Target Audience

So for our film we need a target audience as well as to identify the BBFC which is the standard identification of a films rating (all formal eh?) This is one of the most important things that we need to identify for our film so we better get cracking! 

Choosing a Target Audience

The Illusion of Existence target audience is between 14-45. This target audience is a large age range however we think that this is a suitable target audience since the film will appeal to late teens to middle aged adults. This also compares to similar films of the same genre which share a large target audience as ours. The gender split amongst our target audience is going to be more to the female side with 60% female to 40% male divide. Due to the protagonist in our short being female, the female viewers are more likely to relate to the character than male viewers however this doesn't prevent the film being an interesting watch for the male audience within our chosen age range. 


BBFC Classification

For all films, a BBFC needs to be decided as this determines what the rating of the film is going to be and so which audiences the film is available to. BBFC stands for British Board of Film Classification where by all films have to legally be rated by this classification in order for it to be distributed.

There are different types of classification depending on the content within the actual film.  There is: U, PG, 12, 12A, 15, 18, R18. 
If you want more details about the BBFC ratings and what each of them mean, click on the link bellow: 

Click here for BBFC

So after considering the features and details of the classifications we decide that our film would fall under: 

What exactly makes our film PG rating then? Well these are the features of which a PG film can contain: 

• Mild bad language can be used such as B**** and S***, however they must be used in a non aggressive violent manner to prevent them from being rated a 12. Repeating these words is also not allowed.
• Smoking and drinking cannot be promoted and encouraged.
• Sexual references can be made but not shown in full 
• No detailed violence is allowed. Blood is permitted by the cause of the injuries are not allowed to be showing in great detail.
• Drugs can be spoken of and shown but they cannot be focused upon unless it is an anti-drug film or has an educational message that children over 8 will understand.

How does our film fit this classification?

The genre and style of our film meets the criteria that fits within the PG classification. The violence within the film is mild. There is only the image shown on the news article when the female finds out the male is really dead which implies violence. In no way is the violence shown or discussed in great detail meaning it fits within the PG range. 

Another reason for this being a suitable classification is due to the wide age range in which we have. Our target audience isn't necessarily going to want to watch a gore filled film with a lot of violence, this film caters for ta wider variety of people, allowing more than just a niche group of people wanting to watch our film. The film is then accessible to a wider range of people within our target audience range. 

Non of the behaviour within our film can in any way be a bad representation to the way in which younger people can act and end up replicating in real life. The content shows no drug use or behaviour that can be imitated by the younger generation (or even the older generation...you never know these days!)

Basic target audience idea:

Age: 14-45

Gender: Female

Ethnicity: White British

Income Level: part time/ middle class jobs.

Education: Been to university

Film Tastes: Drama, Thriller, Romance.

Class: DEC2

Ways of viewing film: Internet Streaming, Low key film festivals, Limited Cinemas.

Where would they find out about the film: Mainly Youtube in the trainers, adverts on DVD's before the film begins or on a film site when people are searching for new and upcoming films.

Existing Film Analysis

So to ensure that our target audience would genuinely like our style of film, we did some research to find films similar to that of ours with its style, genre and age range so see if it was similar to ours: 

Night At the Museum: Secret Of The Tomb:

Time Traveler's Wife:

Time Traveler's wife Audience and film material Link

Here are two films that are similar to our film and target audience choice. Night at the museum as you can see is rated a U however the target audience is mainly females but the wide range of audience ages that go to watch this film show that a film similar tot his is accessible to all age ranges which is what our film does. The Night at the Museum genre of drama is also the same as ours showing again that these film genres are of interest to our target audience choice. 

We then move on to time traveler's wife. This film again is accessible to all age ranges but mainly females due to it being a romance drama. Critics within reviews have said that it seems to be a film for a niche audience however, the film actually proves this theory wrong in that it is a film of interest for a wide range of audiences. The link for a Prezi found with this information about the film and audience can be found. Also the theme of the film is similar to that of ours. An ordinary female with no real flare meets a mysterious male but he disappears (other that the fact that she knows and sees him disappear). This is similarly plotted to that of ours meaning similar audiences will enjoy our film.

