S T A G E = getting more interviews
Changing The Structure: | After the first day of filming, I was so relieved; it was a huge weight that exit my thoughts. It was exciting to know that I interviewed all the people I needed, and they had perfect answers for all the questions I asked. Yet, as I went over my script, I analyzed my structure and I was not convinced about it. As I started editing the structure of my film, I quickly noticed that some parts of my interview where going to be useless, others where going to be perfect, but most importantly I noticed that I was going to need some important questions that I hadn't ask in the interviews. At first it was stressful to notice that I was missing so much information, yet an important factor was LEARNING. I learned that when filming you will never end up having the perfect footage at the beginning, you need to analyze, go back, analyze and go back: it's part of the process. ↓ |
At first, I was planning on explaining the evolution behind informal economics as an introduction and then include all the interviews I had. However, I noticed that this idea was not the best one for a documentary, so instead, I decided to share a story through my film. Instead of doing two separate blocks, I had the idea of separating and narrating the evolution process, and after each step share part of the interviews and authentic information from people at Manchay; this would make my documentary more engaging, innovative, and purposeful, actually adding value.
As I noticed through the changes in my structure that I had to ask other questions apart form the ones I already had, I went back to Manchay. I had the opportunity to interview a representative from the municipality, as well as re-interview two of the locals from La Union Community.
some of the answers where similar to other interviews, she had a positive vision in terms of Manchay's economy, which gave tons of value to the interview.
I also had the opportunity to visit Paula and Patricio once again. Both of them gave solid answers about Manchay's economy with the recent questions I created. The information they shared on camera was perfect in order to support the evolution of an informal economy.
One problem I had with Paula's Interview was the lightning. As I was setting the camera I noticed that the image was extremely white due to the ISO, and in some way it made the shot interesting, but it didn't convince me 100%. However, I did like the way the white lightning behind highlighted Paula's face, so I left it the same way all along the interview. As I was checking my footage I noticed that I could play with some effects to improve the lightning, so in case I'm not sure about the image, I will be able to edit it in premier.
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As a whole, I'm happy with my progress. My documentary is progressing perfectly. I've got the footage I need, and if there is anything I'm missing there's no doubt that I can go back to Manchay and search for more interviews. A challenge I'm facing is definitively editing. I'm worried about my premier skills because even though I know the basics, I'm sure there's many other fabulous |
components about the program that I need to learn how to use; this is going to be extremely difficult, but I need to take a risk. Moreover, I've noticed that I'm missing B-roll (extra film footage to complement my interviews with). I need to take the camera with a good tripod, stick it out the window of the car, and film all my way down through Manchay: get closeups, medium shots, pan shots, and tilt shots, they will for sure be useful. On the other hand, I think I'm in the correct stage, and I have lot's of information to share in my documentary. I'm working at a good pace and if I keep on updating my research and footage, I will have no problem with the due date.
As I work on my research and analyze my footage, I need to make sure that everything fit's perfectly with the structure of my film. There's no problem if I need to make changes to my structure in order to improve it, but I need to have a clear idea of how it would look in order to match it up with the interviews, and be able to separate the useful information from the entire interview and get it together with others in premier.
As I work on my research and analyze my footage, I need to make sure that everything fit's perfectly with the structure of my film. There's no problem if I need to make changes to my structure in order to improve it, but I need to have a clear idea of how it would look in order to match it up with the interviews, and be able to separate the useful information from the entire interview and get it together with others in premier.
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______ B R A I N S T O R M I N GIn class, I was able to do a quick brainstorm of how the evolution drawing would look like. It was hard to fit all the information in a clear and organized way just in a single drawing, that's why I definitively need to fix some ideas from the first drawing and think about how I can improve it to make it clearer for the audience. However, this is the idea I have in mind: