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The first assignment in the second year of the Interactive Media Diploma was to produce a four minute documentary that would be suitable for broadcast over the Internet; specifically with an eye towards uploading our documentaries to the Channel 4 ‘Four Docs’ website.
I was looking forward to working on my own idea initially, however we ended up working in small teams based on a handful of the documentary treatments produced by the class were selected to be produced. Raj, my team mate and the eventual star of the film, had written a treatment about filming a care worker in a residential care home. The idea was a solid one, however we were badly let down by the senior care worker (with thirteen years experience) who refused to be filmed and interviewed at the last minute.
As a result, we had to change the whole dynamic of the film and replace the original subject with Raj himself, who also works at the home, with him playing a directing role and with the film shot by myself.
As a result of this, I don’t feel that the documentary is quite as engaging as we originally planned; although that is mostly down to the audio as we were hoping for plenty of interesting comment to be able to choose from and include. The visuals were satisfying, and the hand-held camera experience was valuable. Once again I found the editing process to be very, very enjoyable.
My main responsiblities for this assignment were camera, editing and a share of all other pre and post production.