Shooting schdule

1) Sunday 24/10/10 Nailsea - Livvie's Nan's house * Apple Crumble process filmed * Interview with 66 year old women - about apples, how she sees them, what they mean to her and childhood stories.

2) Sunday 7/11/10 Churchill/Langford/Thatchers - Countryside * Opening scenes, apple tree, falling off - picks up apple. * Walking with apple to different points, on way to pub. Changing people at each point - handing over the apple. *Handing over apple for a pint at the pub. *Dishing out crumble outside. (maybe - might not include as won't have time in the 5 minute segement)

3) Monday 8/11/10 Locations previously discussed -school rooms for interviews * Day to catch up - anything that hasn't been filmed because of weather issues or lack of time.

Day 1 - Sunday 24/10/10

Day one of filming took place on location at Livvie's Nan's house, where the filming of the making of Apple crumble was the main subject position of this day. Unfortunalty i was unable to attend this filming day for personal reasons, however after receiving feedback from Livvie and Matt the day after, the day apparently went according to plan. As i understand the footage gathered was everything that was needed for that day, the participating actress was reliable and easy to instruct so footage gathered was relavant towards our storyboard, and overall the day went well.

The only difficulty that was mentioned was the unexpected arrival of visits disrupting the filming process, however this was quickly resolved and filming continued.

Day 2 - Sunday 7/11/2010

Day twos filming took place in the raw countryside of our neighbouring villages, Churchill, Sandford and langford in teh heart of Somerset.These locations were chosen for many reasons including easy access and the fact that one of our main subjects 'thatcher's cider' factory was located in the village of Sandford. Filming that took place went very well, we had a few minor hiccups with camera battery life, and citzens of the village felt we were tresspassing land, which was actually a public footpath. Again this was taken into our hands and we chose to move locations for the sake of disrupting neighbours of the village.

Filming went well and all footage needed was gathered in plenty of time, we manged to gather some extra establishing shots which could be used later on to fill time in the documentary if needed. Overall the filming day went well, with no major faults.

Day 3 - Monday 8/11/2010

Today we looked over the footage we had already gathered on the computer screen, to see which shots could be or needed to be re-filmed today. However looking over the shots, there were not major issue and lighting and in all of them seemed ok. After discussing our ideas with our teacher and showing him the footage, there was one or two shots which could be filmed again just to improve the sound quality as there is a slight hint of muffling.

This was quickly resolved and filming ended after an hour or two where we then uploaded the new footage to see the results, us and the teacher both concluded that the footage was much better and therefore we could start the editing process.

Planning your documentary

An Apple a day... What is your film going to be about? And is there a secondary meaning, or deeper focus? A 'Damn Nice Caff' was about the New Piccadilly and its closure, but also explored the life-story of the unnamed narrator. The film will explore the development of apple from tree to product. Also exploring how the apple can be used to create a contrast of products, ours being Cider and Apple Crumble, two completely different products in context to generation, usage and age range. The documentary will also include a deeper meaning, using a British product which everyone some day in their life will come across and shows how different generations interrupt the apple ranging from the social use (alcohol) to a more domestic use (food). What is it that makes you personally interested in the subject? It is my home town and current location's main fruit and product which is made in North Somerset, living directly near to a apple orchard and Thatchers cider company, it is a great interest of ours to explore the meaning and usage of something so local to us, giving us the knowledge and location for this type of documentary. What sort of logistical hurdles will you have to overcome? Such things as weather conditions will play a big part of the documentary. Being in the month of November now, one day it could be hammering it down with rain and the next it could be clear sky, or even snowing. This continuity error could play a big part in keeping the film in sync and making it flow, if the weather changes or doesn't look the same of the camera's screen then this could stand out the fact that each scene was not filmed on the same day. Advertising is also a part that could be a challenging hurdle whilst making this film. This is due to the fact that one of our main areas of filming will be of the Thatchers companies surrounding, we will have to make sure no advertising of any sort of the companies name is including in any shot, as we do not have the legal rights to contain the 'Thatchers' name in the documentary. The opening hours of different locations needed for the documentary could effect the time of day we can film different sequences and we will have to keep in mind which scene is coming before which, this is so the day light doesn't suddenly go from daylight to getting dark, back to bright daylight. This will have to be considered when writing up the shooting schedule. Your documentary is part of a longer programme - how long will it be? what is the specific segment? what will come immediately before and after? Our documentary will last around 5 minutes long, this is because it will only be a section of a longer documentary. In reality, if we were able to create the full documentary then the running time will be much longer and around 35 minutes long. The specific segment of choice will be taken from near the end of the film and is part of a continuous conclusion to the film. Scenes before the extract will include similar locations and carry out the rest of the understanding and different relations of an apple. What channel is your documentary going to go out on? Is it part of a strand (i.e story ville, cutting edge) or a standalone film? What other documentaries will it resemble? What time of day will it be shown? This film is suited for more of a educated adult audience, who would have a general interest in this film and the meaning behind it. Therefore we see this documentary being on either Channel 2 or a documentary themed channel like BBC 4. Whether the film is a stand a long film or part of a strand, that is a whole other conversation between the other member's of my team. At this point in time we are undecided as there are many other possibilities to make it part of a strand but whether the film had interest from viewers and whether there would be a chance to produce more. Although this is our thoughts, at the moment i would see this to be a stand alone film as the subject of apples is limited for discussion, and we feel that the documentary would include all of this. I think this documentary will resemble nature programs such as A Damn Nice Caff, where it explores the tradition of Britain. The middle of the day when adults have arrived back from work, will be the perfect time to present our documentary to the public on television. Will your film be reflective, classical, experimental? Is it a film about a process (glass eye), or a journey (My new brain), or a discovery, or more observational (a damn nice caff)? Our film will be mainly observational being reflective to the film a damn nice caff, but it could and might have elements of a journey documentary as the film takes you through the journey about an apple and the different process' of an apple, what you can make it into, how they are produced, who eats these products and so on. I think the film will be following the apple like a person. Who is your target audience? Be as precise as possible. Our target audience will be adults, male and females, ranging from 40 years to 60 years, mainly focusing on adults who have time to spare and who have had kids, which have now grown up. This is because they will have more time to appreciate the British Apple and would be more interested in our documentary compared to a 20 year old.

Storyboard:

Below is our storyboard which was the first planning session we had to do with our final documentary product. The storyboard was sketched out and added with detailed discription of the shots and content which we can imagine will be in each scene. After constructing the first storyboard we felt we needed to add some colour and a wider discription to the text below each scene, this is why we came up with a new set of storyboards where the text is detailed, colour is added and some scenes changed, as our imagination began to broaden with ideas.

Click here to see the first storyboard:

Click here to see the second storyboard: