Assignment 12- planning for documentary ( Draft 1)

Luara PiresDebbie MarquesKauana LabaldiMaria Younes

Final topic

Transgendered people:Topic: Is our contemporary society trans phobic?

We are going to look into:

People’s opinions Experts opinions Trans man Trans woman Poly Gender and Androgynies Intersex Cross- dressers

REQUIRED ELEMENTS/CONVENTIONSREQUIRED ELEMENTS/CONVENTIONS HOW?  WHERE IN THE DOCUMENTARY? (bullet points)Establishing shots How: we are going to use establishing shots, so we can show places where we go to.

Where: when we go to SOHO, Westfield, Clinics , we will show the building outside so people can know where we went.

Title of your documentary (not just text on blank screen)

How:. We are going to have our title of our documentary, more colourful to represent the LGBT community, and also how it looks happy, so we present a positive side of Trans.Where: after the short introduction we have.

Use of presenter or voiceover How: Presenter: We are going to have presenter, so that we can introduce places where we go sometimes, to interview people and sometimes to give some statistics. The voice over, will be used when we are showing graphs.Where: Presenter when we are in Soho we will have her filmed talking about how we decided to go there so we can give people information When we show graphs of data we have found we are going to use voice over to explain it.

Public interviews  How: We are going to do public interviews, because our documentary relies, on this. We will also Where: When we go to places to film our documentary, which will be based on public opinion we will definetly have public interview.

Expert interviews (with titles) How: Expert interview so that we can some professional feeback, from sociologists, from Traans Group leaders.Where: Our experts interview, will be in our school, where we have sociologists, and from the leader, will be in clinics, and in a Trans Youth Group.

Appropriate titles (for case students/experts, locations etc)

How: we can going to use title on our documentary, to identify the name of our documentary, the name of the people interview, and places where we go.Where: when we interview, people in the streets, we will have some information about them, when we go to a different setting we will use tittles to identify the change of places. Our documentary will also have title.

Supporting footage/photographs How: we are going to have supporting images and footages so that we can make our documentary more visual.Where: the whole documentary will have supporting images and footages.

Use of statistic, graph or diagram How: We are going to use this so that we can have some statically data, which is correct. To shown the number of percentages of people that are trans phobic or not.Where: in the middle of the documentary there will be some that we found, at the end we can do an overall graph of what we understood.

Conventions for our documentary Conventions Use Challenge

Natural lighting Make it realistic

Presenter Guide the audience throughout the documentary

Voice overs Explain to audience the footage that is going to be showing.

Establishing shots Using these at the beginning of the documentary or when changing location.

Background music Create emotion

Supportive images To send out the aim of our documentary clearly

Interviews with public Film some of the people from the back as they will not want to be filmed

Expert interviews Be more scientific and informative for the audience

Real life setting Filming in places that have a link to our topic (Soho)

Statistics Back up the points we are going to mention.

Titles and credits Show the title of the documentary and show the names of the experts being interviewed

Representation• A serious/casual person• Does not have own opinions , so that we can

only give information and public opinions.

How?• The clothing will not be so

posh, but she will be neat.• The language will be more

casual/formal• How she stands and

positions her self will be more normal.

• Her actions will be more discreet.

Our Target Audience needs a presenter like this, so that at the same time, they see seriousness they still feel comfortable.

Why?• Because we want the

Presenter to establish relations ships, but we also want her to transmit seriousness.

Costume and Props• Jeans• Pumps• White shirt• Black Blazer

Costumes. Props• Ipad• Bershka

• .• J.T lewis• .

Body Language/gesture/facial experssion

Body language:Always more straight, with an elegant positioning.

Gesture:She will move her hands, to express more, and touches her hair.

Facial expression:More serious, but shows enthusiasm.

Speech • The presenter will speak more serious, but will

not use scientific terms to identify Trans man and Trans woman, so that people feel comfortable.

• The presenter will speak clearly, but using day to day language, so that it can be understood by our target audience.

Actors and people.PUBLIC INTERVIEW.

what type of people do you want to interview? Why?

Who I want to interview Why?

Trans Woman So that we can know how it feels to be a trans woman, this will be good as it will be in both genders

Trans Man Have a good personal opinion.

