Production Log 5- Factual TV

Last week I have done further filming for my documentary, I have also started editing the footage I have because I am on the verge of finishing filming. Although I was going to interview the TEDs group, I unfortunately can no longer do that because they have told me that they're quite busy. However, I don't think this will be a big problem for my overall documentary because I have enough experts that I have already interviewed. The next step is to think about what I will say for my voice-over and record it, to finish editing and any other filming and start wrapping up the documentary!

Pre-Production Documents

Production Schedule 

Risk assessment

Call Sheet

Shooting Script

Location 1 

The first location in my documentary is going to be in my house where I will film my twin brothers. I have chosen this location because it is where they will feel most comfortable being interviewed and will most likely act natural in front of the camera. If I were to film them somewhere else their behaviour may change. This will take up the beginning of my documentary but will also come in now and then throughout.

Location 2

The next location is outside this cafe nero in Victoria where I used a panning shot. I chose this location because I have seen in many documentary's where there are random cut aways to locations that may not necessarily relate to the documentary but are used to add variety and this is the idea I had in mind when using this shot. I have a voice over this shot and It is the link between two topics covered in the documentary.

Location 3

This location was in St.Thomas hospital where one of my interviews took place in the department of twin research. Here I interviewed Dr. Juliette Harris who is a researcher working with Kings College and St.Thomas hospital on the development and ageing of twins.

Production Log 4- Factual TV

This week I have interview through Skype a Swedish student, who is working closely with Kings College London (in London) and he is a researcher into telepathy. This was an important interview to me because it is a controversial topic which many people including scientists either agree or disagree with. Dr. Goran Brusewitz , has also worked alongside Dr.Harris Juliette who I earlier had interviewed. The Skype interview lasted about 20-minutes and the questions I asked Goran were;

1) What are you currently working on?
2) Do you have an opinion on telepathy of twins?
3) Why do some people disagree with this theory?
4) Does gender interfere with telepathic ability, because most people would say that girls are more telepathic than boys? Do you agree?
5) What were the surveys and experiments you carried out with twins?
6) Is telepathy only evident in twins? If yes, any reasons as to why that is?
My next step is to interview the TEDS group with my questions.

Production Log 3- Factual TV

This week I have filmed quite a few things for the documentary. The first thing was an interview with Dr Harris Juliette , who is a PhD student in the twins research center at the St.Thomas hospital. The interview took around 30-45 minutes and went well. The next thing that I have filmed is an experiment and still of some of the twins in my school, this was to test for similarity and difference between twins. The participants ranged from identical twins to non-identical twins.
Anther thing I have filmed is my introduction which was at Vauxhall Bridge, this was just a quick 10 seconds worth of intro to what I am going to be discussing within the documentary.
Lastly, I have now started drafting up questions for the next two interviews I am going to be doing which are both skype interviews and one is from the Twins Early Development Study (TEDS) and the other is a researcher of twin telepathy in University in Sweden.

The questions that I asked Dr Harris Juliette were;
1) What is your current work programme?
2) Which twins do you and your team deal with?
3) When reviewing twins during their aging what different things have you noticed?
4) Does an outside relationship such as a boyfriend or girlfriend change the relationship or bond between twins?
5) Do you find that twins change their dress sense or hair styles throughout their lives? Do they stick to dressing the same? Or not?
6)Why do identical twins choose to change their interest, does this depend on time, as they grow up?

Production Log 2- Factual TV

This week we pitched our ideas to some of our peers, explaining things such as what mode we have decided to include, the potential interviewees and experts we will interview, our target audience and why they are who they are. How the target audience are going to stay engaged with facts, archive footage and sound/music. The pitch lasted 11 minutes and my peers gave me feedback and questioned me on the different points I discussed. We have also started writing our evaluations for the pitch proposal. From doing this pitch it has given me some things to think about when filming the documentary.