So now you know the basic idea of our target audience, we now need someone for our  TAP (No, we're putting on a dance show before you ask) to show the kind of audience member we would expect to watch our film.

Expected Workflow

Before even beginning the next stage of our film producing process, our group really needed to layout a work flow so that we had an idea of what needed to be done in what order. 

We had to sit and work out which relied on which point to ensure we had a legitimate order of doing thing. 

So here is our expected work flow: 

Hopefully the last point will be 'cry with joy' but we couldn't be specific until the film is finished!

Now we have a work flow its time to get cracking. Dividing up the first jobs then its al go go go!!

Film Commission Pitch

The time came for us to pitch our film in hope that it is good enough to get it commissioned. We went it with our film pitch and plan for different aspects of the filming and editing process. All that was left to do was to see how much it was going to get ripped apart and fight to the death to get our film commissioned (ok maybe not to the death....just a few cat slaps maybe).

So here is the moment of truth, the pitch! 

Evaluation
So the positive is....OUR FILM WAS COMMISSIONED! As you can see from the video it was said to be a simple storyline however it is heavily reliant upon the character representation and the choice of location to convince our audience that is a believable storyline. 

Storyline

The storyline is plausible and shouldn't be too difficult to make a script and explain in the treatment. There aren't too many characters in the film and one of the actors doesn't really need to talk as they will only appear at the end of the short. 
However it was said that our character is seen as starting off in a bad position and ending in an even worse one when she finds out the male doesn't really exist which in a way makes the film seem unfinished. So it was suggested that we follow the Todorov Theory where by we begin with pity for a character, make them seem worse off than they were at the beginning by disrupting their daily routine then bring up a new 'equilibrium' to leave a character in a better position than they began with. Here's a diagram to explain:

Todorov Theory 

With this in mind we are now in the midst of changing our film ending so that the lead ends in a better place than she begun with a false ending leading into an extra. 

Camera Work

Overall the camera work has to be good anyway but with the choice of film we have and the storyline, we are reliant on the good choice of camera shots. We said we were going to have a match on action shot when she looks over her shoulder followed by a point of view shot of what she can see. This will rely heavily on accurate camera positioning. We did have a wide choice of camera shots, establishing close up, mid shots etc which gives variety to our film idea and if done correct, will represent each of the characters and their story in such a way it is difficult to miss. The camera techniques such as crane shots, tracking etc are also adding to the creativity and will also mean filming will be difficult but again if done right, will be accurate in the establishing shots and character representation.


Target Audience 

In the pitch we said that our target audience would be 16-30 and mainly female. However it was said that our film target audience choice may be a bit narrow as our film genre seems a little more open companied to our AS media film which was a thriller where only a certain audience would watch our film. This film is open to a wider range of people rather than specifics. So long as we don't include anything in the film that would exclude anyone within the age range we could widen our target audience so this is something we are going to have to consider. 

Overall the film pitch was a success (well it must have been seen as though our film was commissioned). It wasn't easy with the mighty commissioner in front of us but there wasn't too much blood sweat and tears in the room. 
So the hard work doesn't stop their, now we've got the go ahead its time to start the planning of costumes, the treatment, location etc. Let film magic....BEGIN!

Film Schedule

Before getting ripped apart by the commissioner, we needed to decide on the schedule for the filming process in order for all of the jobs to be completed in time for the deadlines given. So here is our time table and who will be completing what when: 

Now we have that sorted it's time to face....THE COMMISSIONER! *Insert pantomime dun dun duhh*

Individual Film Pitches & Evaluation

So as I said we each pitched our films to our audience and commissioner which for all of us had success and areas to improve. We now needed to decided on the pros and cons of each film to eventually allow to come to a decision of which film short we would be creating (it was this or fight over it in a deadly game of rock paper scissors but this was was more legit..)  

