Filming Schedule and logging - 22/10/14

Date: 16/10/14

Role: Producers/Filmmakers - Aidrianne = actor.

Actors: - Vox Pops - Chloe, Molly
Aidrianne

Filming: Sixth Form College Kitson classroom

Transport: - 

Props: - computer room, image of instagram logo on computer screen behind girls doing voxpops.
Ipad for adrianne.

Instructions:  Film a variation of  Vox pops talking about social media, specifically Instagram, film them in the same area using either left frame or right frame and using a medium shot/medium close up
Film footage of someone scrolling through instagram to be used as cutaway footage.


comments: clips to be used from Chloe; 0,1,3,5,6,7,8 
from molly; 11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19
questions asked; how often do you use instagram? does it have an effect on self esteem? how often do you post on instagram? do you have to look a certain way in the pictures you upload? does it matter how many likes you get? does it have a good or bad impact on your life? is our generation obsessed with social media?
clips to be used from aidrianne scrolling through instagram facts and statistics; 23,24,25

Filming schedule and logging- 21/10/14

Date: 21/10/14

Role: Producers/Filmakers/Actors

Actors: Grace and Vox pop of Nancy and Clio.

Filming: Graces house - Study room

                                    - Bedroom

                                    - Hallway

Transport: Via car -  need to take extra care with the equipment by driving safely and handling the equipment properly.

Props: Ipad, apple mac

Instructions: Film Grace using the ipad to go on Instagram on her bed at home this is a variation of location which will also relate to our target audience, who may use social networking as a relaxation method when they get home or when they are bored.

Film vox pops of two school girls as this is an age variation which will emphasise our point being made about obsession, and social media taking over

Find articles of Instagram on the news and record Grace going through them to use as a cut away, this will make out documentary look much more professional as its a convention which is always used in documentaries

Clips 0,1,5,6  of articles can be used as filling/cutaway footage are useful to be used.  

Voxpop footage questions asked were; how often do you use instagram? how does it affect your self esteem? how often do you post on instagram? do you have to look a certain way to post a photo on instagram? does it matter how many likes you get on instagram? when would you post a photo on instagram? does it have a good impact on our lives?  Clips 0,1,5,6,8,9,10,11,13,14,16,17 and 18 can be used.

Clips 19 and 20 of scrolling through twitter and instagram sat on bed can be used. 

Update/ Reflection

In our first week of filming we have played with different shot types. For example we have tried hand held shots, Arial shots. We had difficulty in shooting fill in footage outside as we wanted to do a pan shot while zooming out from the Solihull sixth form sign, however we soon discovered a technique after perseverance and got a few good takes which we can edit. We have also filmed our first expert interview which went well, however we discovered that when we looked back at the footage the framing of the shot was slightly low, therefore we will take this into account when doing our other interviews in order to make sure we don't make the same mistake again.

Filming Schedule and logging - 17/10/14

Date: 17/10/14

Role: Producers/Filmakers

Actors: -

Filming: Sixth Form College - In k308 

Transport: - 

Props: Computer, Mobile phone

Instructions: Film archival footage of life before social media 

                    Film shots of logos i.e. Facebook, Instagram and some one using their mobile phone as an over the shoulder shot to use as cut aways which is a key convention.
The shots of various social networking logos will catch the audiences attention as well as the archival footage as it will leave them asking questions.

Filming Schedule and logging - 16/10/14

Date: 16/10/14

Role: Producers/Filmmakers

Actors: - Celine, Gaby, Aneesa- voxpops.

Filming: Sixth Form College - outside on the grass near the front entrance

                                              - In the cafeteria during a break as ethos will be relatable to our target audience 

Transport: - 

Props: Mobile phones- hardware which is used everyday in this generation

Instructions:  
Film the college from the outside using a panning shot to be used as an establishing Shot, which is a key convention used in documentaries as it is used as an anchor to set the scene.

Film an arial shot/ birds eye view shot of students on lunch using their mobile phones, We can use a hand held shot in order to use a variation of shot types.  

Comments: The only 2 usable clips from the footage of the sign are clips 11 and 12. All other clips can't be used as they are either too fast or the camera hasn't panned correctly.

The footage taken in the internet café clips 13,14,15 and 18 can be used, parts of the clips may need to be cut but all have useful footage.

