A wonderful place to shoot, but not really within our budget (we don't have one!!)
Beautifully shot Rob!
Friday, 26 October 2012
More Dorothy Fadiman- Moment by Moment
The beautiful music- subtle/ but moving (emotional)
Something I could take notes on- for my documentary perhaps?
Interesting how it begins with a black screen and how it fades out with music running the whole way through. This is something we would like to look at in our documentary because it can give the audience something soft to engage them in from the start. This would help the edit flow more and give it more of a beginning than we have at the moment. I would like to see this happen, even if it doesn't work.
Something I could take notes on- for my documentary perhaps?
Interesting how it begins with a black screen and how it fades out with music running the whole way through. This is something we would like to look at in our documentary because it can give the audience something soft to engage them in from the start. This would help the edit flow more and give it more of a beginning than we have at the moment. I would like to see this happen, even if it doesn't work.
Wednesday, 24 October 2012
What is Dopamine?
Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that occurs in a wide variety of animals, including both vertebrates and invertebrates. In the brain, this phenethylamine functions as a neurotransmitter, activating the five types of dopamine receptors—D1, D2, D3, D4, and D5—and their variants. Dopamine is produced in several areas of the brain, including the substantia nigra and the ventral tegmental area. Dopamine is also a neurohormone released by the hypothalamus. Its main function as a hormone is to inhibit the release of prolactin from the anterior lobe of the pituitary.
http://www.news-medical.net/health/What-is-Dopamine.aspx
Tuesday, 23 October 2012
Our Idea
To create this documentary I have a team of three working with me: Dakota, Ali and myself. Our documentary will ask the question of; Why is Kyreece so addicted to "Jake and the Netherland Pirates"? We will answer it through an explository mode, and we will discover one of the biggest drugs in the world, that everyone is addicted to.
That drug is Dopamine!!!
That drug is Dopamine!!!
Monday, 22 October 2012
Getting the "Truth"
Documentaries...
The truth is, a documentary is not necessarily what documentary makers strive for or obsess about, but more of an idea of the truth, in the distance. Documentary makers aim for 'verismimitude'- something like the truth, a version of the truth. Could be a very strong opinion on something or something that is completely biased and one sided.
Now a days we seem more about style and the way something is shot an edited, rather than finding the moral/truth of the documentary. The digital technology that we now have compared to the 1960's is incredible, for example:
In the 1960's digital cameras looked like this <<<<
Meaning it was very difficult to get around, resulting in less shooting- however, the longer they left the camera in the room, the more footage they would get, then created the some of the best documentaries.
- Represent someones visions of the truth
- Shape the truth
- Is raw archive footage mpre truthful the staged scenes
- Are more truthful than fiction
- Capture the truth
The truth is, a documentary is not necessarily what documentary makers strive for or obsess about, but more of an idea of the truth, in the distance. Documentary makers aim for 'verismimitude'- something like the truth, a version of the truth. Could be a very strong opinion on something or something that is completely biased and one sided.
Now a days we seem more about style and the way something is shot an edited, rather than finding the moral/truth of the documentary. The digital technology that we now have compared to the 1960's is incredible, for example:
- the cameras and microphones should be as close to events as possible, with the film or tape running continuously- we could say that now, a microphone can be quite a distance away from the event/ action and it will still be possible to hear what was going on. Digital cameras now have zoom lenses which allow the users to be a sufficent distance away and be able to see quite clearly, what is being presented.
- everything that happens was recorded, nothing was rehearsed or scripted- we seem to now want everything to be planned and rehearsed, to perhaps contradict the notion that we dont necessarily want the truth. Everything has be shot serval times and shown to the producers and directors before it is even gone to the editing room...
Meaning it was very difficult to get around, resulting in less shooting- however, the longer they left the camera in the room, the more footage they would get, then created the some of the best documentaries.
2012 cameras look like this ^^^ smaller and mobile, easy to get around and shoot things in tight spaces, resulting in some great shots and more meaning to some of the messages that are being portrayed in a documentary.
'One day in September'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUax6vEEdac
What technical and symbolic codes are used and for what reason?
Icons: set the scenes and the different notions that surround the Olympic games; the Olympic rings, the clips of part of many races and events. Israel held its first Olympic games in 1972, this was a very important time for everyone in the world and the uniform, strict rules within the accomodations reflected its importance. To show the world that Israel ran this Olympic games, everything was the colours of their flag: blue and white. All the workers and volunteers were dressed in a uniform that emphasised the idea that the Olympics was something that everyone needed to take seriously.
