Interviewing Myself???😳

As promised, I came up with questions which will make up the entirety of my magazine article. They are pretty basic yet I think it would influence some people to go out and watch the docuseries, since q&a’s with directors allow you see their personal insight which can be super interesting. Well anyways, I present you my article interview questions that I’ll be answering myself (duh). Voilà:

• What influenced you to make a docuseries about BLMWeston and the general racism in the community?
• What do you hope people will get out of this docuseries?
• Did you face any major difficulties making a series about such a sensitive topic?
• How challenging was making this series during the pandemic?
• Will there be more seasons?

Adding some ~spice~ to the doc

After compiling all the interview clips together, I began to go over some of the b-roll footage I filmed of the exteriors of the library. Apart from these few clips, I think it would be gr8 to mostly include pictures and videos taken from the actual protest day so the audience can visualize what the interviewees are describing. I asked some of the members from BLMWeston to send me basically anything and everything they have from that day, preferably videos. Anya got back to me with a couple of videos/photos her sister took of the protestors walking across Weston, which could definitely work! Apart from these clips I got from Anya, I’ll keep asking other members to keep looking for things I could use so I have the most options possible. I also looked at the articles posted by local news outlets again since they have some awesome photos of the event that I’ll insert down below because I’ll definitely be including these!

The Last Group Meeting :’)

This group meeting was definitely less lengthy than the other ones, since I think most of us now are confident with our overall ideas for the project. This time I was paired with people doing short film and music video packages, so I found myself giving more advice this time. Half of my classmates in this meeting had also barely filmed much yet, so they did not have any issues or questions regarding editing. My main concerns were regarding the other areas of the project such as the social media page and magazine article. Gianna or Ryan told they were planning to use Instagram, which is likely what I will do as well due to it’s popularity and direct reach to my target audience. We all agreed that the social media aspect of the project was relatively simple and that we all just had to make sure it compliments the filmed portion of the project and additionally contribute to the branding. I also had questions regarding what I should do for the magazine article, and Sara advised me to do a Q&A type thing with the director of the docuseries aka me which is a great idea! I had thought of it before but now I am sure that that’s what I’ll do for the article. I’ll come up with the questions ASAP and find a nice template on Canva to put it all together :))))

CCR Planning :D

I decided to outline some talking points for my CCR so I can have a better idea of what to write when the time comes... which will be very soon lol.

How do your products represent social groups or issues?

• Represents BLM Movement
• Represents younger generations such Gen Z and how they are pushing for change
• Discussion of local racism and prejudice

How do the elements of your production work together to create a sense of ‘branding’?

• Use of same font in docuseries, instagram, and article
• Similar color scheme of brown and neutral colors across all products

How do your products engage with the audience?

• Use of instagram to connect with target audience who is most active on that platform
• Simple, clean-cut aesthetic to make it easy for audience to read/view products
• Docuseries encourages audience to use their voice and make a difference
• Article will also do the same thing^^

Color Correction is my passion❤️

No seriously I do love it. I think it adds so much to your film and gives it that cinematic look that I strive for. I also think it can contribute a lot to the look and feel of your film... for example I feel my shots are a bit too sunny and bright for the serious nature of my docuseries, so I opted to make them more cooler toned. Or maybe I just did this because I really like the color blue lol. The world may never know. I might keep playing around with it more once I have the final product but here are some before and afters of what I’ve done so far:

Filming Fun: Part 2!

Ladies and gentlemen, I have finished filming!!!

Spring break has gone by pretty quick as it usually does but I’m glad I finally was able to finish the production process. I was able to schedule with Anya to film today just before the sunset at library park. *Golden hour*, as they call it. There was much less people at the library this time, which made it easier to deal with some background noise. I did still have to deal with the flying planes again though... I don’t even live that close to the airport I’m not sure why they have to be so loud and frequent and try to be the star of my video like that🙄 Besides that, the filming process went very smoothly again, after we finished all questions in order I refilmed the first few questions again because I didn’t like how the light was hitting my interviewees face. I’ll show you how drastically the lighting changed in 20 mins below with these very cool very fresh stills:

Ok it’s not that MUCH of a difference but I do prefer the shots we got afterwards... but anyways I’m very happy with the progression of this project :) I can’t wait for all of BLMWeston to see the finished product! Now comes the stressful part that is editing... if I’m being honest my meticulous self dislikes editing since it just takes me so so so long... especially since this is a 5 minute piece. But we’re gonna roll with the punches and finish this baby up... can’t believe we’re reaching the end of this journey soon.

Editing.... well kinda sorta

Using Adobe Premiere Pro on my Mac computer, I began to compile some clips together of the two interviewees I got until I realized it would probably be best to wait until I have the third and last interview. At least for the way I do my editing process, I tend to have sparks of inspiration for how the footage should be organized randomly while I edit, and I am fully capable of making the full documentary with only Lexi and Olivia’s interviews since I have enough good footage, but I figure if I go any further it will be more difficult for me to insert the last interview clips in a cohesive way. Therefore, I am currently texting Anya to see if next week is a possibility for her, and if not, she is already referring me to ask another member in case she is not available. Since Anya is one of the founders and seems to be the most passionate about the documentary, I feel she has the most to add to the excerpt, so I really wanna try to get her to do the interview. But of course, health comes first and her being sick with a contagious virus is out of my control.

Anyways - after replaying all the footage I got, the audio of the clips is mostly good but I noticed there are some small background noises of leaves rustling at some moments, but it’s very minimal that I could possibly fix it in post production if I need to use those clips. That’s all I got for today folks :P I’m planning that by the end of next week I have most of the documentary edited so this blog should be very productive in the coming days.