Improved Interviewer Voiceover

I caught up with the band at the famous Maple Studios, the home of numerous hits for the band. My plan was to speak to the band about life in the limelight, they lifestyles they led and the music

I then found Simon Casken, the bands producer at the very studios where three of the bands albums were recorded. Once a small unknown studio in Leeds it is now one of the UK's top recording venues. I asked Simon how it was recording with the band.

Here we can see the Lucorum pub, the place where the band started out playin gigs, they often joke that they played to crowds of fifty or less, most of whom were family, a huge difference to the massive following they have today.

Jacob Gill Improvements on first attempt

Improvements on first attempt

During our second attempt of filming we changed a great deal of things to film to the best of our ability. Firstly we changed our script around to create a loose relaxed feel to proceedings and giving the illusion of a true to life interview with a areal band. We also used interchanging angles and a bevy of shots to highlight the tone of the interviews as being formally like an interview but not a serious interview.

We also used more shots during filming so the film would not become stale and boring; we also used previous already filmed parts of the film as breakers in the interviews. Also the use of voiceovers to set the scene and to dictate the tone was used widely as the character of the interviewer was attempting to bring the viewer into the story of the band.

The second shoot also contained more rehearsal and therefore was a lot neater as a film, for instance people knew what to say, where to stand and how to act on camera to bring an authentic feel to the picture. The most valuable improvement though was the ability to pick up sound and music that the band where playing without distortion.

After the problems with the first attempt we learnt that the way to get this effect was to turn the mic pick up volume to low therefore louder sounds came in as normal, by doing this instead of dubbing over the music of a different already established band it gave the feel that the interview was again more authentic and more like it would be if a real band was being questioned on there roots etc.

Jacob Gill Problems with first attempt

Problems with first attempt of media film


On our first attempt of filming our media project we encountered various problems that needed addressing for our film to be a successful project. The first problem we encountered was that the script we had written was to rigid an inflexible for the film to have an authentic feel to it. After studying various interviews with bands and interviews in general we, as a group decided, that the best solution to this problem was to have a script for the interviewer (myself) to follow yet the answers that the band gave should be, to a degree, ad libbed yet containing key words from the script. For instance, the interviewer asks (from the script) “How has the band evolved since you started out?” the responding answer should have contained key phrases such as “we started out really raw” and also “we’ve really changed our sound” by using this method of dialogue we gave the illusion that the interview was relaxed and ‘off the cuff’ yet to a degree a script was stuck to for the most part of the interview.

The second problem we encountered during our shoot was the functions of the camera and the use of equipment. Before filming the white balance on the camera was not adjusted, which in turn gave a yellow hew through filming, this caused problems when it came to editing our film later. Another problem with the camera and equipment was that during scene’s where the band was playing instruments the boom we where using was picking up the sound on too high of a level meaning that the sound was too loud to use and distorted which could not be fixed in editing.

Another problem we faced during filming was that the camera we where using had not been set to a high definition setting which caused massive problems during editing and gave a bad quality of picture for the part of the film we had shot.

Jacob Gill Prop list and information

Prop List

· 2 Electric Guitars

· 1 Bass guitar

· 1 Full drum kit

· Assorted alcoholic drinks

· Cigarettes

· Assorted percussion instruments


From the above prop list it is obvious that we were trying to attain an authentic look of a band relaxing between gigs and attempting to write and play more music. We tried to create a relaxed casual atmosphere by leaving cans of alcohol discarded around the on screen set as well as still lit cigarettes. The actual use of such props such as the guitars, drums and percussion instruments where invaluable in creating an genuine feel of a band in its down time ‘jamming’ and thus indicating an actual band in session.

Jacob Gill Camera Information

Camera Information

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The HVR-HD1000U model supports both the HDV and the standard-definition DV formats. In DV mode, the unit can work exclusively as a DV camcorder, allowing users to maintain their current DV workflow without any disruptions. When needed, the camcorder can be instantly switched to high-definition mode.

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The new camcorder also has several down-conversion modes that output converted standard-definition signals to users’ current SD production systems, including displays and DV non-linear editing systems, while retaining an HD master tape for future use.

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The HVR-HD1000U camcorder uses Sony’s 1/2.9-inch ClearVid™ CMOS sensor system with its unique pixel layout rotated 45 degrees to provide higher resolution and sensitivity.

The camcorder’s photo creation functions can produce photo data for DVD jacket designs, website content, news, photo albums and other applications.

Users can capture up to 6.1 mega-pixel still images in Photo mode. In addition, it can capture up to 4.6 mega-pixel still images even while HD video is being recorded. For added flexibility, the new camera can capture still images from any moment of HDV recording in print-ready quality of up to 1.2 mega-pixels.

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“The 180-degree tilt mechanism allows for LCD monitoring when the camcorder is held in a high- or low-angle position,” Ott said. “The 360-degree swivel mechanism will allow LCD monitoring from the front, right or even left of the camcorder so that a reporter or a director can monitor what is being captured by the camcorder.”

The "Smooth Slow Rec" function of the HVR-HD1000U camcorder allows users to perform slow-motion playback by capturing images at four times faster than the normal field rate (240 fields/s). In this mode, quad-speed images are captured for three seconds, stored in the camcorder's built-in buffer memory, and then recorded to tape (in either the HDV or DV formats) as slow-motion pictures lasting 12 seconds. When using this function, Ott said the resolution of the camera image is decreased.

The Super NightShot™ function of the new model uses a built-in infrared light emitter to record objects in zero lux light levels and to allow night-time monitoring and surveillance.

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Jacob Gill 5 minute analysis of a film

Analysis of a film

I have chosen to analysis the interview: Living with Michael Jackson the Martin Bashir, the infamous film documents the period of life where Bashir lives with Michael Jackson. I found on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFfeI3OCrP4.

The film begins with some hand held MCU of Bashir and Jackson having a conversation which pans from left to right between, this then fades to black. The next shot is a long shot of the gates of Jacksons’ home which are zoomed in on whilst a Jackson song is dubbed over the top, from this shot the opening titles fade in which consist of mainly long shot of Jackson dancing, walking or conversing with various people whilst a song is dubbed over the top and various names appear on the screen.

The next shot is a MCU of a merry-go-round spinning around whilst Bashir provides commentary over the top of this footage explaining the film and what it is about. The next shot is LS of a Ferris wheel slowly spinning while Bashir continues speaking, this fades out to reveal a shot of a fairground illuminated in the darkness.

The next shot is a hand held MCU of Jackson and Bashir conversing, this shot fades to a shot of a spinning carousel while the conversation between Bashir and Jackson is dubbed over the top, from this shot the camera pans left to reveal Jackson and Bashir, again in MCU still speaking.
The next shot is a long shot of a Ferris wheel and carousel again illuminated in the darkness with Bashir and Jackson talking over the shot. From this shot we fade to a MLS of Bashir and Jackson on the Ferris wheel talking, whilst Bashir provides a commentary over the top. From that shot we fade out to a LS of the fairground in the darkness whilst Bashir continues his commentary. From this we cut to a LS of Bashir and Jackson racing go-karts whilst Bashir provides commentary over the top, in this shot the incorporation of long pan shots are used to follow the karts through Bashir’s commentary. Then fade to black.

Conclusion
Overall the use of establishing shots of the fairground and some of the more childish aspects of Jacksons life help giver an snap shot of Jacksons psyche, I think Bashir used those shot for exactly that reason. Also the continued use of voiceover commentary helped give Bashir the chance to put across what the point of the documentary was about. I think that the extensive use of hand held camera shots was rather over indulgent and took away from the gravity of the interview where sometimes Jackson or Bashir were cut off camera due to it being hand held yet overall a good start for the interview.

Film analysis - josh exley

Film Analysis

Peter Doherty News Night Interview

I chose to analyse this interview because it is very similar to the style of interview I wanted to do for my film. It is about Pete Doherty who is very iconic in the music industry for being a drug taker and has had a bad past but much of what is said about him in the media is very negative and never really about his music.

The scene first starts with an overview about Pete Doherty with a woman sat in a news room with a big image of Pete Doherty in the background this is an establishing shot showing where about she is. The camera is panning to the left while she speaks the camera then begins moving towards the interviewer, which is most likely, a dolly shot, the dolly shot eventually stops and leaves the woman in a medium shot.

The woman then says that ‘Pete is giving news night his first major television interview’ and then it cuts to a scene on London with animated televisions moving around which is like the start of the show or the title scenes. The televisions have lots of iconic pictures such as Gordon Brown and Tony Blair.

