Blog 4

For our documentary project we have discussed some shots and angles we want to get and we want the documentary to come off very "artsy."  The subject of the documentary is very artistic. It incorporates classic, cultural art and modern activities that can relate to any age group.  We want the documentary to be visually pleasing and portray the event in the way that it should be.  Tomorrow we will call to set up interviews with the director of events and hopefully start on some questions!

Interviewing
The article was helpful in talking about interviewing and relationships.  It is important to have a good relationship with everyone in your group.  The relationships will shine through the documentary.  If you have a strong relationship and are agreeing on much the work will be done very well, however if you don't have a good relationship, the creative ideas might clash and that will be visible in that everything doesn't flow smoothly.  It is also important to develop a good relationship with the person you are interviewing.  Break the ice before you start interviewing so the questions and answers don't seem awkward.  Try to make it like a conversation and keep it flowing, that way you get a lot of information. 

Blog 3

For our documentary we are NEARLY officially set... We finally got ahold of someone from the Institute and she is all for the documentary.  Now she's trying to set up interviews for us and the ability to document a little bit of the set up.  So everything is a go and we don't have to stress about a topic, or our topic not working, needing a plan b and such.  Once we get the official okay we are going to start thinking of questions for the interviews and develop a plan for our shots and what our main focus is going to be. I'm excited about this because I really like our topic and I think we could make a good short documentary out of it!

I didn't do the reading.

Response 2

Today my group decided on a topic for the documentary... I'm super excited about it because it's something interesting and it's something that I know we're gonna have a lot of fun doing.  It was really stressful not having any ideas or topics, so we decided to do something that is like documenting the process or actual event.  It would be an easy thing to do because we'd only have to do 1 maybe 2 days of filming and it would be a narrow enough topic that we wouldn't get side tracked or have to focus on getting tons of extra background info as we would for another subject.  So far we are working well together and we are all on-board with the topic, now we just have to wait for a call back to make sure we can do it!

Mrs. Hodge I just want you to know that reading this particular article almost put me to sleep you can't make them so long!! BUT...

I thought it was interesting how the author questioned the reliability of the documentaries we see, and how we should wonder if it's really the truth that they are telling us, or if there are some underlying themes and lies incorporated into it.  I've never really thought of that because I feel like all documentaries are supposed to be informational, how could they lie?
I thought the section about "A Film Unfinished" was really interesting, the topic seems a bit controversial yet really appealing.  It's something that I'm actually interested in viewing.  It states in the section that he blurred the line between propaganda and reportage, meaning some of it could have been true, while not the whole of it was true, or vice versa.  It makes you think, is that how all movies are nowadays? They say its based on a true story, but do they just take the story and then BS lots of details to turn it into the creation that they find appealing? I understand that you have to please the viewer but I feel a documentary has to be about the truth and revealing the truth and if people are going to start bending the truth then it's not the same.
I was also really interested in the section about the Blair Witch Project and Paranormal Activity... those are the types of movies that are funny/interesting to me.  Up until this point I thought Blair Witch Project was real! But I knew Paranormal Activity was totally fake... it's just interesting that they can make some people believe that it is the real thing and that that really happens, when it's all a lie and a stunt done for entertainment. They lied to me... I really liked that whole theme thing going on with the Blair Witch.

Anyway that's all I got to say right now...

-BAILEY