Production Log 2

What progress did you make since your last entry?

This week i have recored the main part of the documentary, the case study. Hollie Wollaston and myself have recorded several update Vlogs during the time of the experiment showing our behaviour change and how much different our health gets by doing this. We did a stacking cups challenges as well to provide proof of our reaction time getting worse. I have also re-booked an interview with the nurse and GP for next Tuesday. I also got a head start with graphics and have completed the opening warning screen.

What logistical challenges did you face and how did you overcome them?

During the week i have still not been able to book an interview with a psychologist, I have emailed and rung up multiple people and they either no not reply, are unable to do the interview or a couple of the them sent me an article about sleep deprevation, stating they cannot attend a interview but the article may help, and forward me to another person who could help. Some of the interview requests are still pending and i will check daily for a reply.

What techincal challenges did you face this week and how did you overcome them?

There has not been any technical challenges this week due to mainly good planning. The mail recording was either set up on a tripod, that hardly moved during the video logs, or hand held due to confidence and location. As the recording was a case study these methods where acceptable to use as it influences the realism of the situation.

what targets do you aim to acheive before your next entry?

By the end of next week i plan to have imported all the case study footage and look though it to pick out what footage i will use for each section in the documentary. I also plan to have completed the interview with GP and Nurse and have that footage also imported. I hopefully will also be able to get all the Voxpops i need for the public montage, and get the interview with the psychologist booked up and set.

Production Log 1

What progress did you make since your last entry?

This week i have finished off completing all of the pre-production work including; the recci for all locations, risk assessments for all the locations, a production schedule to help layout and manage the dates and times of each of the production and post-production days, multiple call sheets for more information on each of the production days and finally a crew list, listing all the members of the crew. By having all this pre-production complete i am ready to set out to record all the footage planned for next week.

What logistical challenges did you face and how did you overcome them?

During the week i had been emailed by the psychologist, Mrs Eden, stating that she could no longer take part in my documentary as a client has came up during the time slot we had arranged. Due to this cancelation I no longer have a psychological view point on the topic which is fairly important as it gives the audience the minds role in sleep deprivation from an expert. I have not yet fixed this problems as i have emailed several other psychologist and psychology professors for their participation but i have not yet got a response granting me an interview with any of them. I will carry on though next week trying to resolve this problem.

What techincal challenges did you face this week and how did you overcome them?

There has not been any technical challenges this week as i have not been using any equipment such as cameras and editing programs. Although i had trouble importing pictures of the location for the Recci onto Blogger. To fix this was very simple, as i change from internet explorer to Google Chrome. I do not know how it fixed the problems but it worked. Other than this very small issue i had with Blogger everything else went smoothly.

what targets do you aim to acheive before your next entry?

By the end of next week i plan to have filmed the two interview with the GP and Nurse, as i have booked an interview with them at the Nurse's house on Tuesday. Shown in the Production schedule. After this i also plan to have the case study completed. This would be very important as it is the largest part of the documentary.

A extra, unexpected target is to also find a interview with an expert to give me a psychological approach to the topic. This is quite urgent so i would need to find one as soon as possible.

Recci

Romford Shopping Centre

Romford Shopping centre is going to be used to film the voxpops for the documentary. The reason in which i have chosen this location is because the shopping centre has hundreds of people inside it every day and a lot of the people are of the age range i am interested in interviewing for the voxpop. I will go to this location during the day on a weekend when it is most busy with people, and at night as young adults will be heading out clubbing at this time.

The travel will not cost me or the crew any money as we all have oyster cards that allow us to travel on busses for free. The location is approximately 20 minutes away from our starting location and could go up to 40 minutes if there is traffic. But in the worst case scenario the location is still in walking disdains, making it a reliable and promising location to film a large amount of people.

Bedroom 1 (Male partisipent)

The male participant will be myself and the reason behind using my bedroom as the location of the case study documentary is because it is a realistic location where teenagers would stay up late. I would be fully aware of all hazards and be more comfortable in a environment i am very familiar with. The bedroom is the location the the house a teenager would spend most time, or at least i do personally, therefore i think it would allow the audience to relate to the study more personally as well as making the participant (myself) feel more relaxed in the environment.


As this location is inside of my own house there will be no need to travel, this is very good for me as any far disdains i would have to rely on other people to transport me as i would be taking part in the case study that could have major effects on my reaction time, causing multiple hazard in the street such as crossing the road safely.

Bedroom 2 (Female participant)

The Female participant will be recorded inside her own bedroom for the case study as i said perviously in the male bedroom, it would make the participant feel more relax during the study as well as more aware of all the hazards in the environment they need to be careful of during the experiment. The audience should also get a better connection to the subject at hand as the running theme of bedrooms relates back to the typical location in which teenagers lodge around at their own homes. It also adds the bonus of having a bed in a majority of shots and plenty of cut aways to objects in the room.

As the recordings for the case study is done in a Video log ( Vlog ) style i will not need to be in the location to film the female participant. She will be filming herself resulting in no travel requirements. This makes the production much smoother and easier to capture all necessary footage.

Dining Room (interviews with experts)

The dinning room i will be recording in will be for the house of the Nurse. This was not my original option of location as i would have preferred their office or workspace but as i was asking them out of their own free time they requested that we would film at their house. They still would be wearing their uniform so the higher authority power should still be captured during the interview scenes to make the interview look legitimate and trustworthy. The location is the dinning room of the Nurse's house and the GP will also be interviewed in the same location due to the GP and Nurse knowing each other. This saves transport costs, although there is none. The location is in walking distance of a 15 minute walk from my house.

The layout of the dinning room will be quite fitting as i have a lot of cutaways i could do with the shelfs either side of the table, and the table is nicely centred to lay out the tripod in multiple possession of the interview.

Risk Assessments

Call Sheet

Production Schedule

Crew List