Week 8

Preparing for filming

Interview questions

• Did you choose East slope?
• How did you feel at first?
• Favourite / least favourite thing about ES?
• What are your thought on accommodation prices?
• How will you feel when it its knocked down?
• How do you want ES to be remembered?
• Memorable anecdotes?

Shotlist 

Interview shots - Film interviews twice - mid shot + closeup

B Roll - 

Establishing shots / panning

• from East slope car park
• down the 'pathways' of east slope
• the doors/windows of the flat

Closeups

• kitchen - kettle/hobs etc
• mess
• broken glass?

We emailed someone regarding getting access to film in East slope bar however we couldn't find a suitable time for both us and them and therefore was unable to film in the bar or at any of the events. Below are screenshots of the email.

 

We also contacted in regards of getting permission for the filming of the construction site. The screenshot of the response giving us permission is below. 

Reading - Rabiger, M. (2004) Directing the Documentary, London: Focal Press. Ch.32 Editing: The Process of Refinement

In the early stages of editing it can be difficult to achieve a specific flow. When in conversation, people tend to only make eye contact at certain points, this effect can be created through cuts.

Editing can inform the audience which point of view to take

What one hears can be complimented by what is shown, or it could contradict. This creates a more active participation from the viewer as they interpret what they see and hear.

Editing two different shots of a conversation together, overlapping dialogue, cutaways to one person listening while another speaks.

A sound bridge can be helpful in these transitions, making them feel more natural.

Anticipatory sound - when the sound from the next scene is heard before the cut. This makes the audience curious and wondering what the sound is, awaiting the next clip.

Holdover sound - sound from the previous scene is heard event after the cut, making the clip/scene lingers over the current scene, creating a subtext.