Outline

OUTLINE OF OUR 9 MINUTE PARANORMAL DOCUMENTARY –

We will keep the cameras rolling whole time, so we can then edit down our footage to bits of where we’re setting up and moving around, to speak over, so we have not got a lack of footage. We think it would be better that we have too much footage then too little. We start with our introduction. This will explain the story of Rotherfield court, its history and its previous owners. This will also include a brief run through of everything in the documentary, and everything they will be watching. We shall film this down at the abandoned swimming pool when it is dark to add a late night scary effect. Afterwards we will have all of our personal team views individually and outside non-believer and non-believer (interviews). This is so we can get a view from different ages, and beliefs, so our documentary is not biased. We then go onto our preparation – filming; cameras, getting ready, dressed, walking there, walking down. So everything before going to the places will be filmed, and could be talked over, or all fast forwarded in an effect kind of way. We then move onto Greys Court where we give a short talk outside of it at night, explain the past there and what goes on, try and get some spooky shots. The last scene will be the tour of Rotherfield Court basement where we will do the majority of our filming. That is because this is the main ‘attraction’ being in our college and everything.

Synopsis

This documentary is one on the paranormal, questioning the existance of spirits and trying to find haunted areas ourselves. Using camera's we go to places that not many others would venture in order to expose the secrets of the paranormal activities that take place in the small sleepy town of Henley. There are interview's with people that believe they have had sightings or encounters with paranormal beings and the sceptics who dont believe. We even go to the lengths of finding these entities and try to caputure them on film - watch this cutting edge documentary to unearth the secrets of the paranormal.

Origional Mood Board

Ouija board - Are they really a connection to the dead?
Wiccans - Why is this religion so apparently in tune with dead spirits?
Satanism - Is this religion anything to do with a lot of the supposed paranormal activity seen today?
Zombies - Has the commercialisation of the paranormal made it less credible for the sceptics?
Graveyards - A classic and commercial area where a lot of paranormal things are mean't to take place.
Mediums - Real or an elaborate hoax?

Media regulations

My documentary on the Paranormal

In my documentary I will follow as many media regulations as I can, My documentary is about the paranormal and asks the question if paranormal activity actually takes place, do ghost’s exist?

 I will be truthful and accurate by not setting anything up, me and my group will simply film anything that takes place in the basement of the Rotherfield campus. Any reconstructions I may put in my documentary will have a disclaimer shown at the beginning saying that it is from the point of view of the interviewee and may not be entirely accurate, it will also inform the audience if it is disturbing or difficult to watch. My documentary will be entirely fair, I shall not mistreat or make fun of anyone for their views on the matter, it shall be carried out as professionally as possible. I will make sure to be fair by asking questions that wouldn’t put my interviewee off or make them uncomfortable. My documentary would not be shown on television for obvious reasons however if it was to be shown I would make sure it would be shown after 9:00pm. I will do this because young children may get scared of the content of my documentary, especially because it is all about the paranormal and would also show a disclaimer at the beginning so that the audience knows what to expect. My presenter will have a firmly neutral view throughout, not choosing a side of whether the paranormal is a load of rubbish or not but simply asking questions about it and experiencing it for themselves.

This is the media regulations I shall follow while making my documentary, the ones I haven’t included are not in here because they do not apply to my documentary or any of it’s content. I believe my documentary will be a success because it is different to most documentaries however it is something that most individuals have questioned for themselves – Do ghost’s exist? So I think my documentary will definitely please it’s target audience of 15 to 30 year olds.

Risk assessment form

Collaberated Mood Board

Learning outcome 1

Understanding pre-production techniques

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Type of production –

Documentaries – this is a type of media production created to educate and entertain their audience, they are often on controversial subjects such as the documentary we viewed in class by Nick Broomfield called “Aileen – selling of a serial killer” although other documentaries may not be as controversial such as the interesting documentary called “Lift” by director Marc Isaacs in which Marc simply observes the behaviour of people in a block of flats lift in London which eventually leads to the audience learning more about these complex characters and perhaps helps them empathise with these people. But a quality all documentaries share is that they capture reality and show it to their audience.

News programme – this type of media is one that is used to inform their audience on local, national or global news, perhaps the largest news company in England is the BBC with it being the most viewed all the news programmes. The news follows certain news values created by Gatlung and Ruge which means that the biggest stories are ones of disaster and global relevance and the smallest being ones of little relevance to the world, probably small local news stories usually with a feel good attitude which is why they are displayed at the end of news shows.

Factual programme – A factual program is simply and programme that presents fact, so a documentary can be classed as a factual program. However factual programs can also be films like “Kidulthood” which is meant to give an insight to the audience into the lives of young people growing up in south London and the problems they have to face with gang culture, violence and drug use.

Mocumentary – A mocumentary contains fictitious events presented on documentary form and is usually a parody of a certain subject such as the case of the mocumentary “The Magician” which is an Australian film that follows a hitman in Melbourne.

Finance

Equipment
Camera’s - £300 daily

Transport
8 seater minibus - £300 daily

Talent
Any talent we would use would not need to be paid because they are making the documentary for the pursuit of truth and the fun of making the documentary because the talent would be only members of our team

Crew http://www.tallboy.co.uk/prices/camera-crews.php
Cameraman, assistant, kit and soundman (full lighting kit, full sound kit) - £1250 daily

Materials
Any materials we would need would only be small props used to gain a better affect such as candles - £15 (maximum)

Facility hire
Editing suite - £660 daily

Clearances
We would need permission to film on college campus and in Rotherfield basement from the college officials

Time

Our final deadline is 07/02/2012, equipment is important to help us reach this deadline, without the correct equipment we would not be able to film or edit before our deadline. Personnel need to be readily available at all times so that if one person isn’t available someone else can be so that our filming schedule would not be negatively affected and we would not be pushed back for time. Timescale for clearance is the time given by an authority for a clearance, for example the police may give my group permission to film at a certain site, but only give the clearance for a week so we would have to get our filming done in that time space.

Personnel

An average production team consists of three people, a camera man, an assistant and a kit and sound man. The cost of these would be - http://www.tallboy.co.uk/prices/camera-crews.php

Cameraman, assistant, kit and soundman (full lighting kit, full sound kit) - £1250 daily

Contributors

For my documentary we would need specialists on “the supernatural” who we can interview about certain types of supernatural beings. We would also need talent, a central presenter to host the show and finally members of the public to interview about their personal experiences to make the show reach its target audience more, because it has people they can relate too.

Locations

My documentary would need to be filmed in several locations in order to show the audience local haunted areas, therefore we would need clearance to film on the Henley college grounds which is free but we need permission, and also around Henley such as the graveyard and church which we do not need clearance for. There are risks of filming outside especially this time of year, it is extremely cold outside and that could present a risk to those filming with cold related illness. Luckily our filming will be based in Henley so we will not have to travel far from the college grounds and it is all very accessible and would not cost anything as we would travel by foot because we do not have to go far.

Codes of practise and regulation

It is very important to get clearance to film in certain places, if film crews do not get clearance to film they could potentially trespass in areas and also put themselves in danger, for example it would be very important to gain clearance to film on a building site at night, if a film crew does not, they could potentially hurt themselves and because of no clearance they would not be able to get insured or they might even be sued. Ofcom or the Office of Communications is a government approved authority for broadcasting and telecommunications, it’s function is to represent the interests of the public which means that it makes sure things on television are suitable for certain audiences so they can protect the public from what may be considered unsuitable.