Tom Bentley: Separation

Pros

• Simple to make without any over complex shots 
• The storyline is simple to follow and could be effective if scripted right. 

Cons

• The choice of age for the characters would prove difficult in finding.
• The locations may be a bit tricky to film in or film where we won't get interference 

Overall Evaluation

The film overall was a good idea and we all liked this idea of the two characters being long lost twins. We liked that the film storyline was simplistic yet it was easy to make it look more complex with fast pace editing and a variety of shots. 
Also we liked the fact that we only had two characters that were the leads in this film making it easier when getting together a cast or arranging to film. 
We did however think it was a bit difficult to expect us to get actors/actresses of the age of 21 seen as though most of the actors/actresses we know are maximum 19. 
Overall we think this film could be a possibility to be our film choice.

Lucy Smith: Puzzle Pieces



Pros

• Only contained two characters which were age appropriate for the actors that we could get hold of.
• Storyline was easy to follow

Cons 

• The storyline was a little simplistic making us worry that we couldn't have the innovative twist that a short typically has. 
• It would be a little risky taking the equipment into a big town as the film was set in.
• The idea that we may need consent for all the 'passers by' that were planned to be in this film.

Overall Evaluation

We liked the idea of it being as Lucy called it an 'Indie' styled film where boy meets girl in the end. The shot idea of it being in the indie style filters would be different compared to the short films we have looked at and wouldn't be too much to change the settings and image colour of the clips. 
We did think however it may be a little too simplistic for us and if chosen some of the elements may need to be changed or made a little more exciting like that of a short film.We also thought we may have difficulty with location as we would have to film in a big city meaning we would have high risk factors of equipment and busy times in a city. 

Charlotte Billingham (me): The Illusion of Existence 



Pros-

• Simple yet effective storyline that would be easy to follow for an audience 
• A wide choice of target audience, not specific to one type of audience. 
• Actor/Actress not too difficult to get hold of due to age choice

Cons

• Film locations can be slightly risky (by road).

Overall Evaluation

This film was said to be a good storyline that would be interesting to a wide audience. There isn't many actors needed in the film and so it wouldn't require too much reliance on the actors/actresses. The storyline also includes the typical twist that a short film, when researched, included which would be appealing to the audience. 
However we did think that there may be problems with the location safety with it being by roads and having to find a specific road that is right for the film and representation of the film.

Jack Parkes: Replay

Pros

• Good twist within the film idea. Innovative. 
• The setting in which the film is based is legit as it is set in a school which would be an easy location to film on. 
• We have a car in which we could shoot some of the scenes however (see cons..).

Cons

• The ending was a little cliche 
• We don't really have anyone other than the production team that can drive the car.

Overall Evaluation

The film idea was innovative and would be easy to have a comparison as professional film that in some ways has similar features to the idea that has been pitched. The way in which we could use the shot types to represent the bully getting hit in the film would also be good as we can imply things without showing it. 
We also liked the fact that it would be easy to film on location as we would only need the school as a location. However we did think that the ending may be a little cliche with the bully getting hit by a car due to the conversion of the nerds 'powers' which he uses for bad. We wanted to steer away from cliche so if we chose this film we would have to consider an alternative ending. 

After much discussion we opted for....*drum roll*....

ILLUSION OF EXISTENCE!

This film was said to be different and could allow us as a group to twist and make the film innovative and creative. The locations were realistic and doable as well as the actors/actresses being easier to cast and represent the character. 
So now we have a film idea it was time to prepare for doom....ok not exactly doom but similar. PITCHING IT TO THE COMMISSIONER. But first I think it might be wise for us to prepare a little schedule for us to follow in order for us to be organised and complete out jobs.

Production Team Logo

Now we have our production team, we needed to decide on a production team name and rough idea of an ident. 

