A.V EVALUATION OF DOCUMENTERY:
After the first week i had built up enough of a rapour with the kids to start filming so two other member sof the group (Blaise and Hugo) joined me to film. This proved to be difficult in the days where we had not scheduled interviews as there were alot of people in close proximity with cameras all around. The kids did not react negatively to the camera but i had noticed a change in their behaviour. My short worries were dashed when we interviewed them as we got some golden footage and speech from them which excited us because we finally had something conclusive to cement the films message. I found the whole filming experience a real eye-opener not just due to the subject matter but the consideration of the ethical factors surrounding the filming. We had shot ALOT of footage and we had to be really precise on what we deemed as appropriate to show in the film. At times it was hard not think we were being contradictory, as a film maker you want to show the truth, but we had to consider the fact that children sometimes need guiding on their concepts and actions, or things they say, should not be contextualised with fact or adult understanding.
This was important when it came to editing but we found it easily dictated to by the content of our footage. It was reallty interesting to edit this film as the more we edited the more we learnt about our topic and ultimately the more we liked the idea and its results, there's something rewarding about making a film your not totally in control of but you learn as it grows - almost like an audience involded the production process. We did encounter some group dynamic and hardware problems but when hurdles were over-come a good team repour was built and everyone still involved really worked well to bring it together.
In all I think the main factor that i would consider when doing another project is time. It is quite obvious but i feel that the time planning really let us down and the fact that we did not have enough back-up incase of emergency which did happen! my over-all feeling for this film is one pride, this is because it was the first documentery i had made and although some technical elements were under-par i managed to uncover a real story with emotion and factual narratives. The film, i feel, represents the subject and the children in the subject with grace and ethical correctness.
SHOUT OUT TO STONE SOUP. ALEX, RICH, SIMON, MITCHEL. ALL MY BREAD-BINS BLAZER, STEFAN, EMANUELLE, LEVI
I have recently finished production of a documentary titled "Music....My Language". From the start this project was not going to be easy, after the fall of our original idea to document the history of crime in Nottingham, a new plan had to be spawned quickly. I had a contact who ran a Multimedia Studio that delt with all aspects of teaching and producing the media arts. The part of the studio that interested me the most was where 15-16yr old children who have had troubled educational history's were being taught to make music. After initialising a meeting with the tutors of the studio (Stone Soup) we developed a message or concept that the film would portray. It was nerve racking time in these development stages, partly because we were alreay behind due to the collapse of our initial idea and mainly because we were relying on the surrounding government agencies and the childrens parents to accept our intention and allow filming. it was only after our proposal and even up to the day of filiming that we recieved the go ahead to make the film. 
Because of the sensitivity nature of the documentery it was suggest that we spent some time to get to know the kids without roling cameras. This was probably the best idea we had for the whole project as it gave me the oppurtunity to get a grasp of the type of film we were making....finally! I was the lucky one sent into the lions den and it was quite nerve racking. I found it an invaluable experience and really helped to put my focus in the frame of mind as a documentery maker. I was in a real place of responsibility, as the children responded positively to me and enjoyed the fact of having a new outlet to channel their skills. For me it gave me the chance to incorporate the ethical skills we had been learning in the module. My focus was in allowing them to have their voice and not lead their thoughts and this became the bed-rock for the film.
Because of the sensitivity nature of the documentery it was suggest that we spent some time to get to know the kids without roling cameras. This was probably the best idea we had for the whole project as it gave me the oppurtunity to get a grasp of the type of film we were making....finally! I was the lucky one sent into the lions den and it was quite nerve racking. I found it an invaluable experience and really helped to put my focus in the frame of mind as a documentery maker. I was in a real place of responsibility, as the children responded positively to me and enjoyed the fact of having a new outlet to channel their skills. For me it gave me the chance to incorporate the ethical skills we had been learning in the module. My focus was in allowing them to have their voice and not lead their thoughts and this became the bed-rock for the film.
After the first week i had built up enough of a rapour with the kids to start filming so two other member sof the group (Blaise and Hugo) joined me to film. This proved to be difficult in the days where we had not scheduled interviews as there were alot of people in close proximity with cameras all around. The kids did not react negatively to the camera but i had noticed a change in their behaviour. My short worries were dashed when we interviewed them as we got some golden footage and speech from them which excited us because we finally had something conclusive to cement the films message. I found the whole filming experience a real eye-opener not just due to the subject matter but the consideration of the ethical factors surrounding the filming. We had shot ALOT of footage and we had to be really precise on what we deemed as appropriate to show in the film. At times it was hard not think we were being contradictory, as a film maker you want to show the truth, but we had to consider the fact that children sometimes need guiding on their concepts and actions, or things they say, should not be contextualised with fact or adult understanding.
This was important when it came to editing but we found it easily dictated to by the content of our footage. It was reallty interesting to edit this film as the more we edited the more we learnt about our topic and ultimately the more we liked the idea and its results, there's something rewarding about making a film your not totally in control of but you learn as it grows - almost like an audience involded the production process. We did encounter some group dynamic and hardware problems but when hurdles were over-come a good team repour was built and everyone still involved really worked well to bring it together.
In all I think the main factor that i would consider when doing another project is time. It is quite obvious but i feel that the time planning really let us down and the fact that we did not have enough back-up incase of emergency which did happen! my over-all feeling for this film is one pride, this is because it was the first documentery i had made and although some technical elements were under-par i managed to uncover a real story with emotion and factual narratives. The film, i feel, represents the subject and the children in the subject with grace and ethical correctness.SHOUT OUT TO STONE SOUP. ALEX, RICH, SIMON, MITCHEL. ALL MY BREAD-BINS BLAZER, STEFAN, EMANUELLE, LEVI
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