The times of harvey milk

One of the first documentries in today's context I didn't feel there was much that stood out about this
film apart from the suject matter.

I think it is a great example of the classic talking head style of documentary making. It is however noteable because of the time in which it came out where there was not a lot of political documentary had been made before. And the subject of the assasination of the first openly gay american polotician was still a controversial subject and was a brave subject to make a film about.

The interviewes are interesting and insightful and it is a considered composition. I enjoyed the documentary becaus I am interested in the subject but otherwise I'm not sure how interested I would
be. I think it is notable because it was one of the firat major political documentaries and not because of how well made it was.

All that said I still think it is incredubly important in the timeline of documentary making and is a nessaccary watch when studying the evolution of Documentary.

Session 7

This session gave me a good heads up to any problems that might occur during getting legal rights to use footage of people and interviews. This is not something I have had trouble with personally so far. However I think it is important  to keep in mind while filming and planning documentaries. Especially if you're subjects are volotile.

In regard to the exerises, the exercise on the School Documentary, I think it was hard to come to a real conclusion with out knowing a lot more circumstance. For example what exactly was in the contract that was signed. There is also the question of moral issues verses Legal ones. The teacher may have been morally entitalled to a part of the profit but was he legally. This also brings in the question were the children featured entitled to a share.

I think this highlights how important it is to make sure you have covered yourself entiley legally so you can;t get into trouble and you are legally backed up.

Session 6 (tutorial)

In this session we reviewed our footage from the 2 practacies and the weekend of dance. I think we have some good footage. However the quality of the ractice footage is fairly bad. There is nothing to be dona about this, as there is nothing that can be done about that now. However things like that in documentary do not come in the way of the actual story we are trying to tell.

I think overall we had a positive session and we are now heading full force into an edit.

Five Rivers Shoot

Boggarts Breakfast shoot

This shoot went really well, I think because everyone in the team was now more comfortable with how a practice works. I think also because O am involved in the team the were more comfortable with me being there and filming them.

Again we used a two camera set up this enabled us to capture more of the 'action'. We filmed all of the practice, from the stepping practice, learning a new dance and running through the dances that everyone was pretty confident in.

Also this enabled Lewis to get several close ups of the music and while natalie continued to film the main practice.  Therefore we have a good variety of shots that range from close ups and long shots.

One thing we didn't get was interviews however we are able to go back after easter to get them. Al in all as with all the other shoots I am incredibly happy with the amount of footage we have and the variety we have representing the style of dance in a good way.

IVFDF Shoot