Planning for Documentary

In the sound sync session we learnt about recording sound with the footage by connecting the microphone to the XF100’s. However, we intend to use DSLR’s, which cannot accept the XLR connection of the shotgun microphone we intend to use. We decided to use DSLR’s due to their ability to deal with low light better than the XF100’s. We wanted to use minimal artificial lighting, so are only using hot-shoe lights for some footage. We intend to mostly use static shots, however after the store owner Bally showed us the size of the building, we decided following him using a shouldercam and wide angle lens as he talked would be a good idea.

Aesthetically, we hope to create a contrast between the colourful shop interior and the dark, abandoned areas of the building awaiting its restoral. We intend to use multiple interviews – One formal interview with Bally about his vision, informal interviews with employees, and the building tour. We hope to use music with the shop footage, and no music with the rest of the building, instead using interview audio over the tour and static footage, so viewers can create a link between the abandoned areas and his vision for their restoration, capturing not only it’s present state but an optimistic vision of it’s future through Bally’s eyes.