This was a difficult process as we needed to have a name and ident that represented our values and what we will bring to the film and media industry with our short film. So After much discussing and debate we finally went with: 

Justice Productions

I'll talk about why we went for this name later on as we really need to decide on a production ident. (Just to recap incase you didn't know an ident is the logo for a production company. Like disney has the castle sequence at the beginning or universal had the world as theirs. The image is there to represent the companies name and values.)

So here is a rough idea we had about an ident. It isn't set in stone as we have a little more time to polish it off and make changes but here is our first idea:




Production Team Name:

So why did we actually chose this as our name? Well we want our films to be created well and the people involved need to be credited positively. We want to give all our films "Justice' in that they are successful and creative to portray them in a positive light. Also we want to give our company 'Justice' as well as the films to show that we are a successful film company. 

Production Team Ident:

The ident shown about represents the production team name in two ways. Firstly, the image on screen is the star sign of Libra which is represented as a set of scales. We want to be seen as tipping the scales so that our film is represented as the more successful production team, out weighing the others. 

We also have the sound of a judges mallet which is associated with the idea of courts of justice. In court it is commonly said 'to bring justice' and so by having the judges mallet sound, this idea is present in our ident. 

We are hoping to have maybe a mallet slamming down as the ident or a set of scales to show the outweigh of our company. However we do like this idea but we do still have some tweaks to make to in in order for it to full represent our company. 

Next up is the tasking decision of deciding what film to go with. 4 ideas and only one champion. Who will it be? Find out next!

Production Team Introduction

Now that we have had a practise with the cameras and got feedback on the footage that we made its time to introduce you to the official film crew of 2015. 

The Crew: 

So the group I will be working with this year is *drum roll*: 

• Tom Bentley 
• Charlotte Billingham (Me)
• Jack Parkes
• Lucy Smith 

This is the same group that I worked with for my practise when creating the documentary. It was clear that we all worked well as a group, bringing different and similar qualities that will help and advance us in creating a successful short film. However we all have ways in which we need to improve our skills for this short film to be really successful. We all have our downfalls (after all we are only human...well I hope we all are anyway...) 

Tom Bentley

Strengths- Tom always ensures that he is part of the group conversations, taking in all the details and isn't afraid to ask questions on a regular basis. This allows him to gain a clear understanding of the tasks that we have been given and ensures they are completed correctly and in such detail. 

Areas of development- Tom needs to ensure that he shouts up a little more to get his opinions across as sometimes his ideas can be dismissed by people. If he got his opinion across more, there may be ideas that haven't been suggested or are original to the group.





Charlotte Billingham (Me)

Strengths- I feel I naturally take the role of team leader when in a group as I like to be organised and ensure that all tasks are covered so they are completed in time. I also feel that I am open to different ideas to allow other people's opinions that could improve the standard of the work. I also like to have work that is completed to a high standard. If I feel it can be done better I like to improve it. My strengths specifically come in the editing stages where I feel I excel at the input of sound effects and music to fit the mood of a film or clip.
Areas of development- I think I sometimes take over too much and need to learn to stand back and allow others to take charge, even if I feel it I don't agree with their ideas. We all make                                               mistakes but the only way to learn from them is by making them in                                   the first place. I think sometimes I can be too much of a                                                   perfectionist which can lead to overdoing something meaning it                                       looks worse than it did to begin with. 

Jack Parkes

Strengths- Jack works hard in the group and ensures his opinion is taken into account as well as bringing new and sometimes creative ways to improve aspects of the film producing process. He also likes things to be done to the best of his ability, putting in effort to ensure that tasks are completed. 
Areas of development- Jack thinks of really good ideas but sometimes the elements of them can be a little cliche. He can also get distracted easily by the local shop which although he said, and I quote 'its good for the local economy..' it isn't good when we need to get things done within a time frame.



