Documentary Evaluation

Documentary Evaluation

What is  minutes wonder

This is a 3 minutes wonder topic documentary, the titles of 3 minutes wonder belong to Chanel 4, There for budding the new director who cant yet have the opportunity to make the film for broadcast, 3 minutes wonder is the chance for those to become something more then a new directer. 3 minutes wonder is a 3 minutes opportunity for those who could become and famous and well known director.

Documentary Style and the reason of why I chose this topic
As  it's documentary so most people have a different interest within the topic. So, on this particular topic we have a choice whether we can work in a group of 2 or you can work on your own. I chose to work on my own as I have the Ideas and the picture in my head of what I want this documentary to come out like. My documentary style is an observational which mean it's an observation of certain topic to get the in depth information that are important (the main point of the documentary. In this case my topic for this documentary is people with learning advisability (FABBA). This scene is about people with learning disability who joined a community drama group at the loco place (the seagull theater in Lowestoft).The topic of people with leaning difficulties and the seagull theater is the personal interest of mine, but it's not just that. it's a loco community for those people with learning disability to be able to develop they communication skill and other life skill that are needed to live in the society. Seagull theater is a loco's community that are needed, but people who live around the area seem to not given enough interest to this important community. It's a small place within the big important for the life of those people that seem to be ignore by the public. So, this documentary is the way of presenting and provide the in depth information to the loco areas. In another hands this is a community and to film in this certain place it's need to put quite a lot of work on. This project (film)  it's another way of showing that you can actually going out and talk to the head office  (manager) to get the permission.

Camera work
Most of the camera work used in the scene are still, zoom in and tilt to make the scene look serious and formal. There are two equipment that are used to film this scene which is tripod and video camera which i borrowed from the college.
While doing to observation I ask the interviewy(the oranisaser) to add in more information about the drama group in every possible side she can. I also ask a velodrome women who work as a valenteer for this particular group to be in this documentary using her fact, opinion her her experience about the drama group(FABBA).  Within a very welcome from the manager and staffs, am able to access around the areas and certain rooms which given me a an opportunity  to recorded while those actor are practicing the show.

Sounds
The sound used in the scene is the original sound that I get from the comunity while filming, forexample the music (we will rock you, written by Brain May and performed by the famos ban around 1970's ''Queen'') is played while they performing.
In certain part of the scene some of the interview video cant be used because of the noise in the back ground because this would make the film looks un professional. In the certain audio are great but not the best for the documentary when it come with the moving images(clip) in the original video. So on the edit I move the audio away from the clip slightly in certain way which would not be notices by the audiences or even puting different audio and clip together to keep the scene interesting. I have to be very carful in this part to make it un notice able. However in the end I dont used any sound effect e.g. make it echo, put it to the leftt or right (sound effect) The only thing I did to the sound editng is make it higher (lound) or lower (quited)  using volume line on the editing program.

Editing
On the editin points I used the formal techniques that I found within the secondaly research e.g. cut to interview, i used these techniques on certain part of the clib because the information that are given are none-important to the title of the scene. I did this by putting certain clip on top the cutting point this is the way to hide the cut part. On the certain clip are none-disguising, it's just a main part cut from the scene(the interview of the vodrom women).
I found those techniques by looking trough certain video on Youtube and other documentary scene. I also used 3rd graphic on the name text of each person I interview as this make it look better then using the original editing program. I used light blue because it's look formal( as you often seen this colour withing the name text in the news and other serious documentary, this colour also make it  easier to read.

Mise-en-sene
On the used of mise-en-sene are just clothes that those interviewy is wearing, and other equipment like cloth (on the vodrom women scene), sofa for her to sat on while being interview other then that is the black ground which is already there and other then that is equipment which is tripot and camera which i borrow from the college.
The make of this film are low cost or in another words it's cost of nothing as camera i am able to borrowed it from the college, the travel cost is not inclded becase i have bus part and those interwiewy are happy to help me to complete this project.

Conclusion
There is a certain part that im not quite happy about which is the interview of the actors James and Jake, the camera work is poor because it's cut half of his head out, but on the other hand this mistake compies to advantages which it able to show more emotion on their face. However this still included at mistake, on the professional this scene are not accept able. Other part of own  mistaking is the interview from William; I should of used the close up shot in to his pace the get the full emotion and his pace expression. In the end of the result as this is the third project i ever made i am quite happy with this scene.



to used that as a back ground while the interviewy is talking trought to make it even more interesting.