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THREE STAGES OF VIDEO PRODUCTION

(1) Pre-Production
(2) Production
(3) Post-Production
PRE-PRODUCTION:
Is the preparation of everything that happens before the shooting begins, the more
prepared you are the better the production what you want. The activities involved are:
SCRIPT: Is any written document often a story that you want to turn to a film or a
documentary.
STORYBOARD: This is a structure that will help to define the video, what shots that you
needed by the cameramen and is there going to be voice, music video.
PRODUCTION:
Is when the crew and equipment will arrived at the location at the time and date that have
being agreed on for them to start shooting according to briefing, storyboard and shoot list.
POST-PRODUCTION:
Is when turning all the video capture in a production that can be watchable in accordance
with the brief and storyboard. The editor will import the video capture unto the computer
using the editing software and also assemble the first edit, edit the rough cut, picture and
audio mastering, tile and graphics, colour correction, audio sweetening and then the master
edit.
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY RESEARCH
PRIMARY RESEARCH:
During our Documentary we carry out so many primary research and we went to Brixton
market to interview some of the traders about their product, and how they feel about the
market now and then with some of them talk about the issue of parking that the parking is
one of the problem that they are facing in the market and if the Government can help them
to solve the issue of the parking, some of them talk about the different shops that are now
coming up and we interview some customers about the changings of the market we also
carry out some questionnaires and surveys about the changes of the market now and then.
SECONDARY RESEARCH:
During our documentary we carry out research and that is secondary research are research
that we make use of information that his previously researched for other purpose and
publicly available. Secondary research includes research that is published in the internet,
Library, we carry out some research in the internet about Brixton, location, people living
around Brixton and the different aspect of the market. The changes and what type of
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product that they are selling in the market and how the market is been structure and what
has decline from the market NOW and THEN, we also visit the Brixton library to check for
books about Brixton market on when the market was founded and what product that was
first sold in the market day in day out for shopping.
TYPES OF MICROPHONE
During our interview we use two different type of microphones the Cardioid (Clip Mic) and
Supercardioid (shotgun). Unidirectional mics usually pick up sound are greater sensitivity
from the front than from other directions.
Cardioid mic are use in front of a camera or camcorder where there is the potential for
background noise to overshadow the interviewees voice.
During our documentary we use different camera shots, we then use a close-up shot during
our interview with the traders and customers, we also use wide-shot and medium-shot. The
reverse shot happen during the interview with one of the general public and the trader and
the fruit, Brixton sign was use for the cutaway. Mise en Scene happen before we started our
filming and the clip mic was place on the trader and were he the trader was going to stand
during the interview, questions that we are going to ask him and how to face the camera
during interview, also the positions of the trader in a good space
EXAMPLES OF DOCUMENTARY FORMATS:
EXPOSITORY FORMAT: These are nonfiction film that talks about verbal commentary,
argumentative and authoritative e.g. TV shows
POETIC FORMAT: These are early films of the 1920 in black and white that tells a story with
a voice over e.g. Night and Fog.
OBSERVATIONAL FORMAT: These mode are use to observe lived life with a minimum of
intervention.
PARTICIPATORY FORMAT: This bring the interactive between the filmmaker and subject e.g.
Man with a movie camera.
REFLEXIVE FORMAT: This mode didnt show themselves visible window on the world e.g.
Man with a movie camera.
PERFORMATIVE FORMAT: This mode is subject to emotional and experience responds to
the world e.g. Free Fall.
EVALUATION:
We were divided into groups and in my group we were four in my group and we all came up
with different ideas for the documentary and my idea was Brixton Pound, you have to
produce pre-production process, you have to write you own production schedule for your
documentary, your idea of how you want your documentary to look like, you have to design
a spidergraph for your documentary and also you have to produce a production diary and
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this will show all that you have been thought, produce your own documentary and my
documentary was Brixton Pound.
You will write your script or storyboard on how you want your documentary to look like and
you will also list what shot you want to use for your documentary, you will also have to carry
out risk assessment on where you want to carry out your shooting, you have to produce one
shooting schedule and produce a recee report. The documentary we be taken to the editing
studio were you have to transfer the video into the system were you have to log in your clip
on after the other these are what we are doing now and the editing is not yet finish till now.