Teenagers So that we can see how teenagers feel about, including how the school talks about it.

Parents To see what they feel , and how they would react if it was their child.

Youth Group Leader To know how they would act in this situation, and their personal opinion.

Priest/Pastors To know church points of views

Teachers So that we know how teachers would relate to students that might be in this situation.

Adults Overall opinions on it, this will vary in age, gender and ethinicty.

Actors and People

Who I want to interview? Why?

Gendered Intelligence (Nic) • he will know the topic in depth.• Deals with this situation everyday• Knows how society behaves towards

trans people.Sociologists Nature vs. nurture.

Psychologists If the brain has an impact ( identity)

Doctors To see how the sex-genes of trans people might be different.

EXPERTS INTERVIEWS.

TASKS POSSIBLE RISK INVOLVED IN TASKS ACTIONS TO PREVENT HARM TO HEALTH OR SAFETY

Filming in unknown location - Being kidnapped, getting lost, not knowing people.

- Go to the place before to make sure you know it, go with the whole group.

Travelling to filming locations (walk/bike/bus/tube/car etc)

Train- getting lost, loosing oyster, loosing money on the machines, the lines might not be working.

- Always to up before, check the lines before.

Interviewing people for filming Them being rude or arrogant Approach in a correct way to make them feel comfortable to reply.

Filming underage (below 16) people Getting them upset about the topic because they might feel awkward.

Make them feel secure and tell them all about the documentary first.

Filming anyone Not being open and not wanting to have any involvement in the documentary.

Be polite to ask, have the right words to say to them.

Health of group members when filming(ex in cold weather, filming for extended hours etc)

Feeling too cold and being ill after, freezing they’re hands and not being able to hold anything. Being too hungry

Always wear the correct clothing for the weather. Have money to eat out

Interviewing the public for filming Them being rude or arrogant Approach in a correct way to make them feel comfortable to reply.

Interviewing an expert for filming Them going against what are documentary is for, them not wanting to expose themselves.

Select the correct expert first, make them feel comfortable when speaking.

Types of areas (how safe are they) Soho Square Garden – drunks Lots of people so we are not going to be alone there filming

Time of day 11- Sun is very shiny Select the appropriate place with correct natural lighting

Using technology ( filming) equipment Tripod and camera might get lost Never leave items unattended

Other:

Location exploration

Possible locations.

Soho

Soho square garden

churchCentral London

Camden town

Westfield

pubs

restaurantsCar parks

shops/sex shops.

LOCATIONS NOT USING

WE ARE NOT USING PLACES SUCH AS:

• PUBS• RESTAURANTS• CAR PARKS• SHOPS• SEX SHOPS

LOCATION EXPLORATIONLocation picture

Soho

China town

Westfield

Location picture

Central london

Church

Camdem Town.

How to get there ! • Soho – take train from Willesden junction to Tottenham court road

• China town – get train from Willesden Junction to Piccadilly circus

• Westfield- get train from Willesden Junction and get off at shepherds bush.

• Central London- get train from Willesden junction to oxford street

• Church – Harlesden

• Camden town- get train to Camden station

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LOCATIONS POSSIBLE RISK INVOLVED IN TASKS ACTIONS TO PREVENT HARM TO HEALTH OR SAFETY

Travelling to filming locations (walk/bike/bus/tube/car etc)

Train- getting lost, loosing oyster, loosing money on the machines, the lines might not be working.

- Always to up before, check the lines before

How safe when you are there Trip over the grass if wet. Slip on the wet floor.

Wear good shoes

Physical surroundings: ground/buildings/people/objects

Houses – people might want they’re privacy, and want quiet

Not make noise and be respectful

Type of area Pubs around, houses and shops. Quiet but with a lot of calm people.

Access to location (open/closed/public access etc)

Open public access – anyone could come in

Choose the right place to stay, not where there are too many people.

Link to time of day Morning – people might be having a morning walk with dogs. Weather. People might be in a bad mood

Choose the correct person, wear appropriate clothing

Other:

Location Risks.

EXPLORATION OF SOUNDS/MUSIC

• To be done by maria

MUSIC

• To be done by maria.