Monday, 3 October 2011

Understanding the media 1- One question

Treatment for 'one question' video
What do you love?




Treatment 1, video 1
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Treatment 2, video 2
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Story boards
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Shot list
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Risk Assessment
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Camera log Sheet
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EDL
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Presentation
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Notes
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One Question Research.




This video seems as if it is going to be quite easy going , you get to hear peoples deepest secrets- a bit of lighthearted fun, but it turns out to be a lot more deeper than that, a poignant, emotional film that pulls at your heart strings- maybe the director knew it was going to turn out this way or maybe it took him by surprise, if so they have produced an extremely well thought out film and have chosen some interesting characters to answer the question, 'what is your secret?'
The answers didn't seem as if they were planned, it looked as if some of the people were taken back by the question, took a bit of time to think of the answer, and even some people didn't way to answer it because they thought what was the point in telling somebody the secret if it will not remain a secret, this suggests the camera was turned on and then the people were asked.
Also there were a lot of fast zooms in the footage, was this done on purpose to get an effect of it not being a staged interview? or was it done by mistake? it could've added a bit of quirkiness to the film too.






Fifty People, One Question: London from Fifty People, One Question on Vimeo.


I didn't really like this video due to the long intro, i felt as if it was extremely unnecessary, but that is probably just me. I didn't think the music did it much justice either, i realise it is a very poignant question but i didn't think that the music fit, i feel asif it could have had an uplifting song, but then again the 1st person that was interviewed did take his time to answer the question and felt as if his answer was silly and that probably he would be laughed at for saying it, so the music most certainly ties in with his answer.


The way that this production was filmed was quite messy i feel, alot of zooms and i feel that the harmonica playing at the end was completely out of context. I also feel that the music could've been alot upbeat for the question that was asked. 


when i come to film my one question, i want to make it as upbeat as possible with a hint of comedy in it, plus serious answers obviously. 
I just want people to go away and think, what do i really love, i wanted it to have a lasting effect on the people that we interviewed. 


I want the interviews to be on the spot, so i wont tell the the question that ill be asking before the tape is rolling, i feel that this is best because then they wont have time to think about it and then they'll go away and think about it. 


In the documentary above, they have done the same thing, they haven't told them the question before the camera is rolling because people really have to think about what they love, with the 'errrms and errs' included.
I like this way of filming, because it is extremely natural, take for example the guy the asked 1st on the one question, he took around 30 seconds to think of an answer and when he finally thought of it, he thought it was a stupid answer, these are real emotions that we are seeing and they aren't staged.

My Film- One Question- What do you love?

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