Minutes and Agendas
Meeting 1: 30/1/2014
Agenda: to discuss our initial ideas for our documentary.
Minutes:
- We each ‘pitched’ our ideas for documentaries that we had come up with individually, based on individual research.
- These ideas included: Kris Singh, Street Artists, Women and University Subjects, A Week Without the Internet, Me VS M.E., Pets and their Owners, Spiritual Diet and a Day on the Bus.
- We discuss the pros, cons and limitations of each idea.
- We narrowed down our ideas to A Week Without the Internet, Me VS M.E, and a Day on the Bus.
- We decided to individually research each idea to gain a better understanding and feed back at the next meeting.
Meeting 2: 3/2/2014
Agenda: to discuss each of our strengths and weaknesses and assign roles within the team.
Minutes:
- We each discussed our skills, experiences and areas of weakness.
- Hannah suggested she has skills in organisation, creative direction, research and editing. She also said that she has limited experience in sound, lighting and camerawork.
- Luca suggested that he has skills and experience in camerawork, editing and research. He said that he has little experience in leadership, organisation or creative direction.
- Ivy suggested that she has good knowledge and experience in sound work and very god research, but has limited experience in communication, editing and leadership.
- Based on this we decided Hannah would be director, Ivy would be sound technician, Luca would be cameraman and we would share the editing.
Meeting 3: 10/2/2014
Agenda: to choose which idea we would like to continue with for the project.
Minutes:
- We chose to make Me VS M.E.
- We think it is an interesting topic and emotive story that will allow for experimentation.
- We decided to each do individual research on Ren and M.E. and post in on the team Facebook page.
- We discussed our upcoming presentation ‘Sans Soleil’ and made a list of the things we wanted to include. We decided to individually research the documentary, then later meet to put our research together as a group.
Meeting 4: 13/2/2014
Agenda: to create our presentation on ‘Sans Soleil.’
Minutes:
- We discussed our individual research and viewings.
- We put our ideas together into a Powerpoint presentation.
- We practiced the presentation.
- Hannah showed the team the work she had done on the pitch and the trailer she had made for the pitch, to which the team made suggestions and improvements.
Meeting 5: 14/2/2014
Agenda: to present our Sans Soleil presentation and our pitch.
Minutes:
- The research in our presentation was good.
- We did not spend enough time polishing the presentation and some slides were disorganised.
- We need to improve on not reading from paper.
- Our pitch went well, was smooth and organised. Several class members commented that they liked the trailer and that the subject was interesting
Meeting 6: 25/2/2014
Agenda: to discuss all of our current research to date.
Minutes:
- We discussed all of our individual research (videos, newspaper articles, readings, statistics.)
- Arrange that Hannah, as director, would correspond with Ren Gill.
- Hannah sent an email to Ren detailing our project, our intent and details of filming.
- Hannah created a shooting schedule and shared this with the team.
Meeting 7: 28/2/2014
Agenda: to conduct campus interviews on the subject of M.E.
Minutes:
- We conducted interviews on campus.
- We found that most participants knew what M.E. was and knew people who were affected by it. They also said they had not seen many instances of M.E. in the media.
- Hannah shared the basic structure of the video she created with he group.
Meeting 8: 1/3/2014
Agenda: to discuss our plans due to a lack of response from Ren Gill.
Minutes:
- We discussed alternative ideas for the project incase Ren had to drop out of the project.
- Luckily we had a reply from Ren, so decided to stick to our idea as we feel it is the most interesting and engaging.
Video shoot 1: 12/3/2014
- Stanmer park
- We all met Ren, discussed his availability and commitments
- Arranged to meet Ren every Wednesday for the next 3 weeks
- Bad weather: clouds and wind
- Issues with booking equipment - remember to book in advance next week
- 20-30 mins of footage
Video shoot 2: 27/3/2014
- Interview at Ren’s house
- 20-25 mins of interview with Ren
- 10 mins of interview with his housemate Luke Flegg
Meeting 9: 7/4/2014
Agenda: discuss the evolution of the project and the direction that we are heading in.
Minutes:
- We have chosen to focus on young people with M.E., however after further discussion we decided that we should focus on Ren and make the documentary more of a ‘portrait of a person.’
- Focusing on Ren’s personal story rather than M.E as a whole will make the documentary emotive and more focused.
Video shoot 3: 9/4/2014
- Day in the life shoot
- Yoga, cooking, shopping, sleeping time lapse, producing
Video shoot 4: 20/4/2014
- Busking
- Lanes, park, time lapse
Editing session 1: 14/5/2014
- Hannah cut up all the clips into small/important sections. Luca cut video diaries into sections.
Editing session 2: 15/5/2014
- Hannah edited the documentary into a rough draft.
Editing session 3: 16/5/2014
- Ivy and Hannah added cutaways to the interviews, tidied up the editing and sound.
Editing session 4: 17/5/2014
- Team editing session. Luca viewed the video, offered opinions and helped to fix and technical issues.
Editing session 5: 18/5/2014
- Completed video.
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