Filming Schedule and logging- 15/10/14

Date: 15/10/14

Role: Producers/Filmmakers

Actors: - Only Vox Pops

Filming: Sixth Form College - In reception area

Transport: - 

Props: -

Instructions: Film a variation of  Vox pops talking about social media, specifically Instagram, film them in the same area using either left frame or right frame and using a medium shot/medium close up

            Film Fill in footage of students in the canteen, to show what students get up to in their free time, this will also appeal to our target audience as it directly relates to them, as they are students that use the canteen.Therefore they will be much more intrigued with the documentary as it will be relatable, so will be more appealing to them.

Comments:  questions asked for voxpop; how often do you use social media? why do you use social media? do you have to look a certain way in photos? does it matter how many likes you get on a photo? when do you post on insta?
Footage in the canteen of people sitting on the tables with each other but all on their phones.

Filming Schedule and logging - 14/10/14

Date: 14/10/14

Role: Producers/Filmmakers

Actors: Emma Plenty

Filming: Sixth Form College - In k308

Transport: - 

Props: Mobile phone, Instagram picture in the background on computer screen in order to take into account the miss en scence

Instructions: Film Emma talking about Instagram as an expert, giving positive opinions, she will be attractive to our target audience as she is around the same age as them and is an active user, so will be easily relatable.

Ensure we take shots of her going through her phone etc to use as cutaways

Comments:  interview with Emma about her instagram page, some unusable footage due to actor making mistakes in what shes saying and not being ready.  Clips; #4,6,8,10,14,15 and 16 can be used.

Archival footage was also filmed on this date. Footage of teenagers before social media doing activities such as playing outside.  Still images were also taken to be used within the documentary.

Filming schedule and logging - 8/10/14

Date:  8/10/14
Role:  Producers/filmmakers
Actors: Beth Walker, Karla Peets, Gaby Edwards and Harriett Carolan
Filming: Sixth Form College, Canteen
Transport:  Props:  Mobile phones, canteen furniture
Instructions: Vox pops on opinions of social media and how often they use it.

Comments:  The footage that we filmed on the 8th of October is not usable footage.  There was no external mic used so the background noise of the canteen was loud therefore the footage is not good.

Update/Reflection

Setting up equipment safely - Shenay

Setting Up Equipment

The equipment - Shenay

We first got introduced to our equipment, such as the tripod, base plate and camera, and watched as Richard showed us how to set them up

Now that we are familiar with the equipment, it will make recording our documentary a lot easier as we now know how to function the camera correctly and set up the tripod, so this will make us more time efficient when recording. 

Expert Interviewees/Why we chose them - Shenay

Questions for Interviewees - Shenay

Questions for Interviewees

Arranging Interviews - Shenay

Update/Reflection :

Now that we have completed our proposal we have a clear idea of the type of documentary we are going to create. We also have a greater knowledge on our Tv channel showing, which ask means we have a greater insight into our target audience. We now know that we will be following an open structure and following the theory of binary opposites.
We did have difficulty in deciding our Tv channel , however we over came this by doing research into many different Tv channels and looking into their demographics and the types of shows they have. We then compared this to our target audience and carried out research using our questionnaire to decide whether they would watch this Tv channel and what types of documentaries they would watch.

Risk Assesment - Shenay

Student Risk Assessment Form

Hleath and safety

Proposal - Shenay/Adrianne

7/10/2014 - objectives

In order to stay organised we set ourselves objectives to complete in that lesson, to make sure we were being productive.

we ended up completing the tasks set, and decided that next time we were going to work on the risk assessment and plan of filming

Update/Reflection

This week we have all been carrying out our own Research:

Codes and Conventions Of Interviews - Shenay

Examples of camera shots to use during an Interview:
Over the shoulder shot- this will feature the person who is asking the question as well as the interviewee. You would use this shot if the person asking the questions is also featured in the documentary, and you will always take into account the mise en scene such as costume and props



Medium close up  - is conventionally used when doing both vox pop and expert interviews, especially when the person is sitting down, this is when framing also comes into account as the person can be positioned left of the frame or right



Shots to use during narration:
Establishing shot-  sets up, or establishes the context for a scene, this will be used in order to set the scene during the narration.

