Blog - January 28th

We decided the change the direction of our documentary to how the School of Rock organization affects how teenagers grow and make decisions through high school. We will be using the point of view of the parents and students, not any instructors. I will be discussing the short film with the people who are in charge of the program to ok the idea. I think this will be a gold topic because it will involve strong personalities and characters. I will also be able to have a good set of questions for the interviews. I will not be the one conducting the interviews, however, because I don't want the fact that I am asking the questions change the subjects' answers.
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I never really considered the fact that you could be an aspiring documentary filmmaker and not be a people person. Therefor, it may be tough to get solid and entertaining interviews out of your subject. I don't so much like the idea of directing the participant, because that holds them back from telling their whole story. I want to see comPlete honesty and truth in a documentary. This seems hard to come by in the world as it is today. However, in the case that somebody does not want to go too deep into a subject, it is a good idea to guide them. It's a way of possibly getting them to tell their story without saying it up front. Interviewing in a relevant location is key. They will be more comfortable that way and more prone to giving the answers that you want to hear.

Documentary blog post 3

This week, as everyone did, we pitched our documentary to the voices class. We hadn't done much in the research stage, so I'll admit that it may have been a bit weak. The point that John made about keeping it visually interesting as well as telling the story that we want to get across was the most valuable piece of information I received from the feedback. I am leaning towards focusing on the school of rock, usig one or two of the important people in the business to get the message across about what they stand for and if they feel they have been successful up to this point. I have a strong personal connection to the place and the people, so I feel like we would be able to get good quality interviews.
I regret to inform you that I did not read the reading we got. If I could, I'd like to request getting it on the first day of the week. I will indefinItely do it if that happens!

Documentary blog post 1

The group is chosen, the topic approaching. We're on track so far, getting along and enjoying poking at different documentary ideas. Me, zack and Ian are together in a group this time, chosen because I enjoyed working with ian, and have known zack since kindergarten so I'm confident in his work ethic. Zack was also a bit less than pleased with his group members' cooperation on his PSA.
We are thinking at this point that our topic will be on the history of one or a few local musicians. Not so much their history, but their story. I'm very excited to dive into this project and hopefully get some really good material.