Documentary modes.

Factual films

Have i got news for you
Never mind the Buzzcocks
CNN
Fox news
BCC news
Sky news
Frozen planet
Country file
Man vs Food
Plantet Earth
Catfish
Blue Planet
Top Gear
A league of their own
A question of sport
Watch Dog



I think the purpose to factual and documentary films is to inform and entertain an audience. A documentary could be used to persuade an audience to change their view on something e.g- charity etc.  They can also raise awareness.

• Educate 
• inform
• persuade 
• investigation / expose 
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Final music video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvkisE1AlTg

Equipment check

Cannon 600 D

Tripod 

Skateboard (replacement dolly and travel).

SD card. 

I will use all of this equipment in the production

Initial ideas

The first idea i had when i chose a song was a "day in the life"/ following someone throughout their day.

I ask people within my class on what music video to create:

5/8 of the votes said "perfect games" so i decided to go with the votes and chose to create a music video for "Perfect games" and not "Rat race"

Evaluation

Before i started this project, i didn't have many skills within music videos due tot he fact I've never mad one before. Considering i was working by myself i thought i managed my time quite well. I have only edited once before and that was a practice in a lesson. I was new to most things but i learnt how to use them and applied them in this project. This includes cameras and editing. Throughout this project i have learnt how to successfully use a mac, Final Cut Pro and a Cannon 600 D.

I instantly thought i wouldn't be able to finish the project in time but i made myself a spreadsheet which showed me what i should do and when to do it. I thought i would have trouble editing but i read a book on Final Cut Pro and researched about it. This helped me a lot, it gave me the knowledge i need to edit my music video successfully. I found this project a lot easier than i thought. I think this was due to the fact that i made a spreadsheet. 

We was told to produce a music video. This includes pre-production & production (Recce checklist, proposal, treatment, outline script, script, actor contract, call sheet). Throughout the production i was director, producer, camera operator, editor, script writer, casting director, location scout, location manager and production manager. I had every responsibility because i decided to work by myself. I had to rely on myself to do everything otherwise it wouldn't get done. The only thing i didn't do is cast in my music video. I believe i managed this well.

I believe i planned my time well in this production. I found this extremely helpful. I thought i handled my camera well. I also improvised with the equipment i had. I used a skateboard to look like a dolly shot. This went well and looks like a dolly shot. I considered myself to be a bad editor, but i feel like i edited this production fairly well. I thought my choice of shots was good. I liked the way they joint together. I also think my i done well with having to cope with faults and come up with a solution. 

I planned to use a panning shot from the sea front to the main character skateboarding but i accidentally nudged the camera causing it to skip forward to quickly. I didn't realise this until i started editing. I improvised and used the shot briefly to the point of just before the skip. I had difficulty with settings on the camera i used causing external shots to look orange and internal shots to look blue. I didn't realise this until editing. Therefore i decided to apply a black and white effect apart from the final shot which is the main character standing on the sea front looking into a sun set. I chose to use the black and white effect to create peace. Then when the final shot is visual its not in black and white to send the message to the audience that the character is happy and found what he loves. My original plan was to film my character travelling to Southend from Grays. The c2c rail service wouldn't allow me to film at the train station so i improvised and found two locations which look similar and filmed there portraying that it was the same area. I think the impact of this didn't affect me as much as i thought due to the fact that it looks like the same area and people that have watched my video haven't mentioned a sudden location change. Therefore i think it was a success. 

I learnt a lot from this production, i learnt how to edit and operate a camera i wasn't used to. I also learnt that i can improvise with lack of equipment. When using the camera i fount that some shots i originally planned wouldn't work and didn't look as planned. I also experimented with camera shots and found what worked and what didn't. 

Next time i create a music video i will improve by taking more cut away shots. This way i won't be restricted when editing. Next time i plan to take shots of scenery to add incase there are gaps to fill when editing. I will also make sure my camera settings are set properly before filming so i don't get any effects/filters that aren't wanted. I finished filming then i had 15 minutes to return the camera back to South Essex College. If i filmed cut aways I would of run out of time. So next time i will film earlier and plan how long to spend ay each location. 

Music Video Script

We sit around looking for flaws in the diamonds
We sit around spillin our ice cubes on the lawn
We sit around finding our way through the darkness
Well we waste our time when we could be righting every wrong.

I get along kicking myself in the lightning
I get along knowing you won't be here
I get along finding myself in the darkness
Well we waste our time when we could be righting every wrong.
And we chase heartbreak where we can see heartbreak don't belong.

We kick around placing our bets on the evening
We kick around hanging our secrets out for sale
We kick around sticking it out in the darkness
We waste our time when we could be righting every wrong
We waste our time when we could be righting ever
We chase heartbreak where we can see heartbreak don't belong
We chase heartbreak and I was right here all along
We waste our time
We waste our time.