Documentary

Production Log 6

During the time from the last production log till this production log a lot of significant events had taken place. From the sunday to this thursday a lot of work had been done. On the monday I came back to school during my free periods, the reason for this was to film some more school shots, the school shots which we filmed were some more vox pops with students, and we also filmed two more interviews. One of the interviews was with Ms Oguntayo who is a parent, the reason we interviewed her was because it was important to have someone who has children and their view on if their children should use social media or not. This interview was done relatively shortly as she gave quick but correct answers. The second interview was done with a student who is named Aarun, this was a person who is a social media addict, it was important to have an addict on the documentary as the audience could see how much social media has effected him. We asked questions such as how much time he spends on social media daily and the answer we received was startling as he said he spends 10 hours on social media daily, we also asked more questions such as what he would do if social media was taken away from him and as he's an addict he said that he wouldn't be able to live without it. We filmed many cutaways also during this interview as we showed him using social media on a computer and his phone.
I also had a phone interview, this phone interview was with a social media expert who is named Kevin Poulter, we recorded this phone interview from a recorder so that I could put it in the documentary. As I was completing the production I was also coming into lessons to edit the filming which I had completed. I didn't really face any problems during this last week of the production log as all of the work was finished on time.

Production Log 5

During the time from the last production log till this present date, significant events have yet again been made. The events were made from the thursday to this sunday. In the last production I had noted down that I had done some filming which were the park scenes. From that day I have done some more filming. The shots which I did were doing some more park shots and school shots. Some of the shots took quite long to fulfil as one of the shots in the park wasn't done correctly the first few times because there was a lot of wind in the background which effected hearing the presenter talk. I also had to re-film a shot of the presenter talking about a statistic because the camera was a little bit bent because it was on the grass which caused it to be slanted. As I re-filmed these shots correctly I then had to go to school and film some school shots. The shots which I had to film at school were an interview and vox pops. The interview that was dine was with Mr Rumble who is a psychology teacher at Chadwell Heath. The reason we interviewed him was to see his opinion on how he thinks social media effects teenagers, we asked him a series of questions which was help get more answers, for example we asked what age range he believes uses social media the most and also how he thinks social media effects teenagers psychologically and we asked more questions too. The answers and reasons which we received from him were very good and helped validate the reasons. The vox pops which we did were with school students as w wanted to see if their parents allowed them to use social media or not and if they didn't allow them then what reasons they had. I also started editing the footage which I had filmed in the past week, there was a lot of footage to edit so we got on with that during lessons and I was out filming when lessons weren't on. I ended up editing about 50% of the production. The problems which we had were getting to arrange a meeting with Mr Rumble as he was too busy on most of the days which were planning on filming him. By the next production log I am aiming on finishing the whole of the filming.

Production Log 4

During the time from the last production log till this present date, significant events have taken place. I had started fulfilling my filming for my social media documentary. This was from Sunday to the present thursday. As all of my pre production paperwork was completed I started on the filming for the documentary as everything was planned out. On the Monday I started my filming, I started off with filming in the park as they were the first scenes which were supposed to be shot in the documentary. These shots were consisting of scenery shots and shots of the presenter talking. The first shot was of the presenter talking to the camera explaining who he was and what this specific documentary was going to be based on. The next few shots were based on facts, in these three shots the presenter provided some facts on social media and how it effects teenagers and provided statistics. We got these shots done as the last time when we were going to film the procedure got delayed due to rain. The next few shots which we completed were scenery shots of the park including the basketball court, playing area and skating area. The next day we came back to the park to film another shot which was of the presenter explaining why he was at the park as it was for an experiment. We didn't necessarily face any big problems during this time. By the next production log I aim on getting about 40% of the production completed.

Production Log 3

During the time period from last Thursday to this Sunday, I have finished some aspects of work. I made improvements to my location recee as I added a new location which was a park. The reason I added a park to the documentary was to ensure that the documentary will look pleasant and appealing to the audience and in a good location instead of just dull and boring locations such as an office or a room where you can't get much done and doesn't look as appealing. The park will be used for some scenery shots and also for some shots where the presenter talks and explains what is going on. I also in this time updated my production schedule as I added more information to the boxes of when I am planning to film, I added if I was going to be filming and where, for example I wrote on Saturday 14th 'On this day I will be starting my filming the shots will be filmed in the park where scenery shots and the presenter talking'. Some challenges which we faced were on the filming days as on one of the days it was raining throughout the time which we were meant to film in the morning so we had to delay the filming by a little while. By my next production schedule I aim on getting some filming done.

Production Log 2

During this time I have done a few things. Since my last production log I have started to make graphics on the imacs which the school provides. The graphics which I have made are some of the interviewees names, I have chosen a special font for the interviewee and below their name it will say the job which they do, for example I had Kevin Poulter, then below this name I had in brackets (Social Media Specialist) implying that this is the specific job which they have. For the interviewees name I tried to make the content look very appealing, I tried to use social media logos for some of the interviewees characters in their names, for example I used the Twitter 'T' logo for the T in Poulters name and I used the Pinterest logo for the 'P'. I also made the opening title for the documentary. For my next production log I will have hoped to have done some filming as I need to make my introduction for the documentary and I need to get the interviews done with the two psychologists.

Production Log 1

During this week of work I was completing the task of recievig interviewers from the people who I desire to be included in my interview as they will have an important role of providing information, facts and opinions. I sent out many emails to different people hoping I would get some feedback which I did in the end. During this week I also completed the tasks of doing the pre production documents, these consisted of a call sheet, crew list, location recee, risk assessment form and a production schedule. On the location recee I had to put down which locations I was planning on filming in and I also wrote what the use of the location was for. In the crew list I had to simply write who was going to be involved in the crew for the production, I had to write who the camera operator is, who the director is, who the presenter is and other aspects. In the risk assessment form I had to make note of each location where shots will be filmed and write which risks could hapopen in that location, I also had to write how high the risk is rated and how it could be controlled. The logistical challenges which I faced were recieving feedback for interviews. Before my next production log I will have hoped to have recieved the full feedback from my interviewees so I can know when to meet them and head for an interview