Setting: used to inform the audience about the time and what an important event it was and how its brought the whole world together. The setting was obviously in Israel, which allowed the audience to know where this important moment was coming from. The setting is also used to tell the audience about the disaster that occured at this time, the horrific images that appared, proved how bad the terrorist attack was. The darkness of the documentary portrayed to the audience that it was a dark and terrible time for everyone there, and positioned the audience to feel sympathy for what happened. However, it wasn't always dark and terrible, the begining lead the audience to believe that it was to be about the Olympics only and not what awful things that surrounded it.
The interviews of some of the victims and some of the victims families were shot mainly in darkness of just as a voice over, showing the gruesome pictures as they spoke, proviking the audience to feel angry towards the terrorist and sympathy for who died.
Sound: used for the audience to hear the noises that the victims would of heard at the time, to again emphasise the pain they went through. The voices that were used as voice overs for many of the interviews, were so that they were unrecognisable to the rest of world, making the attack feel even more terrorising becuase even now they are still hiding themselves.
What documentary techniques does the director use and for what reason?
Expository- this is done through lots of archive footage to illistrate the message the director was trying to send. The footage was mainly of the Olympic games itself, the athletes coming into the statium, the flags, the different events taking place etc. first of all. Then the archive footage of the terrorist attack, the kiddnaping of the athletes and the gruesome images after they had killed them. The narration was over the top of these images and archive footage, so that the 'God-like' voice over can tell the story. The voice came from a news reporter at the time. The 'talking head' of the victims and the victims families helped explain the story, which gave the audience a better understanding of the trauma they went through.
The different images, were put together in a sequence to help put the story together; the images if news paper headlines were used to help illistrate how bad these events were.
Going towards observational showed many hand held cameras, told us another story. The story became a little more real as the audience saw the camera move because a terrorist was looking their way, or the feeling of the camera man being frustrated at the situation; wanting to know whats going on.
Who was the target audience and what were the audience appeals?
The audience of this documentary was to the majority of the population; as this was an horrific time and it must have been shown on the news around the time and because the Olympic games means a lot to most people, everywhere. This was told in a lot of detail, meaning that the audience must have been wide because it explained it for the people that wasnt around at the time or wasnt totally aware of the situation. The constant horrific images and archive footage, alllowed the audience to immediately be interested and wanting to know what was going to happen.
Dicuss the notions of realism and objectivity and subjectivity:
Realism- This documentary has many realistic moments within it, the footage and flashing images show the events that would normally happen at the Olympics and then the events that occurd during the attack. The interviews deffinitley showed the most realistic parts of the documentary, because the story is coming from people that were actually there and people that had family members that were involved. Although, the voices wern't their voices, showed realism slipping away.
What technical and symbolic codes are used and for what reason?
Icons: set the scenes and the different notions that surround the Olympic games; the Olympic rings, the clips of part of many races and events. Israel held its first Olympic games in 1972, this was a very important time for everyone in the world and the uniform, strict rules within the accomodations reflected its importance. To show the world that Israel ran this Olympic games, everything was the colours of their flag: blue and white. All the workers and volunteers were dressed in a uniform that emphasised the idea that the Olympics was something that everyone needed to take seriously.
Setting: used to inform the audience about the time and what an important event it was and how its brought the whole world together. The setting was obviously in Israel, which allowed the audience to know where this important moment was coming from. The setting is also used to tell the audience about the disaster that occured at this time, the horrific images that appared, proved how bad the terrorist attack was. The darkness of the documentary portrayed to the audience that it was a dark and terrible time for everyone there, and positioned the audience to feel sympathy for what happened. However, it wasn't always dark and terrible, the begining lead the audience to believe that it was to be about the Olympics only and not what awful things that surrounded it.
The interviews of some of the victims and some of the victims families were shot mainly in darkness of just as a voice over, showing the gruesome pictures as they spoke, proviking the audience to feel angry towards the terrorist and sympathy for who died.
Sound: used for the audience to hear the noises that the victims would of heard at the time, to again emphasise the pain they went through. The voices that were used as voice overs for many of the interviews, were so that they were unrecognisable to the rest of world, making the attack feel even more terrorising becuase even now they are still hiding themselves.
What documentary techniques does the director use and for what reason?
Expository- this is done through lots of archive footage to illistrate the message the director was trying to send. The footage was mainly of the Olympic games itself, the athletes coming into the statium, the flags, the different events taking place etc. first of all. Then the archive footage of the terrorist attack, the kiddnaping of the athletes and the gruesome images after they had killed them. The narration was over the top of these images and archive footage, so that the 'God-like' voice over can tell the story. The voice came from a news reporter at the time. The 'talking head' of the victims and the victims families helped explain the story, which gave the audience a better understanding of the trauma they went through.