Lucy Smith 

Strengths- Lucy is creative and likes to bring new ideas to the group. She's also good at the cartoon storyboard design and can create drawings that tell the story clearly. She also is very involved in the group and ensures that her opinions are heard and taken into account.

Areas of development- Like others, Lucy can sometimes go off track on the tasks given, letting her mind wonder. Also it can sometimes take a little convincing for her to accept different ideas and spins on creative ideas that she may not have thought of due to it maybe being something that isn't within her expertise.


So here are direct quotes from members of my group of what they specifically think are their main strengths and areas of development:

Right so we have been able to identify our strengths and areas of development, the next stage was to decide on which film we were going to be pitching as our final idea for a short film. We have 4 ideas, as a group we need to discuss the pros and cons of each film to come to a conclusion (lets hope we don't argue too much!) 

Evaluation of Documentary and Working Practise

Final Documentary:

So here it is, the final product! This is...LITTERally Rubbish. Take a look and see what you think: 



Audience Feedback:

Once the documentary had been played through to the audience, they made notes and then it was time to watch it again. This time round, they would shout stop at different points in the film to discuss the positives or improvements that could be made in order for this documentary to be of a better quality in some aspects. 

This is the video with the feedback from the audience with their opinions on different aspects of the documentary we created: 



Key Points of Feedback Video:

0:07- Establishing shot a little too long. Good smooth pan on the establishing shot.

0:40- Litter shown isn't exactly horrific. The bag wasn't really in focus like it should have been.

1:32-The person being interviewed couldn't be heard very well. Issues with wind when recording the sound. Name and titles needed a different text format (Name of each person then their surname as they're married. As well as the spelling of BARBARA...but we won't go there).

3:22- Selected focus not necessary on a specific duck. Could have been everything in focus.

3:57- Unnecessary camera movement.

4:14- Nice close up shot of tango can (other drinks are available). Sharp focus on the can.

4:33- Good focus shot where by the attention is drawn to the litter picker with a sharp outline of him. 

5:16- Representation incorrect. The litter picker doesn't really look like a litter picker, more of a convict. Not got the correct props for a litter picker.

6:02- Bottle and litter not in focus. focus too far back missing all the litter.

6:28- Too windy to capture a shot of someone dropping litter.

7:00- Nice shot at the end of someone dropping litter with a good voice over to end it. 

7:06- Good choice of title, very "Punny".


Evaluation of Planning:

The planning stages for the documentary were remotely successful in that we planned out the type of documentary we wanted to do and what was going to be included such as the interviews. This allowed us to plan for locations and give ourselves enough time to capture and edit the footage. We also wrote out a basic script of the narration and what would be where in our documentary such as B-roll and interviews etc. 

However I think we could have planned a little more detail within what we would be doing. For example it would have allowed us to be a little more organised if we had stated the kind of B-roll we wanted so that we could have ticked off what we had collected and added any extra if necessary. This would have probably given us a little more B-roll to chose from but more about that in the camera work. 

Other than that I think the planning stage was successful in that we knew what we were doing when and where we just needed a more detailed plan on the specific B-roll footage we would be collecting. 

Evaluation of Camera Work and Shooting Time:

The shooting session we had was successful too in that we managed our time, giving ourselves a specific amount of time to film so that we didn't over judge the time that we had to film and collect our footage. The fact that we had outlined the sort of things we wanted within our documentary allowed us to get successful locations to record our interviews. Making use of the manual focus I felt was successful as we captured, in most of the shots, the footage that we needed and what we wanted to be our main focus such as the interviews. Also the pan shot for the establishing shot was successful in that we got a nice smooth pan. By getting along pan too, it allowed us to have a longer choice in which section was the best to use to open our documentary. By recording the sound separately enabled us to get a crisper sound from the shots and the people being interviewed. If we had used the camera audio it wouldn't have been half as clear as that on the external sound recording kit. 

