9th jan Production Monitoring

This week I have kept on schedule, as I have filled out the contributor release forms and call sheets and have discussed my documentary with people who will be in it and have their permission to use thier footage. I have asked them to be at Billingham 23rd Jan, with all the necessary equipment, where we will film until 7pm. This week I have also completed my shot list, which was slightly difficult as it is a documentary, in a fly-on-the-wall, observational stlye, which means I don't know exactly what will happen in every shot, as I will be filming spontaneous reality. So I have created a basic guide of what I need when filming however, when it comes to editing I will probably change it according to the footage I get. I created my shot list in excel and created columns stating what scene this shot will be in, the shot name, location, type of shot and camera movement, and also a short description of the shot and what knid of effect I want it to achieve and how it should make the audience feel and think, such as; 'The pair of skaters in performance, wide enough to show black-box, theatrical setting, thereby establishing the types of places where they were working "in the early days" - this and next 5 or so shots show some variation in locations and shot scale...change costumes on the pair to create sense of different performances. 3 to 15 secs each clip, total about 30. Continue as abovefor the next 3-6 shots, (fast montage of skaters)' As this took me quite a while to complete, this is all the work I have done this week, homework includes handing out more call sheets and finishing any unfinished planning documents.