Moving Images, Understanding Media

Chapter 6 Recording and Presenting Reality 243

C. Pre-production – Compile the following information to initiate

your project.

1. Equipment list and technical logistics, including editing


2. Locations for recording of real-life footage and events to be
   fi lmed


3. Interview subjects, including place of interview


4. Personnel necessary for production with breakdown of tasks


5. Schedule for the shoot, including contact list of personnel
   and subjects


6. Projected schedule for post-production, including personnel
   list
   D. Evaluation – Please note that your evaluation will be based on the
   intended depiction of your subject through the recording of footage
   that appropriately portrays that topic and the construction of an editing
   structure that fulfi lls the objectives agreed upon by the fi lmmakers
   and the instructor.

Report

Write a minimum of four paragraphs analyzing your work on this project.

Comment on the fulfi llment of objectives in creating this documentary. Please

note the following:

1. Collaborative Work – Describe the primary roles of each contributor
   to the fi lm and specify your tasks.


2. Pre-production and production – What steps did you go through
   to make this fi lm?
   a. Who was contacted?
   b. Who was interviewed?
   c. What research was conducted?
   d. What footage of non-fi ction events and activities was fi lmed?


3. Post-production – Describe the course of editing the fi lm, including
   key steps in the process and decisions in developing structural
   elements for the motion picture. For example, how did you move
   from a rough cut to fi ne cut to fi nal cut? Were any major changes
   made during the editing process? Was there any reshooting?


4. Product – Were the objectives of the production fulfi lled through
   the fi nal product? Were the elements of image, sound, and editing
   eff ective in communicating the intended themes and ideas and
   presenting the subjects seen in the motion picture?

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