was not the right thing, but eventually we came up with another idea and slowly started to communicate better.
I feel that this project could have gone a lot better, I know I could have and should have communicated with my team more than I did. I feel that some of the problems that occurred was because I never communicated with them that much.
When we finally did start filming our idea after talking properly about it, everything started to go a little better, there were days when we were filming that could have gone better, however on the last day we were able to get what we wanted.
If I coulf redo this project again I would make sure that I communicate better and work on my time keeping, I would also come to more of the workshops so that I had all the knowledge that I needed to complete this unit.
Friday, 6 May 2016
Thursday, 5 May 2016
Documentary: Consent form & Script
This is the first script that we wrote for our first idea, I however do not have a copy of the script for our final production, the ideas are still very similar however. Also attached to this is the consent form that I made sure to receive from Allison who was our expert and presenter. I made sure to get the consent form to prove that she allowed us to film her for our documentary and did not film her without her permission. I also did this with a few of the volunteer, but they however did not mind us filming them working as long as we did not get in the way of their work.
Documentary: Screenshot research and planning
This is just a few screen shots of some of the research and planning that we did as a group before any filming, during our pre production stage of the unit. The majority of this research is for the first idea that we came up with as we thought that we would be sticking with that particular idea before we had to change things up last minute.
We had done quite a bit of research when starting this project for our first idea, we had all the planning mapped out, ready to film when we got the emails back that we needed. However when it came closer to filming we found that we had to change our idea as we were running out of time and had not heard back from some of the companies that we contacted.
Documentary: Planet Earth
Planet Earth is a documentary that ran in 2006 for 1 season with only 11 episodes. Each 50 minute episode features a global overview of different biome or habitat on Earth, usually consisting of, Polar, Mountains, Caves, Fresh Water, Seas, Oceans and forests, it is then followed by a 10 minute feature which takes the audience behind the scenes look at the challenges that the cast came across while filming that particular episode.
Planet Earth was produced by the BBC Natural History Unit, it was 5 years in the making and was one of the most expensive nature documentary series that was ever commissioned by the BBC and was also the first to be filmed in high definition. The show first premiered on 5th March 2006 in the UK on BBC 1 and had been shown in over 130 countries by June 2007.
The producer and director of the show was Alastair Fothergill, he is a British producer of nature documentaries for television and cinema.
From watching a couple of the episodes of this documentary I can see that it does not relate to my groups documentary idea in any way, the programme is a nature documentary, however the two plots are very different. Our documentary is very basic compared to this one which is quite understandable considering that we were given a 10 minute time slot and this programme had an hour.
Planet Earth was produced by the BBC Natural History Unit, it was 5 years in the making and was one of the most expensive nature documentary series that was ever commissioned by the BBC and was also the first to be filmed in high definition. The show first premiered on 5th March 2006 in the UK on BBC 1 and had been shown in over 130 countries by June 2007.
The producer and director of the show was Alastair Fothergill, he is a British producer of nature documentaries for television and cinema.
From watching a couple of the episodes of this documentary I can see that it does not relate to my groups documentary idea in any way, the programme is a nature documentary, however the two plots are very different. Our documentary is very basic compared to this one which is quite understandable considering that we were given a 10 minute time slot and this programme had an hour.
Monday, 2 May 2016
Documentary: Shoot Day
When it came to shoot day we first decided that we would walk the Medway Smile, we started off in Maidstone and started to make our way to Rochester. We took the public path along the river hoping to get some shots of the wildlife and nature around the banks of the river, however, we never came across much that we could use in the time we walked. We did not get much from this shoot so we decided on plan B.
After the first day of shooting, we found a place called Kent Wildlife Trust, they are a company based in Maidstone that work with volunteers, they aim to work with people at all levels to bring about a renaissance of the natural heritage through the local and national programme of a living landscape and living seas.
The first day shooting with them we were only able to shoot around where they are based and the sites they have to offer, we were given permission to film on site, this included any nature and wildlife that was around. We managed to film quite a bit on this day, being able to film around the site was an interesting experience and taught me a lot about what they really do there.
The second day we filmed with them was where we got the main concept of what we really needed. We were given the opportunity to go out with one of the experts from the trust and a few volunteers, we were given permission to film them working on fixing up the fence and to film around the area a little and to explore around by ourselves filming what we thought interesting. We were also able to get an interview from the expert and she told about what the volunteers were doing and what the Kent Wildlife Trust does as an actual company.
After the first day of shooting, we found a place called Kent Wildlife Trust, they are a company based in Maidstone that work with volunteers, they aim to work with people at all levels to bring about a renaissance of the natural heritage through the local and national programme of a living landscape and living seas.
The first day shooting with them we were only able to shoot around where they are based and the sites they have to offer, we were given permission to film on site, this included any nature and wildlife that was around. We managed to film quite a bit on this day, being able to film around the site was an interesting experience and taught me a lot about what they really do there.
The second day we filmed with them was where we got the main concept of what we really needed. We were given the opportunity to go out with one of the experts from the trust and a few volunteers, we were given permission to film them working on fixing up the fence and to film around the area a little and to explore around by ourselves filming what we thought interesting. We were also able to get an interview from the expert and she told about what the volunteers were doing and what the Kent Wildlife Trust does as an actual company.
Documentary: Channel Eden
Within this unit, we have to make a 10 minute documentary on doorstep wildlife and nature for the channel Eden, the channel airs many shows about wildlife and nature so we have to create a documentary that fits in with this channel. However, the channel also airs shows that are more scientific.
Many shows that air on this channel typically have presenters, in our documentary we have chosen to not really have a presenter but we will have an expert that we will be able to interview during filming. The expert will give us all the information that will be needed, so in a way the expert does work as a presenter.
The time slot that our documentary would air on the channel would be 8.00pm, I looked deeper into what aired around that time on the channel and I found that more nature and wildlife programmes are played around this time so the documentary that we have to make would fit in well with the chosen time slot.
Many shows that air on this channel typically have presenters, in our documentary we have chosen to not really have a presenter but we will have an expert that we will be able to interview during filming. The expert will give us all the information that will be needed, so in a way the expert does work as a presenter.
The time slot that our documentary would air on the channel would be 8.00pm, I looked deeper into what aired around that time on the channel and I found that more nature and wildlife programmes are played around this time so the documentary that we have to make would fit in well with the chosen time slot.
Editing Workshop
From this workshop I learned a lot, I learned so many new skills when coming to editing, beforehand I did not feel confident in myself when I thought of editing our group documentary, however, after this workshop I do feel more confident in myself, it has shown me some new styles that I could possibly use.
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