Production Log 1- Factual TV

This week we have started thinking about what our potential ideas for our documentary will be. After viewing some documentaries from past students it has given me an idea about what various ideas I already have and what is in fact achieveable. We also started a sheet which includes what ideas we have, what type of documentary it will be, who we will/can interview and do we need permission, our target audience the channel and time we will air the documentary.
The first idea I had was about the westernised children of London or how middleeastern children who come to a western country like the UK are swayed into conforming with 'western ways' and culture. This idea was possibly achieveable because it will have meaning as I someone who came from a another country. However, I have thought about the other aspects of the documentary in terms of interviews etc and I found that this could be limited and so might not be sufficient for the whole production. Another thing was the fact that this may offend some people as it is a sensative topic which I will have to make sure doesn't impact anyone.
The next idea was about the new London Mayor 'A Day In The Life Of Sadiq Khan' this idea is the most ambitious as Sadiq isn't a normal person and trying to interview him will be difiicult. I have contacted some people including Sadiq himself however have had no luck. So this idea isn't possible.
The final idea I had which is the one I am sticking with is, about twins. The fact that I have younger siblings that are twins will really help make the basis of the documentary successful and help me understand more about them as twins!
The next steps are to get consent from my twin brothers teachers to interview them and ask about their behaviour in class, in order to see whether they have similar things in common when in an acedemic environement and many other things.

News Package Parody- Evaluation

Links to Studio 

Our link from and to the studio was executed poorly because for example when Selim was supposed to say 'over to our correspondent... he said 'go and watch sports or something, Arsenal lost' he also said 'oi cut to him cut to him' this is not the what a professional news reporter will say. This makes the audience think that if the news reporter doesn't care about what he is telling us then why should they, which means that they lose interest in watching the news. Then when Shihab (the field reporter) starts talking he is not paying attention to the fact that he is live and is doing his own thing.

What we should have done: 
We should have definitely conformed to the way professional news reporters, report the news and link to and from the studio. When Selim handed it over to the field reporter Shihab should have known and been ready to take over. This would have made us look like we knew what we was going on and we took our job seriously. 

Actuality Footage 

For actuality footage we didn't use any source of material to show the viewers what we were talking about this is because we didn't mention anything about the Queen and throughout we vaguely spoke about the topic surrounding her birthday.

What we should have done: 
When Shihab was walking towards the camera being sarcastic we should have used that opportunity to include some footage or photos of the Queen and how she is celebrating her birthday. 

Mode of Address

Our mode of address was poorly conveyed, this was because the formality in what we were each saying was not at all professional as we used slang words and word we will usually use around our friends. This is shown in the studio when Selim is rapping to lyrics that are playing from his phone.

The tone of our voices was not reliable or trustworthy at all for example when Shihab was asking questions they were not in the most impartial way. The clothing that the studio reporter was wearing was informal and didn't portray the report as important at all, this is because when viewers watch this they will get a negative impression of the news caster but also the news programme itself. 

Also, body language is a big part of news reporting, here Selim's hand gestures were not the most appealing and reflected his age. This off putting for the viewers because their reaction would be that he is not a serious news reporter and so they aren't going to continue watching, some may find his body language quite insulting and rude, because he isn't showing the audience respect.
When Shihab links back to the studio Selim is asleep which makes the news report look even more informal and unprofessional, people may laugh at the news casters behaviour and so would not respect the programme, that is BBC news. 

What we should have done: 

If our news package was to be trustworthy to our viewers we should have first of all dressed appropriately. This is because we are trying to inform our viewers of a national event that is the Queens 90th birthday which is important as the British public have the right to know. This would have portrayed a better image to them and made them think that we are serious about what we're informing them.
Also when Shihab was talking as the field reporter he wore a cap which is not a recommended way to look when you're trying to report on an issue or topic which is important like the queens birthday. He should have at least taken his hat off and the jacket, although that isn't a big problem because he is outside so he could be excused. 

Interviewing Experts and Eyewitnesses 

 Here Shihab is again not conforming to the professional way, this is because when he is supposed to talk and interview an expert but instead he is being silly. This is not beneficial because he is showing BBC news to be not trustworthy which it should be.
Also, we didn't include graphics to introduce who he is, this makes the audience want to know whether they are being told the correct information by a reliable person.
When Shihab was interviewing an eyewitness we went for a humorous touch which was that the eyewitness was in fact blind. This shows that we weren't well prepared for the interview because  clearly the interviewee was not the most suitable, as he is blind. The viewers are not going to take this news package seriously because the interviews were both not informative and they didn't help at all or add anything extra to the reporting of this news package.
What we should have done: 
In order for both interviews to have been a useful and successful part of the news package we needed to make sure that what we were asking them was concentrated solely to the topic of the queens birthday. This would have made the