There were some problems in that some of us were so focused and excited about the wildlife (the ducks) that focus was lost on the actual task of collecting litter footage and so much of the footage is of ducks rather than litter. Some of these shots were done hand held and so weren't as clear meaning in many cases they were just discarded of as there was nothing useful about them. Another problem that occurred was the fact that it was really windy, meaning when we were recording the sound, you could hear the wind in the background or even over powering the people speaking. The only way we could have solved this was to either change location or use lapel mics which attach to the clothing of the person being interviewed making the wind less noticeable and in some cases no existent. Also many of the shots collected were out of focus which wasn't picked up on due to the small LCD screen we had to look at. It would have been better if we attached the camera to an external monitor in order for us to have a clearer picture of what we were capturing. Another way in which or shots could have been improved is that if we turned off manual focus and allowed the camera to auto focus or even allow all the picture to be in shot as sometimes it wasn't necessary to focus on specifics and let the whole shot be in focus. 

The shooting and camera work was moderately successful but in order to improve it I think we need to practise a little more with the DSLR cameras and experiment with what we can do in order to make our shots more successful.

Evaluation of Editing:

This part of the documentary was the most successful. I think that the actual editing of the documentary was successful. The clips flow from one to another and the jump shots were a big success. They had something to do with the person being interviewed as well as the audio being clear and continuing over the top of the on screen action. Another success was the titles, They were clear and were relevant to the documentary as well as making use of a really bad but funny pun. The choice of text font was also successful, ensuring that the audience clearly understood the pun within the title clearly. Also I think that the choice of music was complementary to the on screen action in that it had a sense of intrigue yet it allowed the documentary to get across its serious message about the litter problems. The editing was also good in the way that when someone begun to speak or was the main focus of that particular shot, the music was dipped enough for them to be heard. Others say it wasn't but we felt it was low enough to hear the person being interviewed but loud enough to be heard in the background. I think the match on action shot of someone dropping litter was successful too as it matched and was clear to the audience what was going on. It was difficult to capture this shot due to the wind but I feel it was as successful as it could have been with it matching correctly.

If anything were to be changed, I think we could have shortened the establishing shot to prevent it from becoming boring to the audience. However we did need it this length to allow the narration to fit into the first part of the documentary. Also the title of each person needed to be checked and the layout changed and the spellings corrected so that names are clear. (mr and mrs *insert name*).

Overall Documentary Evaluation:


Positives:
We got across the message about litter clearly though the narration and shots collected and shown on screen. I think that the establishing shot at the beginning was a success in the way that the pan was smooth and captured Chasewater and its wildlife in a single shot. It also showed the positive aspect of the location causing empathy towards the habitat when they see the negative aspects regarding litter. 

Some of the focus pulls were successful in that they were clear and showed the image that we wanted. The Tango can for instance (Other drinks are available), the image was sharp and crisp to the eye, clearly showing the litter that can be found and singling out specific litter that is commonly dropped. 

The lower third titles were also well placed in the way that you can clearly see them and they state the information that a typical documentary title would include. Also the titles at the end of the documentary were successful in that they make use of the topic and are interesting to look at for the audience. 

The music used plays a big part within the documentary, ensuring that there is always something that can be heard throughout even when no one is speaking. The music had this air of mystery within it as well as representing the seriousness of the subject in some places. This is the typical sort of music you would find on documentaries such as Educating Yorkshire or Life. Both two different types of documentary (One is about education and school life, the other about animals and the wild) but they both follow the same style of music and documentary features for than matter. 

Negatives:

In some cases the focus pull shots were out and weren't focusing on the objects we needed them to meaning it as missing the point of the shot. Also in some places the manual focus shots weren't necessary so we should have had all objects in focus or allowed auto focus to do it for us. 

Some of the focus pull shots such as the one of the swan and ducks was a bit jumpy and not as smooth as it should have been making it look amateur and as if we made do with the shots rather than being selective about our shots. This was also due to the limitations we had with us having very few different shots. Most of our footage made us look like we had a duck or bird fetish with all the shots of birds. This meant that we didn't have a variety of shots and limited us to what we could use as our B-roll. That or the shots were blurred or jumpy meaning we couldn't use them. 

