major task (Boys Don't Cry Documentary) Final
https://youtu.be/lQZfghTNjPc
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Advanced Portfolio Critical reflection
Advanced Portfolio Critical reflection How did your research inform your products and the way they use or challenge conventions? My research began with Daniel Chandler, who says that genres tend to be based on the notion that they constitute particular conventions of content (such as themes or settings) or of form, structure and style which are shared by groups of texts. However, I was also inspired by John Grierson’s definition that the documentary genre is ‘the creative treatment of actuality’; this is my favourite quote, most visible in “Night Mail”. From this I knew that I would have to follow the common conventions such as interviews, montage editing, use of music to create mood, and use of archive photos or footage, but that I would also have to be creative and try to add something new from the genre. In my documentary I used all of the expected conventions: interviews as a foundation with archive footage over the top; light hearted music to contrast w...
risk assessment for boys don't cry
a small amount of risks, as it was mainly interviews in locations i knew with people i know very well.
proposal pitch to a day in the life (preliminary task)
My idea for a day in the life (preliminary task) will be using the aspect of the life of a boarder at Ellesmere college and the repetitiveness of each and every day, I will be using mainly montage and interview. within the task I will be working independently as well as using my fellow boarders for interviews, my camera shots and angles will majority involve mid shots, close ups and possibly long shots, some will be hand held camera and others using a tripod. it will be a participatory documentary challenging some of the codes and conventions, i will take part in some shots but not others. i will be filming friends, meals and everyday activates in a fast paced documentary.
shoot schedule
DOCUMENTARY "A Day In The Life" participatory documentary a day in the life of a boarder at Ellesmere college Shooting Schedule