Doc ideas
- 3. • My first idea is to make a documentary about local wildlife around the surrey area. • The documentary mode would be observational and expository. • It would look at the condition of the wildlife in the area, interviewing people who are involved in caring and maintaining the environment. • We would discuss how the habitats change though the seasons and why preserving them is important. • We could also interview members of the public too see how aware they are of their local wildlife. • The documentary could show the measures some members of the public take to protect local animals such as leaving out food and making donations. • An ideal setting for this would be in the Westend area in Esher. • We would use a variety of shots but wide shots would dominate in order to capture the whole landscape. • The sounds would mainly be the diegetic sound of the wildlife with a suitable soundtrack. • The majority of the editing would be slow as the documentary would be interview heavy.
- 6. • My second idea could be filmed around school and would involved filming and following a year 7 and year 13 student. • It would therefore be observational and reflexive. • We would compare their daily lives, mainly at school but also social life. • We could interview the students themselves, parents and teachers to understand how students change from year 7 to year 13 • . A main focus point would be on the stress of exams and how that impacts year 13 students as its something which does not effect year 7's. • However we could also focus on the transitions the two years face as year 7's are new to the school and year 13's are preparing to go to university. • The editing will be quite fast pace to capture the stresses of school life. • We would use a lot of diegetic noises from around school and a mixture of camera shots. • For interviews shot reverse shot would be used to involve the interviewer in the documentary.
- 9. • My third idea is to do a documentary about addictions in young people. • We could interview people from school about things they have been addicted to. • Some examples could be fashion, appearance, revision, drugs and alcohol. • We would discuss how and why they became addicted and how they solved it. • We would use a range of camera shots. • Editing and sounds would depend on the focus point at the time.