Email to Mark Jones

This is the email I sent to Dr Jones and his reply follows underneath.

He was a potential interviewee.

-----Original Message-----
From: rafiqf05@newacademy.org.uk
To: markjones@wlv.ac.uk
Cc:
Sent: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:06:05
Subject: Inquiry For Documentary

Good Afternoon Dr Jones,

I am an A2 Media Studies student at The NEW Academy and my team and I are currently producing a documentary on the Illuminati. The purpose of this email is to enquire whether yourself or another lecturer would be happy to be interviewed with your views on the subject for our documentary.

Alternatively, if you have a contact of someone who is interested in the Illuminati conspiracy or could voice their opinion, it would really be of help.

My teacher, Zoe Lynch, is a former student of Media and Cultural Studies and she recommended that I contact you as you may have information or may be interested.

I hope you can help us in this matter.


Kind Regards,


Faraz Rafiq 

Email Received  

-----Original Message-----
From: "Jones, Mark" <markjones@wlv.ac.uk>
To: "rafiqf05@newacademy.org.uk" <rafiqf05@newacademy.org.uk>
Cc:
Sent: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:49:30
Subject: RE: Inquiry For Documentary

Hi Faraz,

apologies for delay - I'm in the middle of marking and the start of the new semester.

I'm afraid I can't be any help. I only really have a superficial knowledge of the topic, and don't think I'd be any use in your documentary. I used to know one academic expert on the Illuminati, but I've discovered that he's now moved to the US. I've asked a colleague in History who has researched underground organisations, but he too has very little knowledge of either the original Illuminati, or the various groups since associated with it.

Good luck with your work, and sorry I couldn't be more helpful.

Mark 

S.Jacobs

I have tried contacting Mr Steve Jacobs who is the head of media and cultural studies at the University of Wolverhampton by calling the university and emailing him but have had no response I have now been trying for 3 days and there is no answer on the phone and no reply by email.

I have also tried contacting Mark Jones who is a lecturer of English at the university and I am awaiting his response.

The use of aperture

As we have decided to use the SLR cameras we can make use of it's features such as adaptable aperture as manual zoom & focus.

Here is a test of aperture we did, defining the background and then the face.

Using these more professional cameras it meant we could change the way light is used i.e. making things brighter or darker before editing.

Camera Use

I pushed the idea of using SLR cameras to record. So after some consolidation, my Team and I decided that instead of the Sony HandyCam's we will use a Nikon D3100 for the filming of our main task this is because the Handycam cameras are unclear, unprofessional, have a poor resolution and do not have the advanced features of the Nikon such as adjusting the aperture  and changing the zoom and focus manually. It helps with the real-life feel of the documentary and allows greater control of the shot appearance.

I am an ex-Photography student and with current Photography students Mathew Blackham and Nazir Ullah we decided that the Nikon was the best camera for the job. At First we used the Nikon for taking pictures of possible locations and then decided we should try using it for filming, after seeing the wonderful result we decided it would be wise for us to stick to it for filming because of the numerous advantages!

Using the Nikon also means that it's easier to shoot at the Northwood site (our main on sight shooting location) as the Nikon Camera's are based at The Northwood Campus and there is equipment that we could potentially hire out from the photography department such as reflectors and spot-lights.

Possible locations for recording

These are recordings of possible recording locations using the Nikon D3100,

in each video we explain why we may use the locations and why.

Interviews

We have a number of potential interviewees in mind for our documentary. We could potentially have an academic such as a lecturer from a university, and have interviews with both performers (relevant to music industry) and members of the general public.

I will now try to get in-touch with lecturers at the University of Wolverhampton to see if anyone would be willing to give us an interview or point us in the right direction with their vast contact directory.

I will also ask my drama teacher Miss James to give us an interview as she has previously performed with a few high profile celebrities and has been a performer.

Audiences

Documentaries stereotypically appeal to the older generation so with our documentary my aim is to create this documentary for a wider audience range, from teenagers to people in their late years.