Production
Filming:
Day One:
7th February 2020
Today I filmed an interview with Pauline Drew and got some footage for B roll.
I'm confidant of how my footage looks because of my previous footage always having slight problems with how it looks I took extra time ensuring that it was in focus and the lighting was good. The only problem is I felt as if my interviewee was slightly nervous and didn't always explain her ideas. However I still feel as though I got lot's of useful information and footage also looking back at the footage I discovered that the audio is quieter than I would have liked.
Day Two:
28th February 2020
Today I filmed Jade Barrett in an interview and also her baby Audrey.
I was able to get lots of B roll for my documentary because of Jade having lots of essential baby stuff such as a cot, a pram and a nappy changing station. My footage looks good I took time to make sure that the lighting was good. However in my interview I would have preferred a better background instead I choose where the lighting was better.
Today I filmed Jade Barrett in an interview and also her baby Audrey.
I was able to get lots of B roll for my documentary because of Jade having lots of essential baby stuff such as a cot, a pram and a nappy changing station. My footage looks good I took time to make sure that the lighting was good. However in my interview I would have preferred a better background instead I choose where the lighting was better.
Day Three:
29th February 2020
I interviewed Sadie Knowles and gathered some B roll.
My interview went very well Sadie gave me lots of interesting answers and she was also helpful in getting some photo albums out for me to film. Again with this interview I choose where to film it based more on lighting than what made a good background.
My interview went very well Sadie gave me lots of interesting answers and she was also helpful in getting some photo albums out for me to film. Again with this interview I choose where to film it based more on lighting than what made a good background.
Editing:
For my first edit I started by cutting my interview into sub clips by putting my in and out points onto the clip right clicking and selecting make sub clip. Then to help with organisation I named my clips after what my subject is talking about.
After collecting all my footage I realised I needed to start over because I wanted to filter all the footage together also I had recorded my voice over which needed to be added.
So i started again after sub clipping all my footage I made my introduction.
After adding my voice over I used footage I had captured for cut away's which allows the audience to understand the context of the documentary in a short amount of time. This took time because I had to find clips that worked with the voice over but also footage that I probably wouldn't need through out the rest of the documentary.
I decided to start with all the footage from my interviews and work out a story to start with I struggled trying to make sense of all my footage. I moved forward by connecting subjects and found a lot of talking points by re playing my full length interviews. However when I had a brain wave of cut away's that would work with interviews I added them.
I also added graphics to my footage which is the first time I have done so. I achieved this by placing my time stamp on the footage I wanted the text to cover. Then I selected the text box from the tool box and wrote in what I wanted.
Feedback:
After finishing a rough cut of my documentary I received feed back from my tutor. It was mainly positive however he commented on some jump cuts which I had notice however I found that I couldn't make the clips flow together but I wanted to use them. I considered adding a cut away over this cut however I couldn't find any footage that worked so I made the decision to leave it in. Also he mentioned adding graphics saying how long each interviewee has been a Mother which I agreed would add more context so I added them. Furthermore he said some cut away's should be left slightly longer to allow the audience to properly view them.
After collecting all my footage I realised I needed to start over because I wanted to filter all the footage together also I had recorded my voice over which needed to be added.
So i started again after sub clipping all my footage I made my introduction.
After adding my voice over I used footage I had captured for cut away's which allows the audience to understand the context of the documentary in a short amount of time. This took time because I had to find clips that worked with the voice over but also footage that I probably wouldn't need through out the rest of the documentary.
I decided to start with all the footage from my interviews and work out a story to start with I struggled trying to make sense of all my footage. I moved forward by connecting subjects and found a lot of talking points by re playing my full length interviews. However when I had a brain wave of cut away's that would work with interviews I added them.
I also added graphics to my footage which is the first time I have done so. I achieved this by placing my time stamp on the footage I wanted the text to cover. Then I selected the text box from the tool box and wrote in what I wanted.
Feedback:
After finishing a rough cut of my documentary I received feed back from my tutor. It was mainly positive however he commented on some jump cuts which I had notice however I found that I couldn't make the clips flow together but I wanted to use them. I considered adding a cut away over this cut however I couldn't find any footage that worked so I made the decision to leave it in. Also he mentioned adding graphics saying how long each interviewee has been a Mother which I agreed would add more context so I added them. Furthermore he said some cut away's should be left slightly longer to allow the audience to properly view them.
Final Product:
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