| I had to plan ahead before going to Manchay. It would have been a disaster to get to Manchay clueless of what to film to support my interviews, however, I prepared myself with notecards that where divided by the interview cuts (I had already finished cutting the useful parts of the interviews in Final Cut Pro), and I took notes of each interview, making sure what they where talking about in order to film related events in Manchay, At first, I was scared that I wasn't going to find events related to the interviews, but luckily, when I got to Manchay everything started popping out of nowhere, and little by little the b-roll builded up; I was thirlled. Every time I moved 100 meters forward I found something different; that made me notice the amount of diversity and creativity in an informal economy in order to survive, people where aiming high. Having the opportunity to go to Manchay once again, but this time in a mission to discover as many informal events possible, was priceless; truly, it was another learning experience. |
Always take some time before getting ready to search for B-roll _________________________________________________________________ What would be the effect of a 20 second film just with the image of a face talking to the camera, same angle, and same lightning? Probably boring, I bet you wouldn't last long. That's exactly why you should vary interviews with b-roll, which is basically film footage to complement the interview and at the same time entertain the audience with different images and shots; obviously, your b-roll needs to match with what the interviewee is talking about. In order to start editing the interviews, I needed my b-roll to mix up the documentary. At first, I thought that filming b-roll was simple, I just had to document all that I saw in Manchay. But once I started checking my interviews over and over again, I noticed that people talked about very specific events, therefore, I had to film very specific b-roll. ★ It was a very successful adventure. I had the opportunity to explore many interesting and impacting events that I had never seen before. Having the chance to explore a community this deep has been a true experience, and I'm looking forward to go back in a couple of months and see if there economy has improved. Now, comes one of the hardest parts of movie making: editing. Editing is going to be a huge challenge, however, I need to start and end with a positive mentality, and most importantly, try my best. I have a great feeling about this documentary and I can't wait to finish it and show it off to many people; I'm excited about my work. ★
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Augusto
5/5/2014 05:17:49 am
Barbaraa! You explained the B-Roll nicely. From the last time that I read your blog, it has improved a lot! Very nice job :) I also liked your pictures :)
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