Documentary Unit: Commission

The pitching results have been released and unfortunately my idea hasn't been commissioned but I have been paired to work with my colleague Neill Morris on his documentary title 'Waking the Witch'.

'Waking the Witch' will be a 10-minute documentary on the beliefs of Wicca and Witchcraft. 

It is proposed to be aired on the national television BBC one and scheduled for Sunday night viewers aged in their late teens and older. 

Looking into what Wiccan beliefs consist of; how they are perceived in the society, the criticism faced of the early church and it's current reaction towards them.

The documentary style will consist of using visual anchors, Interviews, Cutaways and Actuality shots, Archive footage e.t.c.

Follow the production process, blogs and progress at: http://wakingthewitchdocumentary.blogspot.co.uk/

Narrative/Genre Unit: Chosen Subject

I have decided to study one of my favourite TV shows for this unit subject on Narrative/Genre. Spartacus is an American TV series that has been aired on Starz TV since January 2010 and is currently due to release its third series is January 2013.

Documentary Unit: Practice Project

I have now finished editing the practice project with my team member Neill.
Though we had a lot of interesting shots, there didn't seem to be enough especially with the questions which were answer really briefly causing the finished product to be under 5 minutes long.
However, this is just a practice so we aren't too worried about that especially as we are happy with the quality of footage we got which at this stage is more important. Also, because of previous issues we had in pre-production stages, we were only able to film on one day where-as other groups had two or more so we feel if we had the chance to get more footage, this issues would be easily resolved.

Documentary Unit: Practice Project

I have now gotten hold of the footage from the interview session my team members carried out at Blake's Cafe. Looking through the footage, there's a lot of cut-aways, a few actuality shots and the inteviews should all be just about enough to work with. LET THE EDIT BEGIN!!!

Documentary Unit: Practice project

After several unsuccessful attempts to get a business for our interview, my group has finally scheduled to interview a cafe in Maidstone called Blake's Cafe/Bistro.
The interview date is scheduled for the 12th of November 2012. Unfortunately I won't be able to make it to the shoot due to prior commitments but I have taken on the role of editor for the project anyway so I don't necessarily need to be there.