TV Production Blog - Documentary

Wednesday November 4th

Production group met early in university to begin more animation and edit what we had so far. This went very well, with each member of the group submitting ideas and creating a cohesive unit.

Obtained live video footage of interviewee #2, which was split from the audio and not used, however the audio is a constant throughout the piece. It lends a motorik and hypnotic quality that aligns itself well with the interview footage.

Found new interview space to break up continuity, and used previous footage to gauge the line of questioning for interview #2.

Conducted interview #2 at 5:30pm, which disappointingly did not go as well as #1. A very nervous interviewee coupled with slightly uninspiring interview technique on my part.

We began editing the final package at around 8pm, with two group members creating the credits, two editing the footage, and two planning the next youth TV project.

I edited sound perfectly at 2am, but this was changed to the detriment of the quality the next morning. The group assumed I had left everything slightly quiet and at different levels by accident, then complained when on television the sound quality was all over the place. This was a rare lack of unity within the group, and I was slightly upset that they did not trust my judgment.

Thursday November 5th

We are overall very happy with finished project, and even happier that Tom seemed to 'get it' after every additional watch.

His comments have been taken on board by the group and will be dealt with.

At the end of the day, this is a piece that I feel has great artistic merit and, as a group, we should all be very proud of it, I certainly am.