Problems and Limitations: Lillie Lambert

Within our group we work really well together as we work off of each others strengths. We have been delayed in editing our documentary as we have both been off at times but are now back so will complete it to a high standard. We both contributed to filming so we had different takes on peoples opinions and different ways of conducting interviews. It gives our documentary a twist on both our inputs.

Interviews: Lillie Lambert

For my part of filming I decided to film a group interview. The reasoning behind this is that you can keep the interview rolling as participants work off of each others responses.
Catharynes interviews were with individual people which I think is a vital point of view as people are more likely to view their own ideas in a more private setting. Whereas when in a group some people will sensor what they really think as they worry that what they may say in a group setting may be mis-interpretted or be 'wrong' in the minds of other participants.
The group of 4 girls that I interviewed are all very open minded so rather than me having to keep the interview going by asking more question we keep going off of the girls varying responses. The location of my interview was in one of the media rooms which made the girls a little more relaxed as the setting was something they were used too rather than an over formal interview where they were uncomfortable.
I was pleased with the responses the group gave as it was all what they initially though even with minor mess ups it gave the interview a true to life feeling.

Interviews: Catharyne

I decided to conduct and film two different interviews for my section of filming, so as to take a more diverse approach in collection my primary research. The first section of the documentary features one girl who I interviewed and her reaction to a statistic I read out to her. I felt it was necessary to add in initial reactions & responses because it gives a more hone
st approach to the documentary, which is obviously what we needed to do.

I decided to film my interviews in the drama studio and the photography studio so as to have better backdrops behind my interviewees to make it look more professional. My second interviewee actually wanted to be anonymous throughout the interview so I had to ensure that he face was obscured through filming which was quite difficult to do, so in the end I decided to block out her face post-editing.

Initial Filming: Catharyne

For the first part of filming for the documentary I decided to conduct some interviews. I thought that interviews would be an important basis, alongside facts & statistics, of the documentary because the subject matter we've chosen is so opinionated and quite a taboo or controversial topic.

I decided to split the filming between us seeing as there was only two of us. I decided to conduct 2 singular interviews, whereas Lillie decided to film 1 group interview.

As dictated on the Location List I did, I filmed my two interviews in the drama studio, against a mirrored backdrop, and in the photography studio, against a black backdrop. I decided to do this to give a more professional standard to my filming because I didn't want any distractions in the background to distract from the subject of the documentary.