Evaluation for documentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6D-PAOEDJ4


After presenting my documentary to the client the feedback that he gave me was that they enjoyed the introduction of my documentary with the time-laps going as its something different compared to what most documentarys will do and use as there introduction. They also liked the music that I had playing behind it as I made it seem happy and cheery even though the topic area was quite a dark and bad one. Th reason why I decided to do this is because this is kind of like what happened before the riots happened, as in it was all calm and happy and nothing seemed different but then the mood just changed and switched from that to become dark and even a bit scary for some people. They also liked the way that they time-laps cut when the beat came. I decided to do this because I thought that it would look a lot more smarter and would make the time-laps and the song look and seem like there were in time with each other.

After my main target audience had watched my documentary the feedback that they gave me was that they enjoyed the introduction and time-laps also because they said it was different and made it seem like the documentary could be interesting and entertaining. They also said that they would of liked to see more interviews and more interviews with a variety of different people as I had only interviews two different people and they were both the same gender and weren't that different other than there opinions and what answers that they gave.

The peer and Tutor feedback that I got also said that they liked the time-laps as it really set the mood and made them want to continue watching it and really dragged them into and and wanted to find out what it was about and why it had been made since most of my peers are mostly from around that region or have been there before and know what the atmosphere and setting is like. They also said that they would of liked to see more information being put into there about why it all happened and in greater detail about how this came to an end. The reason why I only put a limited amount of information into it is because all the detailed information was difficult to find and most of the clips and documentary's where I found this in had been copyrighted so that mean that I was unable to use it within my own documentary. Also I was very close to the deadline of when my documentary was to become completed and didn't have enough time to ask if I had write to use these specific clips which had information on it.

There were a lot of constraints which happened whilst I was filming my documentary such as; when I went to film my time first and main time-laps I filmed it quite late during the day which mean that it got dark before I was able to film from all the other different angles that I wanted to film it at, and lead to me not being able to film my time-laps from all the angles which I wanted to film at during that day and had to come back to complete that. But because I had to come back another day to complete my filming it mean that I was running behind on my schedule and was getting ever so close to the deadline at which I needed all my filming to be complete. Other constraints that I had to do with filming my time-laps is that the second date that I had booked in to finish off my time-laps filming it began to rain just as I reached Croydon high street, which also mean that I was unable to film on that current day for the fact that the water would get on the equipment and would mean that the quality of the film wouldn't be as good as I had hoped and liked.

Another constraint that I had was finding and getting clips which hadn't been copyrighted so that I was able to use them as I didn't have enough time to be able to as the creator and owner of that clip if I would be able to use it within my documentary. All of these contributors meant that my over all documentary wasn't as long as I hoped it would be as I was very limited to the amount of time that I had actually editing and putting all the clips together which I was able to use and also because I didn't have enough time to ask for permission to use the clips and videos of what I would like to of used for my documentary.

The improvements that I would make to my documentary if I was able to re-do and improve my documentary is that I would insure that I interview a vast and wider variety of people and maybe people who were involved with the riots such as police officers and shop owners who were affected by it. I would also give myself more time to be able to complete all of the filming before hand so that I didn't have to worry about completing the task behind schedule and meaning that I have failed the task that I had been given.

-You will then write a report evaluating your own production project work. You will measure and evaluate the extent to which your film has achieved its aims, taking into account the following:

• Client feedback

• Audience feedback

• Peer & Tutor feedback

• Constraints experienced 

Task 4 31.3

The budget for the making of my documentary is very low which means that the equipment I will have to use and the editing software will have to be cheap to use and means that it doesn’t cause me to spend to much money. The way in which I plan of over coming these difficulties is by filming my documentary with equipment which I am allowed to borrow free of charge (unless I break or loose any of it). This means that I don’t have to spend any of my budget on any equipment which I need in order to complete and film my documentary. Another way in which I have come over the struggle of having a small budget is by using editing software which is free for me to use. The software that i will be using is iMovie which is available and free to use within college as they are also supplying the macs at which I will use iMovie on and edit my documentary with. The final way at which I came over the fact that the budget for my documentary is small is by only using clips and music which aren’t copyrighted and means that I don’t have to pay the artist to be able to put there music in my documentary. All of these contribute to means that I will stick to my budget and wont go over the amount of money which I have as my budget.


The time schedule that I have set myself towards filming is that I will spend approximately 30 minuets in Croydon filming along the high street so that during pre-production I will be able to speed it all up and create a time laps with the clips which i have already filmed. I will also spend 10 minuets interviewing people and members of the public about here opinion on Croydon and the riots so that we are also given a wider variety of opinions on what people believe happened and how the police controlled it all. Then during pre-production and editing I plan on spending 4-5 hours editing and finishing off my documentary. All of this will mean that I complete my documentary in time and means that I am able to reach the deadline.


The only personnel in which will be taking part in my documentary are members of the public and also students at my school. This means that I don’t have to ask or book anybody specifically as it depends mostly on who will be available at the time when I will be filming my documentary. The time at which I will need personnel is during my filming in Croydon high street as I will be filming a time laps of people walking to and from Croydon which means that I don’t need to just specifically one person in particular during that scene at which I will be filming. Another time when I will need personnel is during my interviews as I will be interviewing students and other members of the public for it so that there is a variety of opinions so that more people will be able to relate to it and give there different opinion on the subject of Croydon during the riots. This all means that during non of my scenes I need a specific person or personnel which makes it easier to film all my scenes and complete them and film them when I have scheduled to film and complete them.


During the time filming my documentary I have not had to hire or rent out any facilities. The reason why I haven’t done this and haven’t had to do this is because when I have only needed one or two specific people to film it has only been for a short period of time, which means that I haven’t had to worry about the need of a facility. As well as that when I was filming with some specific people it was indoors and means that if they did need a facility it meant that they were close and in the same building and floor at which I was filming.


During the course of my filming for my documentary I only filmed only a small selection of locations. The locations at which I filmed at are: Croydon high street at which I filmed the clips to be able to create a time laps and create a back drop for the text which I use in my documentary. The other location at which I filmed at is inside my college, I will film the interviews inside my college because some of the members of the public which I will interview will go to my college or will work there. Another reason why is because if I did the interviews outside then it could mean that the audio isn’t as good as I would like it to be considering the wind and other background noises.


During the time of my filming the only location and place where I needed clearance was to be able to film my interviews inside one of the classrooms. The reason why I needed clearance for there is because a teacher could be teaching in there at the same time at which I want to be able to film and may mean that I have to move location to film, but luckily the classroom wasn’t being used during the same time when I wanted to film. If for example I wanted to film inside the whitgift centre or inside central in Croydon then I would have to get clearance to be able to film in there and would need to have security authorization with it.


All of the clips, footage and music that I will be using in my documentary wont have copyrights as that makes it easier for me to use and means that I don’t have to ask for permission. But if there is a clip or bit of music that i wish to use then I will have to ask the person who created that clip of bit of music if i will be able to have it in my documentary and come to an agreement with them to do with it.


As I have been creating and filming my documentary I have insured that I haven’t broken the codes of practice and regulations because my documentary isn’t offensive or harmful to anyone at all which means that I haven’t broken the broadcasting code. If I had broken the codes of practice and regulations then it would of meant that my documentary wouldn’t of been suitable to be released and means that my documentary would be taken down and I would probably have to re-do my documentary of take it back to pre-production and made sure that it was then suitable.