Skip to main content

Preliminary exercise: TV documentary interview

 1) State the topic you have chosen for your TV documentary.


My TV documentary will be about Motorsports, specifically about Formula 1 and it's history and the future.


2) Choose at least three TV documentaries similar to your concept and watch a clip or more from each. Make bullet-point notes on everything you watch, commenting on camerawork, editing, sound and mise-en-scene.


Formula 1: Drive to Survive

    • They include a perfect example of interviewing people
    • Great lighting and camera shots helps to communicate to the viewers what is going on

Senna

    • Using previous and old clips to edit them together to give a narrative and meaning
    • Non-digetic sound important to use to show the impact
    • Perfect example of editing

Schumacher

    • Using voiceovers and sound bridges is perefect in this documentary

3) Plan your interview: name of person being interviewed, filming location etc.


Person being interviewed:

  • Jarno Opmeer (F1 2020 Esports champion) for Mercedes-AMG Petronas e sports team
  • If Jarno is not available, will be interviewing other league race drivers or if available other esports driver from the same championship
  • F1 Fans
Location:
  • Will be recorded and shot online through discord 
  • A well lit room


4) Write a list of questions to ask your interviewee. 


  1. Opinions on F1 current state
  2. What do expect for the future of  F1


5) Write a script for your TV documentary. You can find an example documentary script opening here.




6) Write a shot list containing EVERY shot you plan to film AND additional shots to create flexibility when editing (these are often called 'cutaways'). These additional shots are often close-ups, alternative angles or shots of your interviewee doing something related to the topic. I advise using a simple table on Microsoft Word to set out your shot list - you can find an example here (this is from narrative filmmaking but the same format can be used for documentary). 




7) Plan your mise-en-scene: what iconography are you including to ensure your audience understands your topic and gets to know your interviewee? Plan your interview location, costume, make-up, props, lighting and setting. 



8) Plan a shooting schedule that will ensure everything is filmed by the deadline. Include when, where, who is required, planned equipment and any other aspects you need to arrange. 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Documentary Rough Cut

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1gyg0j9CIM
Post a Comment
Read more

Lighting

 L ightning 1) In this image we can analyse two uses of lighting. They use low-key lighting to light up one side of the face but a high-key light to give more light on the other side of her face.    Low-Key lighting, Shadows exposes facial structure and expression, filler light to focus on the prop ( ciggerate on her hand). Low-key lighting with strong shadows to expose the facial structure, highlights props. Low-key lighting, strong shadows, light on the gun to make the audience focus on it, high-key lighting, shining from left side to give a shadow,  low-key lighting, key lighting from the window, More shadow on the girl, lighting depics a sad narrative due to where the shadow is located. High.key lighting, Makes strong shadows to make the character non-reconizable, Sugguest menacing prescence.  low-key lighting, strong shadow, depics character persona, dark narrative due to the strong shadow. high key lighting, backlight britter then filler light, costume, de...
Post a Comment
Read more

Coursework: Print brief research and planning

BLOG LINK  Research and planning 1) Research TV marketing poster key conventions. Find at least five examples of posters promoting a TV documentary or similar show. 2) Look at this poster campaign for the BBC3 documentary series 'Not Sorry For Being Me'. How does the campaign use design elements to create a brand for the show?  Some design element can be noted. The use of a portrait of the person with the text attached to it is the main catching point. It expresses the main story of this campaign. Another element is the information represented in this production. A hashtag and info on where you can view it helps redirect people to watch it. 3) Now look for examples of marketing material for documentaries on your chosen subject or something similar (do a Google Image search for documentaries in your chosen area e.g. mental health or sports documentary).  Planning Sketching 1) Plan the marketing strategy and main focus of each of your posters. For example: Poster 1: focus o...
Post a Comment
Read more