The different images, were put together in a sequence to help put the story together; the images if news paper headlines were used to help illistrate how bad these events were.
Going towards observational showed many hand held cameras, told us another story. The story became a little more real as the audience saw the camera move because a terrorist was looking their way, or the feeling of the camera man being frustrated at the situation; wanting to know whats going on.
Who was the target audience and what were the audience appeals?
The audience of this documentary was to the majority of the population; as this was an horrific time and it must have been shown on the news around the time and because the Olympic games means a lot to most people, everywhere. This was told in a lot of detail, meaning that the audience must have been wide because it explained it for the people that wasnt around at the time or wasnt totally aware of the situation. The constant horrific images and archive footage, alllowed the audience to immediately be interested and wanting to know what was going to happen.
Dicuss the notions of realism and objectivity and subjectivity:
Realism- This documentary has many realistic moments within it, the footage and flashing images show the events that would normally happen at the Olympics and then the events that occurd during the attack. The interviews deffinitley showed the most realistic parts of the documentary, because the story is coming from people that were actually there and people that had family members that were involved. Although, the voices wern't their voices, showed realism slipping away.
Influences and Inspriations
http://mystreetfilms.com/#/films/watch/528
'Our Nations Sons'
What question was the director trying to answer with the film?
With this film the director was perhaps trying to answer the question of: What do teenagers really look like, now a days?
How did they tell the stroy visually?
Visually they told their story by making sure that we, as the audience, saw the process of what they were trying to create. For example the panning shot of when they were putting up the image of the boy on the wall, reflected on how much they felt about this issue on such a large scale. the different close up shots of each boy, made the audience feel connected to the issue and almost respected them for this documentary straight away. The lighting of the film allowed the audience to see every thing very clearly, which could reflect on what they were trying to say, that the older generation should see teenagers in a different and more clear light.
How did sound and music contribute to their narrative?
I thought that the music wasnt to over the top, it was at a good level constantly and didnt take away any meaning from what they were trying to put across. The background noise was diegetic, which gave a more 'real' feel to the documentary. In each of the boys interviews the sound was very good, in that the audience was able to hear everything that they were saying, which made the message easier to understand.
What does this documentary inspire you to do, and not do, with your documentary?
This documentary has inspired me to use the diegetic sound to an advantage, to illistrate our main issue. Also to make sure that if we do have any interviews that the different locations are chosen specifically, so that the mise en scene can relfect the issues that we will raise. This documentary has also helped identify what I should not do with my documentary which is to have more locations, to perhaps help my audience understand out issue further.
'Our Nations Sons'
What question was the director trying to answer with the film?
With this film the director was perhaps trying to answer the question of: What do teenagers really look like, now a days?
How did they tell the stroy visually?
Visually they told their story by making sure that we, as the audience, saw the process of what they were trying to create. For example the panning shot of when they were putting up the image of the boy on the wall, reflected on how much they felt about this issue on such a large scale. the different close up shots of each boy, made the audience feel connected to the issue and almost respected them for this documentary straight away. The lighting of the film allowed the audience to see every thing very clearly, which could reflect on what they were trying to say, that the older generation should see teenagers in a different and more clear light.
How did sound and music contribute to their narrative?
I thought that the music wasnt to over the top, it was at a good level constantly and didnt take away any meaning from what they were trying to put across. The background noise was diegetic, which gave a more 'real' feel to the documentary. In each of the boys interviews the sound was very good, in that the audience was able to hear everything that they were saying, which made the message easier to understand.
What does this documentary inspire you to do, and not do, with your documentary?
This documentary has inspired me to use the diegetic sound to an advantage, to illistrate our main issue. Also to make sure that if we do have any interviews that the different locations are chosen specifically, so that the mise en scene can relfect the issues that we will raise. This documentary has also helped identify what I should not do with my documentary which is to have more locations, to perhaps help my audience understand out issue further.
Saturday, 20 October 2012
Thursday, 18 October 2012
To get started?!
First we got inspiration from 'Tony Levelle'- Planning an Unscripted Documentary (writesstore.com) Where he mentioned:
- Having a script?
- Keep shooting "I shot more, and more, and more..."
- Location
- Looking at different film makers- 'Dorothy Fadiman'- Why Do These Kids Love School?/ Moment by Moment
- Making use of what we have
- Interviews/ research
- Letting the camera roll- getting unexpected footage
- Writing a treatment- so people get hooked on your film, just by reading about it
- Make shot list and shooting schedule
- Using free association
- Perhaps a blurb
- Advertisment
- More film makers- 'Robert Flaherty'- Man of Aran (1934)
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