Today we got feedback from our tutor about the interview we
had filmed with our subject.
Based on the feedback, we have decided not to use the
subject in our final film, and instead try to find another subject.
The problems with our subject were mainly appearance based,
and these were concerns Victoria and I had, but to an extent we pushed them out
of our minds because we felt we were more focused on what our subject had to
say rather than how she looked.
Our tutor pointed out that film is a visual medium, and that
our film may be negatively impacted as a result of our subjects appearance.
It was useful to get this feedback from someone who was
seeing our film purely as a viewer, and has
given us a better idea of what we do want in the film and what we don’t want in
the film.
We also talked about the framing of our subject, and realised
that we needed to make the background and surroundings abundant with colour,
food and nature to help portray the documentary subject in a way that reflects
the healthy and fresh lifestyle of vegetarians.
We also need to further hone in our focus for the
documentary, because knowing this will allow us to ask more in depth questions,
and receive more thought provoking answers.
I think that this has been a very important learning point
and has made us think even more about the exact look and feel of our film.
We have made some changes to the shooting schedule, and as
it stands we plan to shoot:
Cutaways: Saturday 19th April/ A day of the week
beginning 21st
Richard’s Interview: Saturday 3rd May
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