Story telling unit: 180° rule

- Where you position the camera in a scene is where you place the audience in the scene
- Line between characters, camera on arc around them and the shot will work from any position on the arc

- Characters stay on screen left or screen right in any shot
- Eye line is important - Left character looks right, Right character looks left
- Each position change of characters creates a new arc
- Can break the rule for certain reasons, e.g. disorientation purposes, such as 'The Shining' red toilet scene

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Documentary unit: Script first draft

Documentary unit: Interview questions

Kirsty interview Jackie interview

3rd Year Main Project: Pre-Production - Evaluation

Throughout the pre-production and production for my documentary, there are many things that I could have done better, but there are things that went really well. I feel like I managed to overcome the challenges that arose in a good manner, and also made some decisions that led to some very good results. The first thing that I could have done better is doing more thorough research, and trying harder to contact people from the club outside of club hours. If I had done this sooner, then I would have a better portfolio of more people who attend the club. I did manage to interview quite a few people at the club, both volunteer and customer, so I feel like I still had quite a good range of opinions, however it would have been good to broaden the types of questions that I asked them, such as what they did before coming to the club, or how they heard about the club. I feel like this would have been better to do as then the audience could build up more of a relationship to the characters, and

Connor Winfield TV production

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