Production Journal

PRODUCTION JOURNAL 

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS:

i created a list of questions to direct the interview. i made this list a couple of times on my blog last week. i want to elicit the radio host's point of view on public communication. i want to ask him how and why he got into this medium. i want to know a little about his background so the listener can understand where he has come from and allow some inherent knowledge of what is going on. 

SHOT LIST:

i want shots of him:

speaking from atleast 3 different angles

taking calls

using the equipment

the equipment on its own

microphones

the room 

any notes or posts to himself on the equipment or in the room

STYLE + ELEMENTS:

the lighting in the room is pretty blah. i was thinking...i am really excited about this, maybe turning the shots into a purplish hue. kind of getting this magical feel. if this could work i want to get drawings of stars and microphones, like scribbles and things to come on the empty space in the shots. i want this to be as 'artisitc' as possible in order to get a funky feel, to go with the personality of the radio host and communication medium. 

STORYBOARD:

i am going to make a story board on regular paper

COMPOSITION + FORM:

i wrote about this in my previous entry. i want to get shots of the equipment and of him using the equipment as he is talking about what public communication is to him. i think this will get the content of the subject and the form of overlapping communication with its medium a really interesting angle. 

IN THE FIELD:

what worked well: going in with an open mind, not being to strict with the questions, let the person talk as much as he or she wants (never know what kind of interesting tidbits are going to pop out). 

what worked not as well: coming in with specific knowledge and trying to get the person to move in a specific direction, i almost never got good footage when i forced the interview. happy accidents happened when i interviewed him and he had to cut out becuase he needed to take a call or go back on the radio. I also am excited about a wall shot B-roll footage of notes and pictures on the wall of the studio. i am nervouse about putting this all together!

REFLECTION:

i am nervouse about the lighting in the studio. i had a vision of a darker studio and i came in and it was lights on and really bright. the mad did not look as eclectic as i thought he was going to look. I have learned not to be so specific. 

IMPROVISATION:

my entire process of shooting was improved. I was so nervous going into the interview and so i just left my questions on the side and went with it!