Production...

After planning our documentary though storyboards and viewing, we started the filming process. We used Sony HD Camcorders to film the shots onto tapes. These were simple to use and set up. We used a tripod to steady the camera and took extra tapes so we had enough space to film the settings well.

For the rest of the production process, we used Final Cut Pro, In Design and LiveType to produce the various sections of our documentary on the screen. We used Final Cut Pro to edit the footage and set it together on a timeline, we also used this to manage the sound, like the voiceover in certain parts and the voices of the interviewees.

We used InDesign to create the background of the magazine articles that were featured in our documentary. We chose a template and changed the information so that it was focused around education and facts about education. We then used LiveType to create the facts that ran over the magazine articles. Assembling the magazine article was tricky as we had to insert the backdrop of the magazine into LiveType and move the credits so they would fit in the magazine space we had created.

We also used LiveType to create the titles of the people we interviewed and their profession. We used to effects that LiveType offered to make them fade in and out of the shot.

As we had used these programmes before we did not find the technical side challenging, but as previously stated, the precision of the cuts and sounds needed to be much better than before.

We have created a filming schedule to show what we filmed, where and when:

November 3rd 2009:

(4:30-6:00pm)

Film Jonathan Bond (professional footballer) interview

Want mostly mid shots, but close enough to read expressions.

November 7th 2009:

(10:30-12:00pm)

Film Berkhamsted School Rugby Team footage

Lots of different shots to show movement and activity, to contrast it with the interview shots.

Moving shots to again give it more energy and excitement. Panning round with the running rugby players?

November 10th 2009:

(1:30-2:00pm)

Film Sacha Van Straten (Berkhamsted Teacher) Interview and teaching footage

Film away from walls and surfaces (Jonathan Bond was too close to the wall.)

Again, mid shot, interviewee is central to the frame of the shot.

November 12th 2009:

(4:30-6:00pm)

Film Laura Francis (Berkhamsted Teacher) Interview and teaching footage

Interviewee to the left hand side of the shot, to create more of a debate, having the interviewees sitting in different places across the framing of the shots.

November 16th 2009:

(9:00-9:30am)

Film Berkhamsted School Quad Scene (opening scene)

Keep the camera on a tripod still, we want to speed up the footage to make it more engaging.

November 18th 2009:

(9:00-11:00am)

Film Jonathan Bond Excercise Action footage

Different ways in which to film him, on different machines to add variety, mirror shots? His reflection in the mirror.