02/02/16
This is the calendar on my phone showing me the dates in which i am meeting up with the other director to edit and create our final piece. These are dates that we both have off i will will be visiting his house to edit. We hope to have completed a draft of our final edit by Wednesday the 10th of February.
03/03/16
This was a practise time lapse that I took when on the journey back from Hereford. This was to get practise on taking them for when I include a time lapse in my actual documentary. I believe that this went quite well and i like the way you see it get further into the evening. To do this I placed my phone on the front window in the car and balanced in there on a time lapse.
23/01/16
Today me and my project partner visited Hereford again to go to the RNC to film some more blind football and film a couple more interviews. This day has had much planning for as you may have seen from other blog posts. It was a very successful day in which we got lots of new content in which will add what was missing before to help make it the perfect documentary. During the day I took photos of what i was doing and my partner also took photos of me whilst filming and doing some work. Here are some of the photo of the day:
We also got some time lapse of the journeys as practise which i hope to upload in the coming days.
21/01/16
This is the story board for my main task with the exact times for how long they will be on for as well. I created through final cut pro and i did it by putting placeholders in with text saying what the shot is of. I hope that when it comes to creating the actual thing i can just put the clips in over the placeholders.
21/01/16
As i am visiting the RNC on Saturday the 23rd i have created a list of emotive questions that i plan to ask when i am up there. From these i hope to create an emotional atmosphere that can really attract the audience and hope that it anchors the rest of the documentary. Here is the list of 10 questions i may use:
These questions will hopefully bring out the emotional side to the interviewee, which is something we missed last time we went up there. I believe that the emotional questions will make the documentary a lot more powerful.
19/01/16
| Football match |
| Montage of gameplay (action shot) (2s)
Montage of gameplay (action shot) (4s)
Montage of gameplay (action shot) (3s)
Montage of gameplay (action shot) (3s)
Go pro 1 (action shot) (1s)
Go pro 2 (action shot) (1s)
Go pro 3 (action shot) (1s)
Footballers playing (Time-lapse) (High angle) (10s) – Take a 30 second video of the game in play, then fast forward x3. |
| Changing room shots |
| Boots middle close-up (MCU) (3s) – Of one blind footballers shoes
Shirt (tight frame) (3s) – Back of a blind footballers shirt
Blindfold (CU) (3s) – Of the blindfold |
| ‘Social’/other shots |
| Shots/home pictures of interviewee with him and his friends (further 13s)
Lads running out (LS) (3s) – The team exiting the changing room, make sure the audio is present, boots on floor, “come on lads”
Head shots (MCU) (1s) of as many players as possible -10 minimum – SAME FRAME
Establishing shot (ES) (5s) – of the RNC pitch |
| Manager interview |
| Manager talking about main character (golden mean, MS) (7s)
Gameplay of manager while he is talking (18s) (Action shot/LS) Introduce new character; ask “What has blind football done for you?” (Golden mean, MS) (8s)
Brief interview from character (golden mean/MS) “It has given me…” (5s) |
| James Watkins interview |
| James Watkins talking about second character (MS/golden mean) (7s)
James Watkins visuals with players (LS) (23s)
Brief interview from character (golden mean/MS) “It has given me…” (5s) |
| Young blind footballer interview |
| Young new character “have you always been blind?” or if not “how did you become blind?” (MS/golden mean) (7s)
Variety of gameplay of young character (LS/action shot) (9s)
Before end of interview refer back to (MS) of the character speaking
Brief interview from character (golden mean/MS) “It has given me…” (5s) |
| Blind footballer 2 interview |
| Second character (blind footballer) “What has blind football done for you?” (MS/golden mean) (14s)
Various visuals of him playing (LS/Action shot) (14s)
Brief interview from character (golden mean/MS) “It has given me…” (5s)
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| Staff member interview |
| Third character (staff member) “what’s it like working with the blind?” (MS/golden mean) (14s)
Brief interview from character (golden mean/MS) “It has given me…” (5s) |
| Main character (blind footballer) interview |
| Main character (golden mean) – “Were you born blind?” “If not how did you become blind?”
Variety of gameplay over the sound of interviewee (action shot) (12s)
Brief interview from character (golden mean/MS) “It has given me…” (5s) |
This is a shot list in which I hope to follow when I am creating my final piece. This list gives detail into what type of shots i will be taking and how long the shots will last for. It also characterises all the shots into what scene they are used and what sort of shot.
13/01/16
I had to come up with a name for my documentary. I found this quite tough because i didn’t want a name that was too cheesy but i wanted a name that would stand out and is a bit different and one that doesn’t give away the whole story to what the documentary is about. I came up with ten different names that were up for contention. Here is the list:
I then decided within my class to take a vote on which people thought were their top three favourite names. Three being their favourite and one the last in their top three. I then added them up and the one with the highest score was “Minds Eye”. This is now the name of my documentary.
17/11/15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxQlGh-pJM8
This was my first test shot for my interviews. For this one I decided to use a selective focus, meaning the shot will start out of focus and then just before the interviewee starts talking it focuses onto him. I believe that mine went quite well because the out of focus to in focus was smooth and no jagged movements. There were also no random movements throughout the whole interview and it all flowed well.
03/11/15
This is an equipment list that I created in planning for Saturday the 24th October. This was a list of everything I needed for my filming day in Hereford. It was created so that I do not forget anything.
23/10/15
On Saturday the 24th of October I am going up to Hereford to film my main piece. On this day I am visiting the Royal College for the Blind. There will be football matches going on in which we will be filming action of the game play from. I will also be interviewing some of the players. One of those players will be the England nation football team for the blind captain. He has a very inspiring story behind him, and will be a massive bonus to my documentary because he was not born blind, which is a story i can delve into to help make the documentary a lot more deep and emotional to watch. I will also be interviewing an FA representative and ask him how blind football has helped in the community for the blind and how it is a growing sport for blind people. This is a one time opportunity and I hope that everything goes to plan.
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