My Documentary

Unit 27.1/Filming

When filming a news report, the most important things you have to include is: Studio news readers, they have to be smart, dress formally and speak professionally. Field reporters, a mode of address, Actuality footage and interviewing witnesses. On BBC News, the main presenter has to make sure that he/she presents properly. For example, as well speaking live on air, they have to make sure they do following: their posture should always be straight, for example the way they present to the camera always has to be formal; to sit up straight and not to slouch. Also the presenter always has to speak clearly so we(the viewers) can understand what he says. As well as the presenter being able to present formally and professionally

Unit 27/Actor Release Form

This is an Actors Release Form, after i interviewed my brother i asked to him to sign this for proof that i interviewed him and to show that he agreed to to interview.

Unit 27/Call Sheet

A call sheet is a sheet of paper created by a directer that is issued to a cast and crew to inform them of where and when they should report one particular day of filming. However i didn't have a cast or crew when the documentary, it was just me and my brother; so not all of the call sheet is filled because of this reason. 

Unit 27/Risk Assesment

This is the risk assessment for where i filmed Louis. There were risk assessments but not a lot; we managed to sort the spacing as i filmed in a room without no combined spaces. The animals in the house wernt in the way so this wasnt a major problem.

Evaluation for my documentary

Evaluation

It took a while to edit in Final Cut Express as it was my first time using it; however i got the hang of it really easily. First of all i recorded the interview of my brother and then i filmed the cut aways due to what he said his interests were. For example, Louis' hobbies and interest are scootering, he loves going out to skate parks and on his scooter with friends. I filmed louis on his scooter and added them into final cut later on. At first i didn't have enough cut aways for the documentary so i went out the following day to film him scootering again.  I got shots of him scootering at a skate park, outside my house and also in town. I originally wanted to interview my brother, my mum and my friend who owns a dog; however i changed my mind as i though by doing just the one interview would make my documentary a bit more personal and emotional.

When interviewing louis i asked him a lot of questions about the dog attack and how it affected his life during and after the incident. He mentioned what happened on the day and what happened during his time in hospital. What Louis didn't mention was the fact that a man actually saved Louis from the attack  and saved Louis' life. I did some research on the internet on all the articles that Louis was in and fortunately found a quote from the man himself. I put this into my documentary because i felt like i needed to mention him at some point in my film, which is why i put this quote into my documentary.

After putting the quote into my documentary and mentioning Stuart (The man who saved Louis), i then put in some of the images from Louis' dog attack. The first image is an picture of Louis right leg; the dog bit into his left leg. Whilst Louis was in hospital both his legs and both of his arms were bandaged up before he could actually go into theatre.The third image was where the dog bit him on his arm; Although the middle picture looked worse, his arm was affected the most. He was in hospital for six days and 3 of them he is in surgery. He had plastic surgery on his right leg which is the second image. it took the doctors a while to figure out how to fix up his wounds and because they wouldn't stop bleeding, he had to wait a day or two to actually go into theatre. I felt like i needed to add this into my documentary because they were so bad that people need to know how severe the accident actually was.

After i edited my documentary in Final Cut Express, I uploaded it to youtube, The image on the right tells you the title of the documentary and a description/summary of what it is all about and what you can expect in the film. This was last updated on the 19th of June and it shows how many people have viewed it. I have chosen the title 'Why dogs should be licensed" because at the end of the whole film louis explains that if dogs were licensed it would help to reduce severe dog attacks, and maybe if dogs were licensed louis may have not been attacked; however, even though louis was almost killed during this time, i feel i have created an exceptional documentary about him and made sure that when people watch they will all agree with i think and what listen to Louis story and the message behind it.

After editing my documentary i then had to create a credits to put on the end of my documentary. The reason why all documentaries and any film should have a credits is to tell the audience that that certain programme or film has ended. The credits state who edited and filmed, who directed and produced it, and also to say a special thank you to louis who let me film. I also created my own logo called "A Creative Media Production"; I made this to make the documetry professional and look as if as it has been made by and actual company. I called it this because my course is called "BTEC Level 3 Creative Media Production" and i felt like it was the most suitable title to call a production.

My plan was to interview two other people about the whole event and i also did research into documentrys that have rea-anctments. I chose not to this because i felt like if i filmed Louis doing what he loves i could use them as cut aways; i also feel as now the documentary is a bit more personal with re-anctements and with just the one interview of Louis.

Research/Paranormal Witness

Paranormal Witness is a series of documentaries that are about supernatural experiences; The actual people that have experienced these events are interviewed whilst the re enactment of the scene is being played over the persons voice. The documentary i watched was called "The Curse of Lonergan Farm"; It was about a group of friends that were around 12-13 year olds that trespassed an old abandoned farm. After trespassing they heard s strange noises coming from an old gate; A farmer that was known to be dead for 50 years suddenly chased the young boys through the farm and out the fuel then he disappeared, and while the re enactment was being played, shots of the men narrating the story now were being filmed as well as the re enactment.

I am using the same technique as this in the documentary i am going to film and edit. The documentry is going to be about my brother and when he was attacked by a dog. My brother (Louis) will be narrating the story as a reanctment of the attack is being played at the same time. I will be interviewing my mum and my brother and ask them very similar questions, however i know i will get two very different answers as on them actually experienced it as another is just a witness. I will be asking Louis what the whole experience was like, what it was like in hospital for the amount of time he was there and how he coped with the whole situation. I will be asking my mum what it was like to to be in hospital with louis for so long, what affect it had on the family and she coped with the situation.

Images

These are just a couple of images rom the the attack; the first picture is an image of louis's leg. During his time in hospital, louis had to have 3 operations to clean and disinfect his wound, as well as try to stitch it up. The stitches he had were dissolvable stitches so they just went on their own. However everywhere else were just normal stitches so they had to be taken out. He still has a huge scar round his leg which will never go away.

The second image is a picture of louis arm; although this wound doesent look as bad as the first picture of his leg, it was in fact worse than the first picture. The wound went straight through his arm near enough to other side. I have used both images and more in my documentary to show people how severe the attack really was.

Newspapers

The articles are borther appeared in with his story are: The Sun, Manchester Evening News. Daily Star and Daily Express.

Filming an interview

When filming my documentary I made sure I followed these rules to make my interview look good:

Camera must always be on the person your interviewing, however make sure they are not looking at the camera; that they are looking at the interviewer.

All the power is down to the interviewer

The interview has to feel relaxed

Make sure questions are relevant to the subject

Makes sure interviewer looks cosy/relaxed 

Interviews can get emotional; to the point where the interviewer might leave

Any good interviewer has to build