Well, I had a gander at some professional documentaries on youtube of different styles. I looked at the documentary "Living with Michael Jackson,' as it follows his life and is intercut with interview sections. I found this most relevant to what I was doing. This documentary was slammed by fans of Jackson due to the interviewers negative slant throughout however the techniques included must be seen seperately. Upon running my ideas past various people in our own Media Studies class, my cast and Matthew Lane the feedback was positive enough to run with my ideas found in the treatment.
Before I left I looked up the Q1 tower, the highest residential tower in the world. It just so happened to be in Surfer's so I was able to film the establishing shot from up there. Too bad the windows were so dirty when I got there.
Safety issues were non-existant. There was however the one injury with Oriana getting the knee to the face and a rushed trip to the after hours clinic on one of the filming days minutes prior to the filming starting. Also, the day after the montage footage in NZ was shot my Dad got a moon boot on for his broken ankle. It only took a few months for him to get it looked at.
The searches for non-diegetic sound, locations and props were completed as they came up. Sound effects were simply google searched eg. The birds. Music was decided from the beginning and I worked my montage around it. Due to the lyrics mostly. And also due to the holiday my talent was my family no matter what I did.
Task 4: Crew and (Talent)
The amazing crew that will be apart of my film is my family. The main protagonist will be my mother with the counter balances being my father, brother and sister.
Task 5: Production Schedule
Filming of the Australian scenes will be completed on the 21st and 22nd of July. The night scene will be recorded on the Sunday the 7th of August and the remaining scenes on the Wednesday 10th, Friday 12th and Sunday 14th.
Actual Production Timeline. The only reason for a further take after already taking them was because of an actor flub or in the case of moving footage - cutting a part of the body, generally the head, from the frame. I had a pretty much precise vision of how I wanted each shot to look and 9/10 times managed to gauge that at the time of filming when one was 'perfect.'
- July 17: Citycat montage footage was shot. Single take at everything. Three sections were used.
- July 19: Filming of establishing shot. 5 angles. 1 salvaged however none were perfect.
- July 22: Filming of the hotel scene. 6 takes. 2 perfect acting, one framed the best. Plus it had the slamming of the door at the end which was only filmed for that one take.
- August 10: Filing of the 'Day 1' scenes. About 6 filmed of Eden's room and then looking towards the stairs. 2 of these were used in the film. One for the first time the angle is used then another the second time. Then 3 from the alternate angle looking back towards the hall and following Mum. 1 was used.
- August 12: Shots of Eden's Interview - 10 takes, 2 usable. Shot's of Oriana's interview (not used in the end) - 5 takes, none usable due to sound. About 5 different takes of me saying each part of my questions in 2 different locations. None of which were in the end usable due to lighting. 6 shots of Mum's first interviewee section and 3 of the second. Two of each were usable.
- September 2: Some footage was shot. None used. Lighting for it all.
- September 4: Montage footage was shot.
- September 23: Final used take of me walking and talking shot. 2 takes, one used.
Task 6: Art Department.
I will require 6 different chairs. They will be sourced from my kitchen and also the motel. I will also need some suitcases which play a vital role in the scene after the opening title sequence. Some passports to go inside some kind of bag. Multiple changes of clothing will have to be undertaken, the talent will have to supply this themselves and their choices are relatively at their own discretion.
Task 7:
Locations:
Surfers cityscape for establishing shot.
The motel in Surfer's for the second scene.
New Zealand - My house for the 121 shots and also the action after the title sequence.
The montage sequence will also be sourced from New Zealand due to timing issues and from pre-recorded online material. This is apart from the footage from the boat that I filmed on an iPhone I borrowed.
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