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The experience of putting so much trust and faith in my partner to make a project in language which I have little to no understanding of has unquestionably been the most rewarding and beneficial of any stage of the process.  Through doing this I have forced myself to be more flexible and not as adverseContinue reading “15th November 2019 – Post Production”

While by this stage we had gathered together all the required footage and placed the questions in the correct order the feedback we received from our lecturer Kate was pivotal to the finish of the documentary to see if she enjoys the style and structure of the documentary. Much of the feedback we received fromContinue reading “13th November 2019 – Post Production”

While some of the desired cutaways could be gathered by researching achieve footage. A shot of Glasgow University had to be recoded as it would again fit nicely over Mr MacKay’s interview at the start of the documentary.  However as we hadn’t filmed in this location previously we travelled out to the University via theContinue reading “11th November 2019 – Production”

After watching through the interviews on the timeline with cutaways filmed on location it became apparent that we had gaps in cutaways some of which in the time remaining we would be able to pick up using a DSLR around Glasgow and in the collage, however this wasn’t the case for all.  During the filmingContinue reading “7th November 2019 – Post Production”

After the conclusion of filming yesterday it was imperative to get the footage backed up onto multiple storage locations as it was only stored on Tommy’s personal hard drive.  The opening stage of the edit was Tommy inputting the Meta data I had taken down on the PA notes and the information gathered was largelyContinue reading “25th October 2019 – Post Production”

In conclusion the Production stage of the process was originally the most daunting of any as the environment is something which was unsettling as instantly upon arrival on the Monday morning Tommy would often communicate and plan things with the teachers in Gaelic and I would constantly have to then ask Tommy about what heContinue reading “Conclusion – Production”

The main aim for the final day of filming was to gain various cutaways of wall displays around the classroom and also gather few more shots of the teachers interacting with students. All of these shots were easily successfully achieved in the morning and this allowed us more time to then film another interview withContinue reading “24th October 2019 – Production”

Looking at the teacher’s timetable for the remainder of the week the third day of filming was by far the most crucial remaining, as we had to gather all of Mr Rodgers interviews and the remainder of Mr MacKay interviews. The pressure was really on to ensure this day went as smoothly as possible asContinue reading “23rd October 2019 – Production”

The second day of filming started on a much more positive note than the first day concluded, as the weather was nice and bright we gathered the school establishing shots from outside as well as a few other cutaways.  When we arrived into the classroom Mr MacKay told us he was available in the sameContinue reading “22nd October 2019 – Production”

My main roles during the opening day of filming were both Producer and PA.  I was also given the task of monitoring the sound on the interviews we recorded today.  The first stage of the process collecting the equipment from the collage, although a kit booking form had previously been handed in to the KitContinue reading “21st October 2019 – Production”