Cut away - is often used throughout an interview.It's used to show a specific thing relating to the narration, in order to give it a visual meaning and make it more interesting to the audience.

Research in to Similar Products - Adrianne

Questionnaire review- Grace

The main significant results gathered from the questionnaire were from questions 5, 6 and 7.

 In question 5 the results provided us with information to base our decision on what channel the documentary should be on by asking the question ‘Which out of these TV channels do you watch most often?’ This gave us an idea of what channels are watched most by the target audience. The results revealed that 32% of the results showed watching BBC3 the most and 27% for both BBC1 and Channel 4. This helped as BBC3 was our desired channel for the documentary so it proved to be a good choice of channel.

 Question 6 asked ‘What day do you spend watching TV the most?’ the results from this question gave a clearer idea of when would be the best day to put the documentary on TV to gain the maximum number of viewers. The results showed that Wednesday would be the day that the people in the target audience would be most likely to be watching TV.

 Question 7 will help us decide what time to put the documentary on at. The results from the question; ‘At what time are you most likely to watch TV?’ provided times that would be the right time to air the documentary. The results showed that 6pm and 7pm are the most popular times for people to be watching TV so this will influence our final decision.

 However for all of the questions asked we will have to consider other factors that may be involved to make the appropriate choices and decisions involved for our documentary but the results gathered will provide guidelines to help influence decisions.

 The questionnaire was carried out in order to gather information on the target audience and get an idea of their thoughts and opinions of documentaries and the viewing times which will help us in the planning of the documentary overall, therefore all results gathered will be considered and interpreted to influence all decisions involved in the planning and making of the documentary.

Questionnaire results Bar charts- Grace

Questionnaire results pie charts- Grace

Questionnaire results table- Grace

Questionnaire - Grace

Quantitative questions were used in the questionnaire in order to get results that can be easily generalised so the results can be looked at quickly and clearly in tables and charts to help make decisions on the data we have. The age and gender are asked in order to differentiate for the target audience.

. The results we gather from the questionnaires will help us to decide important elements in the planning of our documentary.

Update/Reflection:

After doing research into our topic of social media we have highlighted areas that are of use to us . By doing this it has made it easier  for us to extract relevant information and use this in order to benefit our documentary.  For example, we now have a clearer idea of the topics we can discuss in our documentary and have useful facts and statistics which we can also include in our script. Researching into recent news articles will back up our points and add realism to our documentary.

Shenay- I have also created a mood board which is something i hadn't done before, and found the process of finding useful photos interesting as each photo had to say something new about what we are going to include in our documentary.I believe the mood board is useful as it will remind us of key points to include in our documentary and the ideas we want to put across.

Mood board - Shenay

This is our mood board, it shows pictures of social media networks and the different types of platforms its available on. there are pictures of people who look upset/worried as well as images which show more of a positive side of social media networks such as Instagram. There are also pictures of students as our documentary will focus on how social media effects our generation.

Newspaper article research - Shenay

News paper Articles Research

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Initial ideas discussion

Our initial ideas discussion was a very useful tool when planning  for our documentary. We were able to discuss all our different ideas and discuss the pros and cons of filming and using different footage, while doing this we improved our communication and team working skills as we were able to compromise and discuss our ideas freely. Now that we have done this we have a clearer idea of the types of shots and footage we need to film, and have gotten an idea of the structure of our documentary which will be useful when filming our footage.

Location Recce - Adrianne

Location Scouting: Inside Solihull Sixth Form CollegeBefore we start filming we will need to investigate which possible areas of the campus are appropriate location for me to film. The locations must fulfill the following criterias:

• Well Lit - the area I will be filming in needs to be well lit, because bright locations have connotations of happiness and serenity.

• Easily recognised as a location in a college/school - the area needs to have necessary props already presents such as chairs and tables.

• Availability/clear for filming - obviously consideration will be needed to be taken in account if the rooms are empty with no one present for a minimum of 30mins to properly set up. It needs to unfortunately clear of people apart from the cast as the other people can't be controlled.

Below are some photographs of location inside the college campus that I have considered to use as a location for the various scenes in our documentary.  