After the title sequence it shows the Libertines in a Medium Shot singing into the microphone together while playing on stage. The scene carries on but the camera changes to a low down medium shot, the camera is down at Pete’s feet and then pans up towards the top of the microphone. It cuts again to a close up of Pete and Carl Barrat’s face, then cuts again to a medium shot of the drummer playing the drums, this is when the voice over begins, then cuts back to another close up of Pete and Carl. The camera then zooms out of the close up and leaves them in a medium shot, it then cuts to a shot of the drummer in medium close up but the camera is behind the drummer. It then cuts to a handheld shot of Carl being hugged by some girls with the camera up above, it then cuts to a shot of the crowd and then to a shot of Carl on Pete’s shoulders with the camera panning from the bottom of Pete to the top of Carl. The voiceover still continues while headlines about the band come up on the screen such as ‘is this the end of the libertines’ these headlines bombard the screen with Pete Doherty in the background. It then cuts to a medium shot of Pete dancing around. It then shows footage of the bands first single ‘ time for heroes’ which starts with Pete in a medium shot and then a medium shot of Carl the medium shots continue with different members of the band. You then begin hearing the interviewer interviewing Pete while the footage is still being played. It then fades to red and the interview begins.

The interview starts with an over the shoulder medium shot of the interviewer looking front on to Pete, in the background are guitars and drums which looks like it is in a rehearsal room, Pete is dressing in a suit and is smoking while the interviewer looks a lot more casual. It then cuts to a close up of Pete’s face while he begins to answer the interviewers question across the bottom of the scene a caption bar comes across the bottom while he is speaking and says ‘ Pete Doherty: Musician’. It then features some more close ups of the interviewer and Pete. It then cuts to a high shot from behind the drum kit with the camera placed for you can see Pete the interviewer and also two cameramen who are sat on a camera tracking. As Pete begins talking about stories in his house when he was a child it cuts back to a close up this shot continues for a few seconds, the camera then cuts back to an over the shoulder shot from behind the interviewer looking to Pete. As the interviewer begins asking Pete another question and talking about his creativity in his teenage years it goes back to a close up of the interviewer talking. Then cuts back to another close up of Pete listening to the question and nodding to indicate he is listening. It then cuts to an establishing shot, which shows the whole room including lighting and cameramen. It then cuts to another close up of Pete when he is reciting a poem from when he was younger while the poem continues the shot changes to an over the shoulder shot then back to another close up. As the poem finishes and the interviewer begins asking Pete another questions the camera goes back to behind the drum kit, which is kind of an establishing shot showing the area. As Pete begins answering the question the camera changes to another over the shoulder shot and then back to another close up of Pete and the interviewer these four shots including the high drum kit one are continued throughout the scene. It then cuts to an establishing shot and then back to the close up while he is talking before cutting to a clip of the Libertines singing ‘ Can’t stand me now’ on the Jonathon Ross show, the music to the song begins playing quietly as he answers the question and then begins getting louder.

The Jonathon Ross show starts with an establishing shot of the band on stage, then cuts to a medium shot of Carl then to a long shot of all the guitarists from the side and then to a medium shot looking up at the drummer. As the lyrics to the song start it cuts to a medium shot of Carl singing which eventually zooms into a close up of his face. The next shot is a long shot of the band from side. The voiceover begins talking about the Libertines new album. It then cuts to close ups of Pete and Carl and then headlines about the band begin coming up on the screen again.

That is my five minute analysis of ‘New Night Peter Doherty Interview’ which I found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGmBmb2Jjkc

More Research

This is an overview of an interview with Peter Doherty which is set out the same as our interviews and we will be using some of the questions that the interviewer asks. This is basically the interview we are aiming at because it is perfect in everything the angles the camera and way that all the show is set out as it has voice overs over the clips.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/4106249.stm

this is the actual footage of the interview

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/4106249.stm

Outfits - Josh Exley

Most of the cast will be wearing skinny jeans with whichever t-shirts or tops they like just like giving them a rough look as if they are relaxed and just ready to be interviewed.

The interviewer will be wearing smart casual clothing to look professional but at the same time relaxed and enjoying interviewing the band.

Risk Assessment - Liam Augur

This is the completed risk assessment form set by college. It is a print screen picture of the original word document, because there was no way of importing it.

