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We are going to edit together the footage we have, mostly of the answers to the interview questions, and just to craft a narrative out of that. Its going to be all our own footage. Its proving quite difficult to try and form something coherent however. I’ve been tasked with editing the opening together, aboutContinue reading “Editing”

This weekend, we took the cameras out to start filming near Brighton Beach. Our aim was to take establishing, cutaway footage of the sea, beach, pier, people etc. And also, if we could, interview a few people, asking these questions: On both days, it was a clear and sunny, with the beach being relatively busyContinue reading “Initial Filming”

My group met up and we talked about the ideas we had gathered from our independent research/brainstorming. These concluded some initial ideas surrounding narrative and visuals. My thoughts mainly surrounded how we could investigate the negative and positive impacts the public have on the beach – aka although beach littering is at an all timeContinue reading “‘The Beach’”

When planning for our presentation this week, we began to become unsure of our initial idea. The narrative was very unclear and none of us felt interested enough to believe the documentary could become something we enjoyed creating. So, we began looking instead into ‘The Disco Bunny’ – a man we have all seen aroundContinue reading “Idea situation”

Initial emails with the company, surrounding whether they would be willing to shoot a documentary at their beach clean on 22nd March. First step to forming a base for the visuals of our documentary. Narrative is still required.

a) evaluated our pitch idea obviously pier 2 pier is not a place or person, so we had to consider how to base the idea around to meet that criteria. thinking either base it on a beach cleaner, the founder of the organisation, someone attending one of the beach cleans, or maybe it could evenContinue reading “Session 4”

‘Our vision is for a cleaner world, where communities are empowered to come together and take positive action to tackle marine pollution and protect the natural environment.‘ Pier 2 Pier is a silent disco based beach clean, which works to inspire the community to tackle marine pollution in an active and fun way. The organisationContinue reading “Pier 2 Pier”

In this session, we pitched our individual ideas to the group to decide what our documentary was going to be about. I gave out the idea of Pier2Pier, which was recieved quite well from the rest of my group, and it seemed we shared a mutual enthusiasm for the bases the topic could cover. OtherContinue reading “Session 3”

To find ideas for my Individual Creative Project Proposal, I began by looking up on the internet various places in Brighton that have caught my interest. I went on websites such as Tripadvisor, BrightonJournal and VisitBrighton to further gather various inspiration and information. I knew I wanted to explore a subject matter close to areasContinue reading “Individual Proposal”

Reading – Directing the Documentary by Michael Rabiger Potential ideas are all around, you never have to wait for inspiration Story Discovery Story Development Use play, imagination, and intuition to look for subjects Logically analyse, test, and structure the material to improve the tale it takes on screen HOW TO COLLECT IDEAS Journals – noteContinue reading “Developing Story Ideas”