Hello blog!!! It is the week of filming, filming, and more filming! My sister and I have our State Competition for theater this week, specifically leaving on Wednesday meaning we need to get a good amount done before then. Even though we plan to film after, we want to have at least one interview done, being the one we filmed today! If you read the last blog post I posted, being yesterday (click here to access it), you know that we originally planned on filming two interviews today... Well that didn't exactly happen! Instead, we plan to film the second and third interviews that we need before we are all done with non-creator interviews (aka interviews that aren't revolved around Sofia and I) this weekend, as we come back from the trip really early in the morning on Saturday. Until then, however, we have some other stuff on the checklist! Let's see what we have accomplished...
Hallway Shots
If you read the blog linked above you'll see that Sofia and I were planning on getting some shots of our school hallway busy with people during a passing period to include in our intro, specifically for the "DISCONNECTED" segment of our intro, done to showcase how even though people are right next to each other there are a number of people who remain emotionally and socially isolated, with a major cause being technology (showcased through students with headphones, students on phones, etc,,,). Right after AICE Media Studies, we both went to the end of the hallway, with Sofia pulling out her camera to record right as the passing period was going on. We tried to get different angles to highlight the number of people/ how separate they might felt, doing so by making sure to capture the length of the long hallway and try to get shots of people on their phones/ headphones. Overall, I'm happy with the shots we got, as they will aid us to establish a specific societal state early on into the doc.
Interview- Armando
Armando's interview is the first one of three, with his being less shown in the first five minutes of the doc meaning we didn't need AS MUCH content. Due to the structure of the first five minutes of the doc, his interview will be focused on after the 5 minutes are over, meaning the segment we are focusing on doesn't necessarily shine too much attention on him. With that being said, we still filmed around 10-15 minutes of content wit him, as in editing we will be integrating aspects of his interview to establish him as a key subject in the development/ introduction to the "Las Gaviotas" (The seagulls) model airplane group/community that this episode focuses on.
Our course of action when filming started with having my dad set up a time to film, being that we had already confirmed the date of filming. After arranging a time that worked for our school/homework schedule as well as my dad and the interviewee, we established location. The location is the same type throughout all of the interviewees: their "workshop"/ work space that where they keep their planes. With that being established, we were on our way! Bringing our Sony camera, a tripod, a phone for voice memo recording for audio, and my journal with specific interview questions, we got there and filmed for around 30 minutes to 45 minutes.
Picture of me filming b-roll of Armando's model airplanes
The interview went well, being a good test run of interviewee responses to our specific questions which I showcase in the next blog post. Being that we mainly focus on 2 of the 3 interviewees in the first five mins of the doc, whichever interviewee was more comfortable/ entertaining and gave the best quality responses is the one we were going to "replace" with the other when choosing which 2 to focus on. This interviewee was direct and decisive with his responses, sometimes leaving the answers with room for more explicit emotional connection to the group, but overall providing useable information.
Reflection
The first interview experience was successful, giving us our first perspective of the Markham park airplane group that we will use the interviews to get closer to/ get to know more. The shots of the hallway also were successful, giving us options of what to use for the introduction. The remaining of the week my sister and I will probably be more focused on theater but we will come back on Saturday for our second filming day!
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