Progress to date

So far we have:-

• Interviewed the public and gained knowledge of what film in Sheffield means to them. We have found the older generation to be somewhat slanderous against Media Students, yet agree that Film is positive for the area. I am thinking this is incredibly ironic and would serve to add humour to the documentary. Have some great shots of an old bloke really showing passion to camera whilst discrediting students studying film, but this contrasts with other people saying that Film students are just learning a new industry and are benefiting society, which is pleasing- as this is what our documentary wants to show people.

• Finished filming the cutaways- including shots of the streets, main points of interest in Sheffield (to help establish this is the city we are analysing), people and places where films are produced/shown/created (such as Sheffield Independent Film, and the Showroom cinema).

• Interviewed a man, Tom, who works for the Sheffield DocFest, a festival that is made up of volunteers- primarily Film Students. Tom was very informative, and the interviews allowed us to talk to someone in the industry who has first hand experience of the positive effects film can have to on an area. In addition, he gave us a few ideas of who to interview next, using his own contacts. He has also went into detail about what it takes to make it in this industry. We have a lot of scope for the documentary from this interview I feel.

What we need to do next:-

• We will be looking into acquiring interviews with more people that have become successful from the film industry, one of my ideas, is to entice an interview out of a director who has made films in Sheffield and in the edit, show cuts from their film with the interview dialogue over the top. This way our documentary will raise awareness for Films that have been shot or made in the Sheffield area. It will also be interesting to hear their views on how to get into the industry (where to start etc). I have a few people in mind for this, including some of the Lecturers at the university, who will obviously have worked on some Films themselves, or if they are unwilling, to get an interview with someone from Warp Films (a successful film company based in Sheffield), failing this we should go to Sheffield Independent Film as I know there are at least 5 film companies based there, and i suspect there will be at least one person from one of these companies willing to talk about their role in the Film Industry- especially if we explain it is for educational purposes.
  

• We need to use the footage we have to write a script. Harry will be doing the voice over for the Documentary as, quite simply, he has the best voice for Documentary. The rest of us have heavily regionalised accents, which I don't think would work, unless it was Amy, who is from Sheffield itself, but I think we have decided that Harry is the man for that job. I can see this task being particularly difficult due to how much the documentary is going to be driven by voice over, which is why we should begin work immediately.
  

• Start logging the clips. We will need to meet the criteria of the brief by including a log sheet etc. I have already arranged with the group that Dan and I will be editing the Documentary and as we only have 3 weeks, we need to start logging the footage as soon as possible. I have thought about easy ways to organise the subclips, and this will be folders named "Interviews", "Voiceover", "Cutaways" and "Public". The Cutaways will be mostly linked with Voiceover, whilst the interviews and the public segment should slot together nicely between the cutaways.

• Organise the folder. This should come together quite easily over the next few weeks, but we should try and keep on top of it. Perhaps a meeting is needed to delegate different tasks between us.

• Continue to watch documentaries and gain inspiration from them. Any new ideas, however wacky they may be, would be great if they could be discussed and put into action provided they are feasible.