Filming the Narrator

Today during class time, I filmed some of the narration scenes of my third of the documentary. This time, I went and got all of the equipment I needed straight away, to minimise the time I needed to set up so that I could film a lot during the lesson. Ashlee agreed to being the narrator so that we could film during class time, however, I feel like all of the footage I took this lesson was not valuable at all. I couldn't get the background I wanted as there was no one sitting at the tables in the middle floor of Jennifer Reeves (my original plan was to have the narrator standing in front of a group of people using social media on electronic devices), so we decided we would film in front of a blank wall. We went down to the cafeteria and did this, however it was hard for Ashlee to read the dialogue that I needed without looking back at the words. That, alongside the fact that in every shot at least one word was stumbled, meant that none of the shots were able to be used. This is really disappointing and it is a major set back. I decided that I would film myself as the narrator against a blank wall at home to see if these shots looked better. I think it is easier that I film myself (even though it's harder to get the right angle, lighting camera position, etc. when filming myself rather than another person), because I know what dialogue I have to say nearly off by heart so it means that I can have full eye contact like a planned and not stumble on any words.

During the lesson tomorrow, I plan to sort through these shots and edit what I have, as well as seeing if they are suitable. If they are not suitable, I will film on the weekend at home in front of a different background in order to make it suit the documentary better. I don't like using a plain wall as there is no meaning behind it, so I'm probably going to have to re-shoot this footage later on anyway.