interview questions - unit 41

• So what is it exactly that you do for a living?
• Is this what you've always wanted to do for a living? What did you want to be when you were younger?
• Have you got any role models or inspirational people that help you to get inspiration with your work?
• What made you choose this line of work?
• What did you do before you got into advertising?
• What changes have you seen in the industry?
• What is your biggest achievement? 
• Have you got any favourite pieces of work that you've done?
• Is there any work that we may have seen around Cambridge or in the newspapers?
• What is it like working from home?
• What kind of things have you produced from paid work?
• What inspires you to do these sculptures in your spare time?
• Is there anything that you're currently working on?
• What are your plans for the future? Is there anything new you're planning on making in you're free time? 
• What is the most challenging thing that you've had to do?

script draft - unit 11

Planning your production - unit 41

Planning your production 

       

Equipment needed

Equipment:

• DLSR Camera - 36 GB memory card
• Battery 
• Battery charger 
• memory stick
• Tripod
• shoulder mount
• Go Pole mount
• Camera light
• Boom Pole
• Microphone
• Rhode microphone
• Dead cat wind protector

Paperwork:

• Script first draft
• Shot list 
• Shooting schedule
• List of Questions
• Permission to film paperwork

The Pitch - unit 41

Research Tasks:

• find out if we can interview the subject (a member in my group already has and Wesley is happy to have the documentary done and talk about his work.) 
• Find out what days and times he is able to be interviewed. 
• Discuss what equipment is need ad where we can get it from.
• Do test shots with the camera (Handheld, shoulder mount, tripod etc..) and test out the boom mic.
• Ask if the subject has any archive footage of themselves when he was younger (To do with their work - archive footage of Wesley                                                                         working as a child.)                                                                                                                    

The working Title will be : Behind the doors of Wesley West.

Genre: Non - fictional comedy.

Target Audience: The target audience would be art house viewers as they're more varied in the films they watch and are therefore more likely to go and see short independent films and documentaries. They also tend to be more supportive of the arts so will take a greater interest
in the film due to the artistic theme featured in it.

Long Line: This documentary is about a local inventor and creator and his background story of his life and work. 

Synopsis: This Documentary is based around an inventor and an advertiser named Wesley West. We would film him and his home where all the magic happens. We would show his work and inventions ranging from Double Decker buses with balcony's to Metal sculptures of animal and objects. 

annotated screenplay - unit 11

Sherlock Screen play - Script

Sound & Camera:

This is 3 scans of a screen play script that we looked at and diagnosed. We looked at the Sound and Camera work used in this script and separated them into different sections.

- Sound
- Camera

My Idea - My Pitch - unit 41

This is my idea of a pitch for a documentary based around a friend of mine called Alice struggling with the condition of Spina Bifida and how she's faced problems in her life and got past obstacles and barriers such as walking.

Documentary watched with Tom - unit 41

Documentaries watched with Tom

On the right is a picture representation of the documentary we watched with Tom. This is called Inside the Mind of Colin Furze.

With this documentary we were looking at the story, narrative and agency in the documentary.

On the left is a picture representation of the documentary called "when loud music turned deadly.

   

Documentary summary - unit 11

Documentary watched - unit 41

This is a documentary we watched with Barney. It is called 'Stories we tell' and is about a family who's mother had an affair and as a result one of the children finds out that one  of the daughters - Sarah Polley finds out the father who has looked after her all her life is not her real father.

6 Ideas - unit 11

IDEAS:

• A Story from your local paper:  Motorcycle accident? Horses spotted wandering free near railway crossing in Milton. 

• A person you know: Alice Rush. Spina Bifida, a documentary about how Alice has dealt with her disease and he everyday life. 

• Investigation into something you are interested in: Cambridge Canoeing: Canoeing, being a member of the cambridge canoeing club. Shots of me and my family canoeing. 

• A place: Thailand. Thailands tourism and economy. The way the locals live and their everyday life.  Green screen - videos of thailand. Black and white videos and photos. 

          Fulbourn windmill: the upkeep of the windmill and its history. black and white photos of what 

          it used to look like and what it looks like now days.

• An issue: Water Aid. Water shortage in Africa. Green screen - videos of children in Africa. Images aswell.

• Autobiographical: My life - what I've done in my life. My families life. What we've all been through. Perhaps a documentary on my grandmother.  reminiscing about her life. Her interests and her hobbies.

                  

Documentary Watched - unit 41

Title: Senna                                  
Director: Asif Kapadia                           
Year of Release: 2010

Based in 1978, Monaco archive footage and interviews are used to create effect of the real life of Ayrton Senna. The racing life of Senna started in 1984 and ended in 1994. Talking heads and full shots are both used in the interviews and subtitles are played throughout the documentary.

Music: Background and sports commentators speaking; sounds of racing cars are used to show the speed at which the racing cars are going.

No silence is shown at the point in which Senna is racing. This gives us the feeling of there not being time to hesitate but only to make quick, rational decisions.

 Background noise gets muted when Ayrton goes for important interviews to show the importance and meaning of his career and his feelings in his voice. Soft, subtle music is also played at certain times in the documentary to bring emotions to the viewer.

Beginning: Ayrton is shown competing and being interviewed by a number of different people. He is shown talking but also his family and his coach are shown talking about their views on his racing career and their opinions on how good he is. Close up shots of the frustration on Sennas face when the racing gets stressful.

Middle: Confrontation and stress is shown in the middle of the documentary/ conflict. Interviews are shown between Senna and interviewees to show Sennas career
                                                                                                       in the past few months.

End: Ayrton Senna is close to retiring in 1994 from racing. Long Shots and talking head shots are used at the end to show Sennas face expressions and feelings towards his retirement.

29th Apil 1994:  Feelings of Agitation, Annoyance and Frustration are also shown being felt by Senna.
1st May 1994:  Belogna, Italy Ayrton dies in a car crash aged 34.

Sad music is played to shown the feeling of the peoples reaction to his death. Gives us our own feeling towards his death. Visuals are also shown of people crying as he arrives in the Coffin.