Cast - Joshua Exley

Camera - Jacob Gill

Sound - Conor Egan

Actors - Jack lodge as Jack

Casey Wood as Casey

Liam Augur as Liam

Josh Exley as Josh

Shots - Joshua Exley

Medium Close Up -is half way between a close up and a medium shot it is used to get a view of the face without been too close

Over the Shoulder - these shots are used during conversations with two people facing each other

Medium Shot - are half way up the body and are used lots in films .

long shots - long shots show the whole person so you can see what they are doing

Research - Popular question topics for music interviews: Liam Augur

Themes

Song-making process - songwriters, song topics, who tends to leads musically, recording processes

Tour information - there is usually some speak about an up and coming and the interview can be used to promote it 

Popular Questions

1. What are your musical influences? (in general or for particular songs or albums)
   
2. How has your music evolved since the band first formed?
   
3. What would you say the biggest challange you have had to face, and how did you overcome it?
   
4. How long have you known each other, how did you orginally meet?
   
5. what can we expect from your new album? / How does this album differ from your first? 
   

Here is an interview that uses simular themes, with the main focus on influences.

http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/the_raconteurs/interviews/8761

Anaylis of a Simular Extract - Liam Augur

Gimme Shelter (1970)

I have chosen to analyze the first five minutes of the documentary concert-film "Gimme Shelter". The film covers the band on top form, and the problems they had at their infamous Altamont Speedway concert. I found this video on the website www.quicksilverscreen.com

The film begin with a black screen and the only thing to be heard is Mick Jagger's voice introducing his band on stage, once he has said the first two line you hear a roar from the crowd and Charlie Watts is shown on screen in a MCU one shot, the camera zooms out and pans left to right. Throughout the next couple of shots we see Charlie posing the live album cover of "Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out". Props include a donkey, stars and stripes top hat, two guitars and a drum snare. The shots for this short sequence consist of CU of Mick Jagger, LS two shot of Mick and Charlie and an establishing shot of the photographers. All of this sequence is silent as the previously mentioned non-diagetic Rolling Stones introduction is still being played over the top. This is then cleverly transferred to diagetic when Mick Jagger takes the top hat from Charlie at the photo shoot and then the camera cuts to a MS of Mick fitting the hat onto his head whilst continuing his introduction, but this time onstage.

Mick stands at MS in the middle of the stage and shouts "welcome to the breakfast show" the band immediately react with "Jumpin' Jack Flash". The camera focuses on Mick throughout this performance, he is mostly framed at MCU or CU between the verses and LS or MS when he is dancing about and the camera needs to do some movement. There is also a lot of smash zoom used as emphasis of Micks performance, I imagine there is a lot of zoom used because of the time it was filmed maybe it was a popular choice or purely because some of the footage used is amateur. The onstage lighting helps to depict Mick as the main character since he is lit brighter than the others. Nothing else is really to be seen onstage at this point, the light only really focus on the individuals and their instruments. High angle/low angle shots are also used during this performance. This could have possibly been used to represent the band as powerful, with their adoring fans looking up to them. For example, at about 2:57, there is a high angle shot from onstage, of the crowd looking up to the Mick. At 3:35 a low angle LS is used showing footage from behind a bobbing fans head looking towards the stage. Shots like the latter mention, also add a more personal touch to the film, it’s feels almost you are stood in the crowd.

Shortly after the band have finish “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” the camera pans and tilt down to follow Keith Richards movements framed in MS. The film then cuts to a MS showing a monitor, which is playing the performance, making the impression that we were watching the footage in the studio. The camera then reveals the entire band watching back this footage. This is where the title sequences begin, they are subtlety edited in over the film, framing each band member’s reaction to their performance in CU and then appears their name in white typography, this then quickly fades out. Towards the begin of this scene they have used cross-cutting or parallel editing to show Charlie Watts watching the footage in the studio and showing him onstage when he is mentioned by Mick Jagger. The band are dressed differently in the studio, from what I can make out: Mick a shirt, blazer and scarf, Charile a shirt and waistcoat, Bill a jumper and leather jacket, Mick Taylor a t-shirt and Keith a red long sleeved top. Prop in brief scene include: lit cigarettes, an ashtray, a telephone, film reels and film production equipment. The last shot I recorded at 5:10 is a MS two of Charlie and presumably a film production worker. After this there is various discussions about the concert.

