Final Documentary

Production Log: Week 4

This week I finished all my voice overs and the editing of my documentary.
The most difficult part of this week was that I had to re-film smoe parts of the peices to camera as well as re-record some of the voice overs as they were unclear and I had some new information to add.
I made sure this was done and then re-edited my documentary to include the new footage, I also took some advise to edit some of the interviews and cut them down as they were too long. I also finished cutting and editing the montages so that I matched up some of the cuts to the beat of the music and where nothing exciting was really happening this helped to shorten down my documentary to under 7 minutes. I then uploaded my final documentary to YouTube.

Production Log: Week 3

During this week I began editing the raw footage from the interviews and filmed a couple peices to camera, I had originally planned to do the voice overs aswell this week but decided to wait as I was still finding the relevant information to use.
My main difficulty was editing the interviews and peice to camera footage without knowing the exatct placement of the voice overs. i overcame this by finding the right information and doing them in the later half of the week. I was then able to see how long they were and how much archive and actuality footage I would need.
Next week I hope to finish the editing all of the footage and voice overs.

Production Log: Week 2

This week I arranged a time and place to film all of the interviews with each person. Unfortunately 2 of the interviewees had to reschedule resulting in me having to film all three of them in one night. Although this was hard work I would rather the hard work than not have the interviews I wanted. As all three were filmed on the same day it meant that I then had nothing to film for the rest of the week so I spent that time catching up on some of the blog work and uploading my footage to the Mac. I had scheduled to film a piece to camera over the weekend but was unable to do this due to family commitments.
The most difficult part of the week was defiantly having to film the 3 interviews on the same night but I got around this by carefully arranging the times for each interview, some of which had to be late but the interviewees were accommodating as they were the ones who had needed to reschedule.

Call Sheets

Production Schedule

Crew List

Budget

Final Contact List

Risk Assessments

Production Log - Week 1

This week I spent a lot of time trying to find people relevant to my topic but who were close enough so that going to film an interview that was logistically plausible for me. Also There were some instances where my contacts took too long to reply and so i was forced to search elswhere, like the Hemel Hempstead Snow Centre.

I set up two interviews for the following week and continued with the Pre Production planning such as risk assesments, interview scripts and  location recee's.

The challenges I faced this week were getting confirmation from contacts for interviews and finding rerplacments that were logistically possible for my time frame and budget.
By next week I hope to have got at least one more confirmed interview and started filming. I will also conclude any outstanding pre-production paperwork.

Location Reccies

Hemel Hempstead Snow Centre
Phone No. +44(0)8452 589 000
Email: email@thesnowcentre.com
Directions:First take a train to Stratford station then get the undergroung to Finchley station, walk to the bus stop and then get a bus to Adeyfield and proceed to walk to the Snow Centre.

 

2) Liz's house
Phone No. 01277202798
In order to get to Liz's house I will have to get a train to Brentwood station and then get a 10 minute bus towards her house which is just a short walk from the bus stop. As this is quite a long journey to a place I'm not very familiar with I will have to make sure I get off the train and bus at the right stops.

3) Snow+Rock
Email: manager.romford@snowandrock
Phone No. 01708436400
Directions: The journey to Snow+Rock will take about 15 minutes depending on traffic. I will have to walk to the bus stop and get the 86 to Romford station, the store is then just a 5 minute walk. I will have to make sure that I have or can see the equipment at all times.

4) John's house
Phone No. 07968891682

Directions: I will have to get the overground train to Liverpool Street and then walkthe short distance to Buxton Street.

 

My Narrative Arc

Section 1
Introduction
'What' A voice over introducing the subject of the documentary
'Where' Footage of people skiing with/without helmets
'Who' Me or a presenter doing the voice over
'Duration' 20 seconds

Section 2
An explanation of the current laws in place across ski resorts around the world
'What' presenter on camera explaining in detail some of the current laws enforced at different ski resorts
'Where' N/A
 'Who' Me
'Duration' 20 seconds

Section 3
Actuality footage of people skiing/boarding + voice over
'What' Section of footage of people skiing/boarding with & without helmets in Banff, Canada along with a voice over of the current and possible changes to the laws
'Where' N/A
 'Who' Voice over (presenter)
'Duration' 25 seconds

Section 4
1st Interview with Parent of young skier
'What' An interview with a parent discussing their views on the importance of helmets when skiing and her opinion
'Where' Her house
'Who' Me & Liz (parent)
'Duration' 40 minute 

Section 5
Interview with Experienced skier
'What'  Interview with a experienced skier discussing their views on the importance of helmets when skiing and his accident
'Where' His home
'Who' Me & John (Skier)
'Duration' 35 seconds

Section 6

Cutaway skiing footage + voice over of some helmet statistics
'What' A short section of cutaway footage of skiing accidents acompanied by a voice over of some statistics
'Where' N/A
 'Who' Voice over (presenter)
'Duration' 20 seconds

Section 7
Interview with Equipment Manager (Snow&Rock)
'What' An interview with the equipment manager from snow + rock explaining the importance of helmets when skiing, how they work and different designs
'Where' Snow + Rock (romford)
'Who' Me & Neil (equipment manager)
'Duration' 1 minute

Section 8
Vox pops
'What' Vox pops of people answering if they wear helmets + do they agree it should be mandatory
'Where' N/A
 'Who' Public
'Duration' 30 seconds

Section 9
Footage of X Games + voice over
'What' Talk about the influence of professionals wearing & indorcing safety equipment on young people
'Where' N/A
 'Who' Voice over (presenter)
'Duration' 30 seconds

Section 10
Peice to camera
'What' a short peice to camera about
'Where' Snow + Rock
 'Who' Neil
'Duration' 40 seconds

Section 11
Interview with Mr. Elia
'What' A short interview with Mr Elia about the use of helmets on school ski trips
'Where' In school
 'Who' Mr Elia
'Duration' 30 Seconds

Section 12
Conclusion
'What' Piece to camera summarising the documentary
'Where' N/A
'Who' Me (presenter)
'Duration' 20 seconds