A life of Alfie treatment

Genre and target audience powerpoint

Teens in care

Teens in care 



My documentary is about teenagers who live in care, the interview will take place in a semi independent house in Cambridge, in the teenagers home environment. I will be finding out how life is living in care as a teenager.  

Questions i will ask : 

- how do you find life living in care 

- do you miss being at home 

- what are the struggles you deal with every day 

- are there any positives about living in care 

Equipment needed : 

DLSR camera 
Tripod
Microphone
Boom pole (if needed)
SD card 
Memory stick 

Time & Date and location : 

Date: Wednesday 11th November 
Time : 5:00
Location : Cambridge 

Changing my idea

I have reached a point in my documentary were i believe changing my idea would be the best option, instead of interviewing the homeless, i will be interviewing 2 teenagers who live in care. my new documentary will be called 'teens in care' i will be getting an insight on how life is living in care as a teenager.

Mind Map of homeless documentary

The pitch and equipment

Day in the life of the homeless. 

My documentary is about the homeless people living on the streets of Cambridge. the interview will take place in the city centre of cambridge, i will finding the homeless people and interviewing them in there environment. The point of this interview to see get a insight of how hard life must be if you were homeless. 

I will be finding out these question: 

- How they ended up in the situation they are in. 
- What do they do on a day to day basis. 
- How do they eat 
- Where they sleep at night 

Equipment needed :

DLSR camera 
Tripod
Microphone 
Boom pole (if needed)
SD card 
Memory stick 

Time & Date and location : 

Date - Thursday 15th October 
Time - 10:00 
Location - Cambridge City Centre 

Draft Script Wesley West.

Mind Map of Documentary

Pulp Fiction.

A story is what something is about, e.g. games, book and films. 

A narrative is a retelling of something that has happened. Narrative is not the story itself, this is how we feel about it.

3 act narrative structure. 

The first act - is usually used for exposition, to establish the main characters, their relationships and the world they live in. Later in the first act, a dynamic, on-screen incident occurs that confronts the main character

The second act - Your main character begins confronting the series of obstacles standing in his/her way.  They also reveal more about themselves (backstory & secrets) and what motivates them.  

The third act - Things pick up speed now as the protagonist moves faster and closer to achieving their goal, putting the final pieces of the plot’s “puzzle” together. 

5 act classic hollywood structure. 

1. exposition - location, characters.

2. development - more information on characters.

3. complication - something that happens.

4. climax - problems get solved.

5. resolution - happy ending.


A linear narrative starts a story at the beginning, goes on through the middle, and ends at the end. Hollywood 5 act structure. Linear films - Lord of the rings, Little Miss Sunshine and Fight Club. 


A non-linear narrative is one that doesn't. All 5 act happen but in a different order. Non Linear films - Pulp Fiction, Slumdog Millionaire, Forest Gump and Kill Bill. 

Draft Script - Day in a life 'Homeless'

 

Shooting Schedule Scene 1

List of Question

• What exactly is it that you do for a living? 
• What did you want to be as a child?
• have you got any role models or inspirational people that helps you to inspire your work?
• What did you do before you got into advertising?
• What changes have you seen in the industry?
• What is your biggest achievement?
• Have you got any favourite pieces of work that you've done?
• Is there any work that we may have sen around Cambridge or in newspapers?
• What is it like being able to work from home?
• What kind of things have you produced from paid work?
• What inspires you to do these sculpture in your spare time?
• Is there anything that you are currently working on? 
• What are your plans for the future, is there anything new you're planning on making in your free time?

Time, Date and Location

We have arranged to film the documentary at Wesley's house. 

Time - 10:00am 
Date - 5th October 2014 
Location - Wesley's house 

The Pitch & Equipment

Title - 

Wesley West - Inside Story 

The documentary will be about the life of an inventor called Wesley West. He is a local inventor who lives in Cambridge, Wesley produces eccentric work such as double decker caravans, metal sculptures or objects and animals. The interview would take place in his home, where his sculptures are made and kept. 

-  Find out if we can interview the subject (a member of my group has already contacted Wesley and he     is more then happy for us to interview him) 

- Find out what days and time he is able to do the interview. 

- Work out what equipment we will need and where we will get them from. 

- Do test shoots with the camera.

Equipment needed - 

DLSR Camera 

Tripod

Microphone 

List of questions 

Sd card 

Memory stick 

9/11 state of emergency (Neil Rawles) (2010)

9/11 state of emergency

 9/11 state of emergency is a documentary about the terrorist attack on the united states of America. The film features interviews with air force pilots, fire chiefs and relatives of hijacked passengers and survivors and rescuers from the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks.


On September 11, 2001 19 militants associated with the islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four airliners and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States.

Two of the planes were flown into the towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, a third plane hit the pentagon just outside washington D.C and a fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. The impact left a gaping hold near the 80th floor this killed hundreds of people and trapping hundreds more on the higher floors.

















Less then 15 minutes after the terrorist struck the nerve center of the U.S military, the horror in New York took a catastrophic turn for the worse when the south tower of the world trade center collapsed in a massive cloud of dust and smoke.


This feature lenght drama tells the story of 9/11 in the words of key political and military leaders as
well as ordinary people who suddenly found themselves on the frontlines of a new kind of war.

Here is a list of websites all about  the 9/11 -



http://www.channel4.com/programmes/911-state-of-emergency


http://www.911memorial.org/

http://www.history.com/topics/9-11-attacks

6 ideas.

Story from local paper -

 Cambridge university primary school unveils its first head teacher. James Biddulph is the new principal of university of Cambridge primary school, which is due to open in September next year on the north west Cambridge development.

A person you know -

Hannah Guautry A day in the life. simply be filming Hannah throughout the day, traveling the college, shopping around town, with her friends at the park.

Something i am interested in -

Tottenham, i am a very passionate Spurs fan. i was thinking about taking a tour around White Hart Lane, filming the stadium interview the workers there, find out about the history.




A Place -

London. i would put together a short documentary about London, visiting famous landmarks eg; Big Ben, London eye, Tate modern and The Natural history museum.







Life of the homeless -

This is the one i am probably going to actually do, i am planning on going into the center of Cambridge and interviewing the homeless. In the interview i will be planning on finding out why they are in the situation they are in, how they ended up there, how they feel about general life. i believe this would be a very good documentary as it will help me understand alot more about people that live on the streets.



Sport -

As i am a very keen footballer player, i play for my local town ladies club. i have been given permission by my coach and manager to film live footage, and interview my team mates. I will be filming short clips from games, focusing on how different players play, such as defenders, midfielders and strikers.