Planning and Pre-Production

Unit 12: Specialism Documentary

Contents

o Production Schedule
o Script
o Location Recces
o List of items downloaded with references
o Clearances and Confirmations
o Contingency Plan
Production Schedule
Date: 2nd October 2017
Monday Tuesday Wednes Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Start Continue Continue Rehearse Do Filming Film final
editing final editing editing speech some more needed
product filming extensions clips (b-
roll)

Date: 9th October 2017

Monday Tuesday Wednes Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Record Continue Continue Final edits Reshoot Reshoot if Reshoot if
speech editing editing and hand in if needed needed
needed

Date: 16th October 2017

Monday Tuesday Wednes Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Evaluation Edits Final edits Final final Hand in N/A N/A
checks
Script
The Importance of Documentaries
Narration Visuals Sound
(Spoken words appear (Constant background
ROBBIE on screen) Faces music)
blurred!
From 1895 to this day First background
and age, we as a song: Benny Banks QoQ
global community have freestyle
used documentaries to Forward video of my instrumental
express views and face visuals (see
help to understand end)
the flaws in our
societies. They have London skyline video
become part of our
daily lives and if
used correctly can
improve lives for the
better. Video of Jemimas
I am here to express face visuals
the importance of
documentaries and how
they have advanced
over time.

The first Black and White

documentaries were Past
called Actualities,
as they captured
actual and real
events that situated
around the film
makers. This genre, Lumiere brothers
which now has a wide clips
audience had been
started by the
Lumiere Brothers,
famous for their
Cinematographe, the
first motion picture
camera, even though
it could only record
for a minute at a
time.

Their most acclaimed Clip of Un Train

project being Un Arrivee
Train Arrivee, a
simplistic project
that caught the
attention of many Lumiere brothers
people at that time. pictures
As you can see it
cant compare to the
documentaries of
recent but back then
nobody had seen Bournemouth video
moving pictures footage scenery
before and this was a
breakthrough.

Over time
documentaries have
improved remarkably Video of guy filming
and now we have found a documentary
ways of portraying
impressionistic
visual poems which
capture the
audiences attention
and make
documentaries more
enjoyable to watch.

As a result of our Black and White

technological Present
advances, creating
films or informative
documentaries has
become easier than
ever. WiFi, new Videos of modern day
equipment and technology, machines
accessible scenery etc working and
are all now easily buzzing
attainable and dont
cost a fortune to
run.
Therefore people of
all ages can now Adams face visuals
express their own
views in their own
ways for their own
reasons.
Including teenagers. Videos of Next background song:
Bournemouth, everyone Squeeks Dreaming
Our voices need to be walking around Instrumental
heard as much as
anyone else in this
society and its
becoming easier than
ever for young people
to put their ideas
across. Platforms and Videos of Youtube HQ
social media such as and Facebook HQ
YouTube and Facebook
allow any video or
piece of information Young kids reading
to be displayed at books and on
any point in time. computers
This means that is
easy for the younger
population to spread
ideas and influence
our own futures.

BBC 3 is getting Clip of BBC

involved also, they documentary of
have brought out a teenage youth
few documentaries
telling the story of
English teenagers
problems, bringing
them to attention.

If you have ever Visuals of Alexs

watched a documentary face
about teenage life or
even heard about one,
you would know that
they are never
positive. There are
many obvious reasons Liverpool skyline
for this which need video
to be addressed and
now because of common
technology we are
able to convey what
we believe.

Brands such as Vice Vice intro

are doing amazing
things as they show
real life, Vice documentary
captivating clearly labelled by
documentaries about Vice
real problems and
real people, as well
as being informative
and interesting for
the audience to
watch.

Vice created a two Title screen of The

part documentary UKs young
called The UKs reoffenders and then
young reoffenders Rule Britannia
which is included in
their ongoing series
Rule Britannia.
This style of Clips from these
documentary really documentaries
entices audiences as
they are something we
can relate to in
Britain, Vice are
facing problems head
on instead of
avoiding them.
62,900,359 is a big Black and White
number. That number 62,900,359
is the amount of
times that people
have watched videos
from the Rule Black and White
Britannia series, 2,500,000+
with over 2,500,000
of those views being
solely from the Young
Offenders
documentary.
Obviously this is Fans cheering in a Next background song:
making a huge impact crowd Steel Banglez Off the
and is getting a wide Record Instrumental
coverage of fans.

By tackling these Bournemouth scenery

problems they are videos
making it aware to
more and more people
because thats what
matters, for change. Manchester skyline
As long as this
carries on we will be
able to fix dilemmas
and make them aware Houses of parliament,
to people with more two sides of the
power, for example, debate
the government.

It is common for Clips of a couple

Vice documentaries onscreen presenters,
to include a main including a
narrator and many weatherman
interviewees but
there is not always
an onscreen
presenter, like the
Rule Britannia Birmingham skyline
series. This works
well as it doesnt
take the viewers
attention away from
their actual footage.
B-roll is used Bournemouth scenery
efficiently
throughout and goes
in tune with what the
narrator is saying. Clips from noisey
The short cut-away documentaries
clips give the
audience a sense of
the surroundings in
which the documentary
is being filmed, Behind the scenes of
therefore creating a a documentary being
scenery that they can filmed
relate to and stay
interested in.

The questions asked Last background song:

are trying to dig The World clip Meek Mill beat Story
deep into the world Part 1
and personal life of
the people in these
situations, getting a Bournemouth clip
deep-seated sense of
where they come from
and why they do what
they do.
Documentaries, as a
genre, are constantly DNA mutation clip
changing and mutating
giving new ways for
people to express
beliefs and ideas.
Rewind video of my
Especially for young face (See start)
people.
Black and White
Who knows about the Future?
future?
Location Recce

Type of room/area: Beach

Location Address:

Broadway

Bournemouth

Sat Nav details (Post code):

BH6 4EN

Nearest Train Station:

Hengistbury Head Land

Train
Nearest Bus stop:

Hengistbury Head

Lighting Information: Solutions:

Was raining and very grey at the time Kept wiping the camera lense

Sound Information: Solutions:

Lots of wind Editted out

Power Information Solutions:

No power sources for a few hundred Charged camera to full battery before
yard seen venturing to Bournemouth

Hazards Solutions:
Big cliff drop Stay away from the edge of the cliff
Downloaded Footage

Link Description

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv5RrcVe2wY London
Skyline

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vaLlcYbYTQ Birmingham
Skyline

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWQ_jyvDUAg Liverpool
Skyline

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v09NksdIca4 Manchester
Skyline

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9MoAQJFn_8 Larivee
dun Train

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nj0vEO4Q6s Lumiere
Brothers
First films
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLERFRQl5EY Nanook of
the North

The rest of the footage, I filmed in Bournemouth,

unfortunately it was raining and windy at the time
but I believe it came out better than expected.
Clearances and Confirmations
Contingency Plan
Planning to film my b-roll clips on the weekend starting Friday the 6th, if
problems are encountered, reshoot on the next weekend starting Friday the
13th.

Confirmed with all my actors they are 100% available for both weekends. If
not, actors arent necessary, just an extra.

Have given myself plenty of time to record my speech, therefore any

problems I face can be fixed quickly and efficiently.