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As the pre-production stage is the one I relish the most I thoroughly enjoyed working through the pre-production paperwork.  Limited problems where encountered during this stage of the process.  However I still need to learn to be more relaxed and trusting in my partners work as after Tommy send me copies of the paperwork whichContinue reading “19th October 2019 – Planning (Pre-Production)”

This was another crucial day in the planning and preparation stage of working towards the start of filming, as the Pre-Production Meeting was held.  While over the course of the filming week there would be two helpers on some of the days and at least one on each I felt it most suitable to onlyContinue reading “18th October 2019 – Planning (Pre-Production)”

In order to complete large amounts of the pre-production paperwork a Recce Report of Greenfaulds High School had to be carried.  This would also help to shape the equipment which is required for filming in such a specific location like a school classroom.  The lighting kit provided by the collage is rather large and bulkyContinue reading “8th October 2019 – Planning (Pre-Production)”

While lots of the preparation for filming at Greenfaulds High School is paperwork based I also had to prepare myself for working in a school environment.  To do this for reach I watched an episode of the Channel 4 show Educating Essex, it’s perhaps the most recognisable High School based documentary in recent times. (https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/0212928D?bcast=72889395Continue reading “4th October 2019 – Planning (Pre-Production)”

As I hadn’t filmed a purely handheld documentary before and hadn’t been out with the equipment at all during the course up to this stage I decided to get familiar again with the equipment by borrowing it and taking it up to the 10th floor of the collage.  This is where I practised using theContinue reading “25th September 2019 – Planning (Pre-Production)”

When I was initially paired with Tommy the topic he was fairly adamant on making his documentary on was Scottish Independence.  However from the outset I was very clear with Tommy I didn’t feel comfortable that we would have been able to achieve a documentary of a high standard on this topic as his initialContinue reading “24th September 2019- Planning (Pre-Production)”