Schedule
FRIDAY
FRIDAY
Hannah available
from 12 -3.
- 9:42 train - arrives 11:42
- Taxi to Hannah's with all equipment.
- Set up lighting for room interview.
- Part 2 + 4 of plan and questions in Hannah's room.
- Review (plan more cutaways if needed).
- (emphasis on childhood stories).
SATURDAY
- 9:42 train - arrives 11:42
- Taxi to Hannah's with all equipment.
- Set up lighting for room interview.
- Part 2 + 4 of plan and questions in Hannah's room.
- Review (plan more cutaways if needed).
- (emphasis on childhood stories).
SATURDAY
Hannah available
from 3 onwards.
- Time lapse of city.
- Wide shot of Chester - shopping centre.
- River and bridge establishers.
- Meet Hannah at 3.
- Part 1 + 3 of plan and questions in living room.
- Wide shot of Chester - shopping centre.
- River and bridge establishers.
- Meet Hannah at 3.
- Part 1 + 3 of plan and questions in living room.
SUNDAY
Hannah not available all day.
- Review previous days footage- look for potential re-shoots.
- Cut aways of High school.
- Obtain more cut-aways if necessary.
- Begin to put together poetic documentary sequence.
MONDAY
Hannah available from 12-4.
- Hannah's living room, part 5 of plan and questions.
- Walking and talking interview on walls or bridge.
- Walking and talking interview on walls or bridge.
- Cut aways of location of interview and University.
Here is a sample of the sections of questions we were working off:
Questions
PART 1
(Hannah's family)
- How would you describe Hannah?
- How did she cope with the
experience/how did you cope?
- What was Hannah like growing up? For
example: Hobbies?
- Do you have any memorable stories from
her childhood? (light-hearted/getting into mischief)
PART 2
(Hannah)
- Where did you grow up?
- What did you do when you were younger?
i.e. Hobbies
- Do you have any funny memories from
this?
PART 3
(Hannah)
- How did you first become aware of the
brain tumour?
- How did this make you feel?
- What were the signs/symptoms?
- What was going through your mind while
you were waiting for the results?
- Did you find it hard telling
people/did they treat you differently?
- Were they supportive?
PART 4
(Hannah)
- How did you find out about The Brain
Tumour Charity?
- What inspired you to get involved?
- How did you go about raising the
money?
- Did your family and friends get
involved?
- Can you give examples of people that
it has helped?
- How much money have you raised so far?
- What was your biggest event?
- What does the money raised go towards?
- How does it make you feel?
- What are the plans for the future of
the charity?
PART 5
(Parents/Hannah)
- Talk about achievements:
- Carrying the Olympic Torch
- Ellen MacArthur
- Awards
- Houses of Parliament speech
Although these weren't the final questions we used in the interviews, they give a rough idea of our narrative structure and the sorts of things we were asking Hannah and her family.
When planning we also constructed a equipment list together, making sure we had all the necessary equipment to complete four days of shooting with.
Equipment List
EQUIPMENT LIST:
- 2 Cameras (cannon 6D and 600D)
- Shoulder rig
- Radio mic
- Boom mic and pole
- XLR lead
- Marantz
- Marantz
- Reflector
- 2x dedo
- Track/dolly
- Tripod
- Batteries
- Extension lead
- View finder
- Avid Editing Software
My role in the as the cinematographer, was to consider what shots to get, where to get them from and what techniques and types of shots we should get in which parts of the film. To do this effectively, I created a rough shot list for the weekend and did some rough floor plans of the different interviews we wanted and knew how we wanted them to look. The only reason these are rough plans and not extremely detailed, is because we wanted some spontaneity for the film so it didn't appear to be heavily scripted/staged and ultimately to increase its authenticity.
Shot list
On Friday we follow the schedule very closely and well and got some very nice content and shots from it. We also added in doing some interior shots of her house and room to serve as cutaways in the film. Here is a sample of some of the footage we got.
In terms of cinematography, I think that the variety of shots we got over the weekend were very positive as not only were they well considered and composed, I also did a number of takes with each one with different pieces of equipment. I did this because when we use certain shots for cutaways or establisher's, we can cut between the different types of shot (from tracking to static) for a more aesthetic and less boring film. I also think the different locations for the interviews will work very well for the final cut as the audience won't be bored by just seeing the one background again and again when seeing Hannah. The reason we did this was, as well as to not make it boring, to make the locations reflect the flow of the narrative e.g. when Hannah talks about her brain tumour (a very personal thing) we have her sat on her bed in her room behind an inspirational quote she admires.
Things that I would like to improve on would be that in the interviews, the eye-line isn't where we were advised to have it in the workshop session the previous week. When we showed this to Debbie she pointed it out and said that it may be that we have to re-shoot some of the interviews. However my personal opinion is that we won't have to re-shoot very much (maybe around half the questions for the Friday interview) as the framing of the shot and location still does the same thing the eye-line would do if it were changed. I am also worried about the quality of the content Hannah would give if we did re-shoot as it could sound more scripted and less spontaneous. Finally I would like to film more shots of Hannah doing a daily routine chore as it would give us more footage to use as cut-aways that still engage the audience with the narrative and what Hannah is saying.
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