The costume used for the litter picker wasn't really as realistic as we thought it was going to be and so it made the section for the litter picker a little unrealistic and comical as he looked like a convict rather than a local innocent litter picker. Also we didn't have the props that we needed in order to make the convict, I mean litter picker look as if he was useful rather than an unreliable convict doing community service at his local wildlife attraction.

Some of the sound can be a little unclear due to the wind in the background. This wasn't something that we could overcome with the equipment we had. we needed lapel mics for the interviews rather than an external sound recorder as it would have been closer to the person being interviewed, capturing their voice rather than the wind overpowering them.

Improvements:

• Add in credits so that the audience know who directed/created/edited the documentary

• Practise with the manual focus

• Make less use of the manual focus and try using auto focus and full focus.

• Collect a variety of shots rather than similar subject ones

• Create a realistic representation of the characters so that they look the part (props included)

• Shorten the establishing shot 

Group evaluation:

I feel that the group worked successfully in that we all allowed each other to try out different roles and see which one we were best at as well as going out of our comfort zones to try new thing. sometimes we couldn't do the thing we wanted to do and so we needed to try out new roles within the group to widen our role expertise within a production team. 

We each had to rate ourselves on different and the others in the group on different aspects of working in a production team. The highlighted bars are our groups ratings: 

As you can see we are virtually at the same level. I think we worked well as a production team sharing similar strengths and weaknesses in that we all need to work on our camera work but we all have a similar high level of participation within the group. All in all a successful practise with the new cameras and editing software!

Now after this task, its time to see who we will be working with for the main product, then to decide on a film we will create as our final short film. 

Editing Documentary- Final Cut Pro X Training

We have the footage now, its time to get editing with the new version of final Cut Pro X. Its all changed for us and so we needed to get our heads around the software before starting to editing our documentary footage. 

So to start with we needed to learn the different commands that do different things on the software as it has all changed. Here are the basic instructions and commands we were given in order to use the software both basically and intricately.

Editing of documentary

So this is the software that we will be using to edit our documentary footage and audio as well as adding titles. When we imported the footage it was time to get editing!

Final Cut Pro X

Inserting Clips onto the time line

Right, so here are our clips, we needed to divide the clips up into folders to allow us to easily find clips. For example, we divided up the B-roll and interviews with the people at Chasewater.

Adding in name captions

In a typical documentary, you usually have the caption of the person who you are interviewing's name and their title (e.g. local litter picker). This is usually at the beginning of the interview over the top of the head shot of the person or people being interviewed. 

This is done by adding an image over the top of the clip under the tab called 'Titles' . This is then attached to the image as seen in the next images for a certain amount of time.

And hey presto! Here you have the two interviews with their names and status on clearly.

The local litter pickers name and title is stated in a caption in the
lower 3rd of the shot.

Again the title of the male and female being interviewed is stated
in the lower 3rd of the shot as before.

Adding a film title

The addition of the titles is basically the same as it was for the captions. We selected the format we wanted our titles to be in and the font style then added it to the end of our documentary. This was the last thing that we added into our documentary to see how long the actual footage was.

The title layout chosen and the layout.

Linking audio to clips

So as you can see from this image the sound is attached to the main timeline of clips. This allows us to attach the audio we recorded separately on the on location recording kit. By having the audio separately it allowed us to get the sound more clearly than if we used the sound captured in the on screen action from the digital SLR camera. Most of the audio syncs to the clips if the audio is clear and easy for the software to match it to the clips.

As you can see from the shot below this is what the final product should look like on the timeline with the main footage in the middle with the jump shots, audio and music at the top and the bottom of the Main timeline.

Now that or documentary has been filmed and edited, it was time to see what our audience thought of it and whether or not our production team had followed the typical conventions of a documentary and our brief.