Evaluation

My task was to create a documentary on mobile phones. Me and my group were given the questions and then went away to film. We filmed in a classroom and we used a camcorder to record. We also recorded a few cutaway shots. We used a camera to take some pictures for cutaway shots. I then went onto the Internet to try and find more pictures that could be used as cutaway shots. We then used photoshop? to edited the footage to put together are video documentary. We edited in transitions shots, and music that goes with the theme of this documentary. We also used effects to get the music to fade in and fade out.

During creating my documentary there was not many things that stood out to be good, however one thing that worked well was the group that we were put in. We all put in are part and were able to work well together. This made us able to answer all the questions. We also followed codes and conventions in the sense that we made sure that are interviewee did not look at the camera during the interview. We made sure that she was looking the person interviewing her. We also made sure that the lighting was good so that did not affect the shot. We made sure again that codes and conventions were followed and we made sure the lighting was in front not behind. We used a few cutaway shots, and used different kinds of cutaway shots. That was relevant to the documentary. Another way in which we followed codes and conventions was we edited the questions out.

There were many things that were not good enough for a documentary, and many things that did not follow code and conventions. Such as we did not use proper framing and did not also use mise en scene. Another code and convention that we did not follow was we stuck to the same transition throughout the whole documentary. We also did not use text to say who were interviewing.

There are many things that must be improved when creating a next documentary. Such as I must try and stick to all of the codes and conventions. The main thing that I feel must be improved is the framing as I did not stick to the rule of thirds, which I will do when next creating a documentary. Another big improvement I feel must be made is the transitions, as I stuck to the same one throughout it all, which made the documentaries look very stupid and also made it feel like you are reading a book.

Over all I feel that for my first ever attempt of creating a documentary I did not too bad. However as you can see there is many different things that I do need to pick up on to improve my next documentary. I feel that next time I will be able to full fill my full potential and create a more improved documentary and have used this experience as a learning curve.

Documentaries

Today in class I have looked at the documentaries that are linked to my blog, and seen in which way they have used the codes of conventions.

The first code of convention i looked out for was, Interviewees are filmed in a media shot, medium close up or close up.

The second code of convention I looked out for was, Framed to the left or right of the screen- positioning alternates if more then one interviewee to create variety.

Final Project

Today in class me and my group finished of are video and uploaded it to YouTube. Below is the link to YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ayckili_DIg

The Mobile Task Screenshots

Here below are screenshots of what i used to create my documentary on mobile phones. I used photoshop?



In this screen shot it shows trying to create the credits. To do this I pressed F9 on the keyboard and this screen above came up. This allows you to put text and decorate it how I would like it. It then ables you to put it straight onto the video.

In this certain screenshot it is carrying on from the screenshot above, trying to make the credits. You can see in the screenshot it is the end credit. I have used purple text as I thought it would go well with the documentary. You can also so I altered the text. This was because I wanted to text to go with the documentary and thought this was a appropriate text.

In this screenshot we are doing the finishing touches by putting in music. You can see from this screenshot that me and my group are finishing the end part of the documentary. We used music in the begging and at the end, however in this particular screenshot you can only see the end. We also edited the song so that it flowed with the documentary.





In this one you are able to see that we are putting in the transitions to make the documentary flow from question to question. We used a transition between each question and, also going from the documentary shot to a picture or a cutaway shot. You can see in the top left corner you can pick between different transitions. You can also see on the timeline were me and my group have places them.