This handout has some tips into documentary making by 4docs.org.uk, which will be a very useful read for us as a team so we can make the best documentary we can with the advice we receive from extracts like this in mind. One thing this extract highlights is interviewing techniques, which is one aspect our documentary will be focusing on very heavily with Jack and Dara's parents. For example... "It can be helpful to start with introductory questions that give the person you are interviewing a chance to relax with get used to the camera it can be as simple as just asking them what they have been doing that day what they had for breakfast etc." This is helpful as now we know how important it is to relax the interviewee for the best results, as well as using that time to set up the camera for the best shot.
The Runners - Guardian Article (Source: Session 6 Handout)
Relating back to 'The Runners' documentary mentioned in post 1, the documentary gained so much industry attention it made The Guardian. This article is an interview from the directors to explore why and how they filmed this documentary. This extract is helpful to us as a team as we get an insight to the crew who took part in this film, and take inspiration from them when we go out to film our own documentary. One constraint the crew had was how they'd be able to film and interview runners, "Technically it was not that simple, running and filming is not an option. Filming from a car wouldn't allow us to film the parks and canals where runners congregate. The solution was a bicycle trailer on which we installed a plastic stool." This just highlights that even successful documentaries like 'The Runners' don't come without some constraints along the way, which is something we should keep in mind as a documentary team when we approach our own constraints in production.
Bill Nichols - Documentary Modes (Source: Session 1 Handout)
This is an extract taken from Bill Nichols book 'Introduction to Documentary (Indiana University Press). Overall it is a very helpful book for research as it is an insight to documentary making as a whole. Nichols defies 6 different modes of documentary making; poetic, expository, observational, participatory, reflexive and performative. Now we know as a team what different documentaries do and what genre conventions each individual documentary has. Overall looking at our treatment for our documentary and comparing it to the six examples, ours is participatory. Understanding different types of documentary is important so you know what type you'd want to create as a documentary maker, adding in as many genre conventions as possible.
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