Oh Mann!

We decided and asked Miss Mann, a teacher from the North East Wolverhampton Academy to give us an interview on the Illuminati and Freemasonry as a professional especially because we know that she's been to italy and been to the freemasons lodge there, but unluckily for us she dropped out on the last minute by emailing Mathew. The email reads:

hi mat,

i am so so so sorry but I'm going to have to drop out from the documentary. I feel really bad for letting you down at such short notice but i hope you will understand that i wouldn't do so without good reason. Please don't kill me!

thanks for your understanding,

Miss Mann

This means we will have to find another person who is willing to be recorded as a professional.

Filming and Problems

We started filming on 27th January 2012 at the Northwood site of our school. The first day of filming consisted of trying out different shots and trying to see what works best with the opening shot of our documentary, we had a rough idea as i had previously drawn out a potential storyboard for the opening.

The problems we have come across so far are due to the location of filming. Seeing that we are filming on location at school, there are certain obstacles such as noisy children walking late to lessons and trying to get on camera, school bells, noise of the refrigeration units near the drama room and unexpected outside noises etc. All these obstacles with our limited access to media hardware (especially for sound capture) makes it even harder for us to create this documentary quickly and effectively.

It was also hard for me to think of what to say, as I was not given a written script so I had to improvise what I was going to say and how I was going to say it. This, and the rest of the team working out different camera angles and working on the aperture, prolonged the shooting time of the opening scene.

A2 Media: Jump Cut Techniques

Me and my group have decided to use the jump cut method in our documentary. I think this will add a professional finish to the documentary we are creating. This and the subject of our documentary (Illuminati and freemasonry) will give it more surreal atmosphere.

This video is the first film to use jump cut, this shows the idea we have and how we want to use this technique.