Production Diary
I have been tasked with creating a short documentary on a subject of my choosing. For this I will; document the idea generation process, create a schedule and speak with people who have some knowledge on the subject.
Generating Ideas
Directing
Hollywood vs Independent
London Riots
Film Industy
Music
I have chosen to make my documentary about the London riots, I did this after comparing the pros and cons of each of my individual ideas and decided that despite not knowing anyone who had any involvement in either side of the riots it will make the most interesting topic from the list.
Schedule
25/2/2015
Planning and research, combine research into a single document and create a schedule
26/2/2015
Complete preparation work for task one
Homework:
Finding and conducting primary research interviews with people who may be in the documentary and write a synopsis.
2/3/2015
finish task one, begin pre-production for filming (risk assessment, equipment list, booking and contacts list), gather all media resources needed.
4/3/2015
complete show bible (genre chosen, idea development, synopsis, research, legal considerations, pre-production planning)
Week Two Homework:
Shoot interviews and other footage
11/3/2015
post-production and additional homework time
Week Two Homework:
Complete task two
Production of my documentary has now been completed.
Evaluation
Production of documentary went off schedule and took much longer to make than I had initially, because of the time constraints created by this delay I was unable to find anyone to interview on the topic I chose. I also decided that it would be better to use footage and images from the riots as opposed to footage as the riots had already finished and there would be nothing related to film. This meant that the documentary was comprised entirely of images, videos and a voice over I had recorded. If I was to do this assignment again I would make sure that I would not complete it behind schedule so that I was not constrained by time and would have the time to find a suitable person to interview and footage to use. I would perhaps also choose a different topic, such as directing or Hollywood vs independent, this is because I am able to contact people already who have good knowledge in this suject
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