30/04/15

Today I have been filming using the green screen and doing some around the college filming. I mangaed to gain access to the roof and got some nice shots of the whole college.
I will use the green screen footage of myself when the person talking does not want to be seen on camera. I think this will be effective to keep my audience engaged visually.
When I get round to editing my footage I will use final cut pro to cut my silhouette out and then use after effects to apply the background, I have not yet decided what I will use for this background therefore more research will be required.

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Data from World Bank

Last updated: Apr 17, 2015

 the uk population

28/4/15

In audio, I made my script better and organised my folder
Today I started editing my talking. I made a list of things I still need to do, including:
Audio interview with learning support (tomorrow)
Film myself in green screen room to make a silhouette
Film shots of me responding to Jason
Film me at a computer
Film a learning environment
record audio to go over stats
get recce shots of radio room from phone to memory stick
 continue to work on script
write and record conclusion
I started the after effects work for the opening title sequence. It went well, I am on track with it.
I learned how to separate sound from video and started doing that.

up on friday

updated blog I made hyperlinks for my research

script

learning support interview questions and leaflet

This leaflet helped me think of questions.

These questions are for the learning support interview. I tried to make them open. The interviewee doesn't want to be filmed so I filmed location and area shots which I will use when she is talking. I need to film more of these in corridors and in learning support.

my interim assessment record

23/4/15

Today in my theory lesson I took the opportunity to do some more editing and use after effects to start my opening title sequence.
I have also updated more of my blogger entries and another updated SWOT analysis, this is so I can track my progress. I have looked into how my research has helped and influenced my documentary.

During research of similar documentaries there are some ideas that I myself would liked to of included such as a logo, but due to time constraints I unfortunately cannot do this.

updated swot

SWOT analysis

(Dyslexia documentary)

I am now about half way through my FMP and am currently on track for what I have planned.

Strengths.

My strengths so far have been keeping to my schedule, sourcing information to be included in my documentary. I have also grown to like my project subject as previously I didn't have much enthusiasm for the subject.

Weaknesses.

The weaknesses that I have come across so far are researching all the facts that I need to put into my documentary as it took longer that I had initially planned for it to take. 

Opportunities.
My opportunities have stayed the same throughout my research. I have personal involvement in the documentary, I have managed to gain participants from college to talk about being dyslexic and what their views are. I have also taken advantage of the facilities at college by using the cameras and studio time to do my editing.  I have also gained some knowledge through a PowerPoint given to me by John on documentary making which I have found to be very helpful.

Threats.

The threats that I previously faced are still the same, even though I have already done some filming I still need to rely on other people to complete all the filming that I would like to do, and I still need some assistance in recording for my documentary.

21/4/15

I arranged with Jason last week to film him in this session. Jason is dyslexic so his opinion will be useful.
I booked the equipment out. This involved filling out a booking sheet and handing it in.
I made sure all of my story-board made sense and took reccy pictures of the location that I was filming in.
I got advice from Jason that it would look better with multiple cameras to get the angles I wanted.
My research showed that film makers use lots of different angles to break up people talking and I thought it would be a good idea.
It is useful to have the 2 angle shots because I can cut to another angle when I want to cut footage.
Then I filmed my solo talking bit and my interview with Jason.
In the afternoon I imported it along with scenery shots I filmed.
I helped Will film his piece.

Friday Print lesson

Since I first planned my doc I have made a few changes. Firstly, I now plan to shorten the time of my film because I realised I won't have enough time to film and edit 20 minutes of film. I am now aiming for a 10 minute documentary. I  now plan to have a professional person to interview as well ( from Learning Support) .The problem with that is the person who agreed to be in the doc doesn't want to be filmed ( just audio) so I need to use college environment shots to go over this. Since the original plan, I decided to use still images to break up the interviews. This will keep people's attention and make editing easier.
I did a bit more research which gave me ideas  I could use.
I watched "What do I desire?" on youtube. It was a short documentary about aspirations for young people in Qatar and noted its features.
 https://youtu.be/fNxDmWNVSNw

