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Friday, 8 November 2013

Documentary project notes

Assignment 1 Notes:

  • Use the following headings: Time, Personnel, Finance, Locations, Facilities, Materials/Copyrights and Materials/Contributors.
Time
  • Shooting Schedule- what it is, why it's important
  • how long it takes to get clearances for music/clips
Personnel
  • Look at the credits 
  • research crew members- director, camera operator, sound recorder, researcher etc. -what they have worked on before, qualifications/experience they have
  • why is it important to get the right crew?
Finance
  • where you get money to make a documentary get funded- e.g. art councils, lotteries, pitching ideas to tv companies. 
  • how much is it to clear music/clips from other tv/film companies it will depend!
Locations 
  • Where- be specific!
  • What they had to do to gain permission- e.g. councils 
  • Why you get permissions- not always legal
Facilities 
  • Equipment, specialist kit needed
  • camera, sound, editing THAT WE USE FOR OUR DOCUMENTARY and the technical specs
  • What are the costs of hiring things like this
  • why is having the right kit important?
Materials/copyrights
  • What archive/materials from other films/programmes have they used? 
  • Who do you get clearance/copyright from the footage
  • popular music- who get clearance
  • what is clearance/copyright and who do you pay for/get one
Materials/Contributors
  • find out contributors of a documentary, who they interviewed
  • find out whether there were any specialist advisors needed to make the documentary- e.g. doctors, counsellors etc. 

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