Canteen -
A free student area available to anyone at college during college hours. However can get very busy during lunch breaks and there can be a lot of noise. We can get around this problem because our shots need to be filmed at  quieter times when only a few people are there, therefore it will always be accessible for us when required.
We think this location will be good for vox-pops as it is a natural environment for teenagers and it is known to be a place were they spend their free time so we can see what they get up too. most of the time we seeing many people on their phones on Facebook, Instragram ect.  

Internet Café -  
Once again the internet café at college is free for anyone to use and at anytime during college hours. the only problem we found was that it can get very busy and we tend to find groups of people sitting around 1 computer making it hard to find space. We can over come this becoming at quitter times or asking people to split up a bit when filming. We think this location will be good as there are computers in the background and tables showing us hat students can be sat on computers or tables and still be accessing social media websites. 

Hampton -  
This is the entrance of Hampton building for students to walk in and out. The only problem we might see with this is it will get crowded and busy as students are walking to lessons. however as we will be filming during lessons and frees it won't be much of a problem. Another problem might be the weather, as we start filming it will be getting colder and wetter as it is becoming winter. To over come this problem we will film outside on days where it is warmer and not raining. This location is good as it sets the sense and shows the viewer we are in a college for student. This shows them that our documentary is about the younger generation.  

Corridor -
In the corridor of Hampton building we thought that this would be a good place to shoot vox-pops; however, after thinking about it we decided that it might not be the best place as it gets very busy as it right opposite the main Hampton door. Also, as there is a framed picture on the wall we might have trouble with the cameras reflection when shooting.

 Classroom -
The media room has an advantage of being setup symmetrically, which could be very pleasing to look at, it has plenty of posters about the course which you normally attribute to class rooms and other items too. The only downside to this location is that this room is not available during lesson time as it is used for lesson in. It is far too packed with other students which I might found difficult to control environment.

Head of Years Office -
This location can be available to film in, I have asked the head of year and he has said he is happy to be filmed in it.  I have chosen this location for the scene as it shows he is a head teacher of a college. It is well lit, which is great. Inside there is a desk and computer and several stacks of papers, this should be very helpful as those are the type of props that are needed to show that this is an office.






  1. Are there any potential hazards that could pose a health and safety risk where your photo shoot will take place (trailing cables/traffic/other objects)?
The potential hazard that I might encounter where the photo shoot will partake are moving vehicles for example a parking lot

2. What will you do to ensure these risks are minimised?
I will make sure the and the filming photo shoot and filming is only done when the area is not busy.

3. Will the time of day/weather affect the outcome of the photos? Have you allowed for this?
I have decided that my photo shoot  and filming shall partake during midday, whilst it is sunny to get the maximum natural lighting possible.

4. Have you considered the background to your photos, particularly if taken outside? How will you ensure you will get the background you want?
I have considered a brick wall background for my photoshoot and filming , I will ensure that I get the brick wall background by doing a photoshoot where there is a brick wall in a not busy area.

5. Have you considered lighting? What about the ‘problems’ of natural lighting, either outside, or streaming through a window? Will you need to use a flash? Have you considered reflective objects that might spoil the effect?
I have not considered lighting as they will take too long to prepare, the problem with natural lighting that I might encounter is that on the day of the photo shoot it might not be sunny or not enough. If this ever happens I might have to resort to using the built in flash of the camera that I will be using. I also have considered reflective objects, but this is not a problem as they can be edited out.

6. Do you need permission to take photos in the place/venue you have in mind?
I do not need permission to take photos and film in the venues I have in mind as it is a public area and it also mainly free to roam.

7. Do you need to book time in a room (eg the photography studio)?
No I will not be using a photography studio

8. Are other people/crowds likely to be an issue for you? What have you done to ensure that it will not spoil the effect?
No, people/crowds will not be a problem for my photoshoot and filming as they can be edited out with photoshop and video editor. 

Channel Research - Adrianne

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Task 3 -Research into Social media - Shenay

 

Update/Reflection

This week we have worked on our communication skills and organising our ideas.We have worked together in order to brainstorm different ideas for our documentary. We had difficulty in deciding what topic to choose, so we decided to pick our best tree ideas and look at the pros and cons of each, we then looked at which topic we felt more confident with and all of this analysis allowed us to choose our final topic.
We will now have to do further research into our topic in order to gain enough knowledge and feel confident while making our documentary.