• lots of choppy shots. This was weird and distracting-I'll avoid that. I don't want to distact from what people are saying.
• long professional looking, company logo opening. It looked good but I don't think I can do it because I'm bad at design.
• Starts with a quotation ,on black screen with white text. It looked good and was quite effective. I might do it but I don;t want anything too wordy for my target audience.
• some shots in slo-mo, some sped up. I liked them but I don't currently have shots planned that are suitable to speed up or slow down.
• 3 classroom shots together- establish a link to education. I like it. I will do this if I need padding time.
• Pan shot across desks :I like it. I will do this if I need padding time.
• not many face shots: This seemed strange. Maybe it was about permission. My shots will mainly be face shots
• lots of crowd , over shoulder and hand shots. I liked the hand and over shoulder shots because they are striking and looked effective. I have already added this to my ideas . I will use them to break up people talking but not distract from what they are saying too much.
• some use of blur filter and shaky camera. I will put this into my piece.

I watched a short film about "Dyslexia adult literacy"
https://youtu.be/-tq07a6Judg
It had over the shoulder shots of an assistive technology reader which could be useful

A shot pans across inspiring posters. I could do this if I need to fill out my video a bit more.

I found a youtube video "Exclusive: Sir Richard Branson on Dyslexia"
https://youtu.be/HpvF5xCQ7s8 

This may be useful for question ideas and on-screen quotes.

I was given advice about how I can improve my blog:

• I need to note the changes I make to the plan and explain why it changed.
• I need to note down back-up ideas
• I need to explain what I have learned from research

dyslexia poster research

This is a poster I have found on the internet which suggests that young children suffer with dyslexia aswell as adults. I think that this poster targets children especially as the alphabet spaghetti is often associated with children's under 12's dinner.

I like this poster as it is a true depiction of how people with dyslexia may read and spell words. This suggests that it is "normal" as you can read the text easily as the first and last letters are in the right place.





This is a good example of how I would like the opening title slide to look like.
I like the idea of all the words jumbled up.
I also like the concept that this is looked at to send a positive message for people that have dyslexia, with the suggestion that things will get better as time goes on and you find ways to overcome the difficulties that you may face.

up date: storyboard and research

up date and theory

Here are all of shots I might use:Medium Close Up,Point-of-View Shot,Very Wide Shot.

 This is called a very wide shot. I will use this shot for when people who I have interviewed do not want to be shown on camera. I will take scenic pictures of the college using this camera shot with a voice-over.

This is called a point of view shot.I will use this when emphasising how daunting education and school maybe for someone with dyslexia.

This is called a medium close up. I will use this shot through most of my filming, when interviewing. This shot is half way between a mid-shot and a close-up.

TUE14 PM

In this session I did as much as I can to the script until I have done the interviews.
I looked at and read a powerpoint which showed me the codes and conventions of documentary.
This told me I needed to make fewer distractions to what interviewees are saying. Also the codes said natural light is better so I will try to use it. I made new storyboards with new ideas. Now I need to put them in order. My next big job is to organise the actual interviews. I will do this on Thursday as well as book equipment. tomorrow i will meet with learning support.

14/04/15 up date

I worked on scripting and developing more ideas.
With the script I talked to John about dyslexia and me. John wrote it down. I want to use it for my monologue section.
 I made notes on my front cover idea. I want to have lots of people with the caption " Which one/how many are dyslexic?"

up on half term

I did all my prep work on my FMP and found music (c)free. Soft Jazz. I didn't want something too heavy. I chose music that wasn't going to be too heavy because it suits the nature of the documentary. I feel that this is a sensitive subject for some people therefore the music that I will choose should reflect this. I will use music in my production at the beginning opening title sequence when I have animations and at the end when I have the credits on the screen.
 During the Easter half term I used this time to research the music I wanted to include. I experimented with different sounds from various Jazz playlists until I found something that I thought would be suitable.
 I completed my storyboards and decided what each shot might look like, and watched some more documentaries on YouTube about dyslexia and looked at the shot types that were used for inspiration for my own.