Blog Post 4

1. Our documentary is really starting to pick up speed. We finally decided on a topic that we are sticking to and the whole group is really excited about that. We are seeing a direction for our idea and are ready to begin doing research and filming for our trailer. We need to do a better job of managing time and collaborating as a team, but I think that we are starting to do a better job on this. Hopefully our late start won't hurt us too much and we will be able to make the best documentary that we are capable of.

2. I though that the article was very helpful to us as budding documentary makers. I don't have much experience formally interviewing people and the tips and rules in this article will be in the back of my head when I set up interviews with subjects. I think that the article echoed much of what our speakers have said about how to get good interview footage, but its nice to have it all written down. The story about Dr. Spock was really interesting and something that I don't think anyone would've thought would be a problem in advance of reading the article. The idea of trying different things to get the subject in the right mindset is one that my group will have to try and use.

Blog Post 2

1. This week my group has been struggling to decide on a topic for our documentary. We have come up with a lot of ideas but none that all three of us have been able to agree on. We have set Tuesday as the day when we have to decide and I think that this is a needed and attainable goal. I think that we could all be a little bit more accepting of others ideas, and I think we will as we get closer to our deadline.

2. I thought that this was a really interesting take on documentary films. Even only talking about this year he was able to come up with so many documentary and documentary-like films and that really shows just how popular the genre is. He argues that audiences want to believe that what their seeing is real, but often know that the director has taken some liberties. I thought it was interesting when the author went in to the parts of style that make a movie feel like a documentary, like jolty camerawork. I could relate to the article because one of my favorite shows, The Office, plays on documentary styling. I thought that it was a really good question: What is actually a documentary?

Blog Post 6

I am really pleased with the way our PSA has come together in the last week. We really worked hard and got some great footage. Hopefully with some editing we will be able to make our message really strong and I think that people will be affected by it. Some of the other groups are doing more concepts and abstract ideas. Our PSA has a clear storyline and I think that this will draw the viewer in and help them to relate to the idea. Also the idea of controlling one's negative emotion is something that most of our peers will relate to. Hopefully editing will go very smoothly and we haven't forgotten anything and our PSA will be strong and moving.

Blog Post 6

I am really pleased with the way our PSA has come together in the last week. We really worked hard and got some great footage. Hopefully with some editing we will be able to make our message really strong and I think that people will be affected by it. Some of the other groups are doing more concepts and abstract ideas. Our PSA has a clear storyline and I think that this will draw the viewer in and help them to relate to the idea. Also the idea of controlling one's negative emotion is something that most of our peers will relate to. Hopefully editing will go very smoothly and we haven't forgotten anything and our PSA will be strong and moving.

Blog Post 4

To be completely honest we have not even begun our video production. We are planning to start to film next week. We will need at least two days to film and maybe up to four. Then we will need at least one day to edit our film. We are gelling well within our group and staying very committed to our idea. No one has given up or went severely against the group yet. One obstacle is that we are having trouble planning ahead. We have been procrastinating a little bit so far, but hopefully we can move away from this trend. We had hoped to film without snow, but we were all very surprised that winter weather came so quickly. This however does not effect any portion of our story it just might be a little harder to film outside now. I think that we have our PSA production fully under control at this point.

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I think that our group will make a very good and effective PSA. Our message is that the action needed to prevent anger from overtaking your judgement is easy and hopefully this will inspire our peers to take action. I think that it will. It is pretty blatant in the action that we are asking people to take. This action is to calm down when you feel yourself getting angry. Our audio mostly serves to reinforce the message conveyed by our visuals. The visuals work to tell a story that would make sense even with no audio. We are working on how to make our PSA flow really seamlessly. I think that our PSA will be very effective because it will be clear and make sense to our peers. It will be simple, but interesting and I think it will be able to  convince our peers to take action.