Contacts: none respond back yet
Interview Questions:
To Adults:
How did BayKids get started?
How do the kids get funding for their projects?
How can BayKids improve?
What about your job is the most rewarding?
Are there only a certain type of patients that BayKids accepts?
To the kids:
What do you like to do in your free time?
How has filmmaking help you cope with boredom?
What type of movies do you like?
What type of movies have you made yourself?
What do you like best about making videos?
Shot List:
Opening
- LS and ELS of empty streets of SF
- LS of BayKids building
B-Roll
- MS & CU kids with video cameras
- ECU of the eyes of the kids
- kids sitting in bed
- kids going under regular check up (maybe)
Interviews
- MS/CU (don’t know the location yet so it is hard to imagine where everything will be placed)
General Flow:
The documentary will open up with quiet, empty streets. This emphasizes the loss of livelihood missing in the shots. What’s missing are the people and therefore, the children who are facing life threatening conditions in the Baykids hospital. It is very unlikely that the opening will be narrated because we want the interviews to speak for themselves and describe the situation. After the street, the BayKids building will be shown to establish the location and also to show the facility. Most likely, an interviewee’s voice would be heard already and the camera would go to that person describing the location. After an interview with an adult, we will talk to kids and ask their personal opinion on moviemaking. Revlevent B-Roll that we capture will be placed in every interview to illustrate the point even further. The documentary will end with a serious note and most like a text at the end saying that BayKids needs your help.
Scripts:
difficult to make because the contacts have not responded back yet.
Production Schedule:
We will film from the 7-9 of December and dedicate the rest of the week to editing the film to finish by the 14th of December.
Your concept seems lovely! But you really need to get those contacts and make sure this piece is going to happen, because this preproduction sheet seems great, so it would be bad if in the end the piece couldn't pull through. I do wish the best of luck in getting contacts!
ReplyDeleteI like the general flow, I feel that the shots of empty streets and eyes of the children will be very powerful shots. However, it sounds a bit cliche, so be careful. It sounds similar to one of those pound commercials, where we see the sad eyes of the dogs and then theres the dramatic music. IU would recommend for showing the b-roll with the eyes it a way that portrays hope, I feel that will give a bigger impact on your audience. At the end of your piece instead of saying what they could do to help, why don't you add an interview question for the adult's interview in what you people can do to help, then transition into the questions with children, that way your audience will have what they can do to help in mind, then seeing the children they would see who they are helping and hopefully feel more motivated to help! Looks like a terrific piece, best of luck!
This documentary looks fantastic. BayKids seems like a great organization. I feel that you guys would need a lot of research about what happens in BayKids. The different kinds of things they do in the facility would be good amount of research. Don't try to make it too depressing, but make it more of a video to enjoy. It should be a little bit cheerful so people can feel good about these kids. Other than that, I hope the people call back and you can get to filming this documentary.
ReplyDeleteI think you develop very well this concept, there’s both parts; the adult and then the kids part. I would just want you to show like the positivity of this organization and not trying to make it sad. Anyways that’s my personal preference, but either way this seem like a good concept and you’re approach is appropriate. As for the B-roll and shots I think you should use more CU because they show the emotions, it’s more intimate and I don’t mean just in the face, but on whatever they are doing, it’ll provide more details as well. I’m looking forward to see the final product and I hope you get to do it.
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