Conclusion

Overall I have enjoyed analyzing “Gimme Shelter” and found it beneficial own up and coming documentary project. Even though the film is dated and some of the footage is quite amateur, I think these factor help to make the film more genuine. As I fan myself, watching Gimme Shelter this way, gave me a better feel for the music, period and understanding of the controversial concert. If the film were “state of the art” it wouldn’t represent what The Rolling Stones are about.

There are some aspects I think I can take from this film and incorporate into my own project and some that I can’t. For example the scene shot in the studio at the end, will be very similar to the one we will be filming from, we could use the scene from this film to help us with things like: the appropriate camera angles, the 180 degree line for conversations and lighting techniques. Things I am less likely to take as inspiration, from this film could be the frequent use of zoom, which can make viewers, feel quite seasick. There are better ways to show emphasis and detail in modern cinematography.

Source: http://quicksilverscreen.com/watch?video=52108

IMB page:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065780/

Call Sheet - Josh Exley

Call Sheet/Daily Schedule:

Item/Title: The Rise of
Shooting date: Wednesday 14th October
TX date: Monday 2nd November

CREW DETAILS:
Producer: Joshua Exley
Director: Liam Augur
Camera: Jacob Gill
Sound: Liam Augur and Josh Exley
Additional Crew: Casey Wood, Jack Lodge, Simon Casken (Actors)

CALL TIME/RV: 11.00am Monday 19th October

LOCATION/DIRECTIONS/PARKING:
loction 1 and 2: Bom Practice Rooms, Summer Lane, Barnsley
location 3: Music Room, Barnsley College
location 4: Arches, Pitt Street, Barnsley

CONTACTS:
Josh Exley: 07868101497
Liam Augur: 07961398995
Jacob Gill:07951297470

SCHEDULE TIME /DETAILS OF ITEM LOCATION
11.30am begind filming news report, Honeywell campus, Barnsley.

Shooting Script - Liam Augur (unfinished)

Shooting Script

Shot 1 – MCU one shot following Liam to practice room

Shot 2 – CU of Liam opening door

Shot 3 – MCU of Liam walking through corridor

Shot 4 – XLS four shot of whole band in practice (camera pans left to right

Shot 5, 6, 7 & 8 – Long shot of all band members

Shot 9 – LS of interview introducing himself

Shot 10 – MS of the interview taking his seat

Shot 11 – MS of the band taking their seat

Interview

Shot 12 – MCU one shot Interview asks question

Shot 13 – LS four shot band respond

Shot - MS one shot of specific answers from relevant band members (occasionally)

Shot 14 – MCU one shot Interviewers reaction to bands answer (occasionally)

Shot - CU of interesting gestures and actions are doing (occasionally)

This is repeated until

Fade out

Shot 15 – Still images of newspapers and magazines are edited onto a blank screen

Shot 16 – LS of the band ‘partying’ camera tracks

Fade in

Shot 17 – Repeat above interview format

Shot 18 – Repeat above interview format

Shot 19 – Repeat above interview format

Fade out

Shot 20 - ELS of band receiving award, zoom in closer

Shot 21 - LS of band walking up to accept award, camera tracks

Shot 22 - MCU/MS of acceptance speech

Fade in

Shot 23 – Repeat above interview format

Shot 24 – Repeat above interview format

Shot 25 – Repeat above interview format

Shot 27 - Cut to a edited MCU of NME magazine front cover

Fade out

Shot 28 - Hand held footage of band at secret party

Fade in

Shot 29 - LS of the bands recording studio, camera pans left to right

Shot 30, 31, 32 & 33 - MS of different equipment in studio

Shot 34 - MS one shot of Simon Casken talking about the band.

Fade out

Shot 35 - ES of The Arches exterior

Channel 4 - Josh Exley

Our documentary will be featured on Channel 4 as they show alot of documentaries. Our documentary is perfect for Channel 4 because they show lots of cutting edge documentaries and autobiographies such as http://www.channel4.com/programmes/a-boy-called-alex-the-concert which was very popular. Our show would fit in very well as a documentary on this channel as they are always looking for something new.

Character Profile - Josh Exley

Name - Jacob (called interviewer in the script)

Occupation - Journalist/ Reporter

Age - 20

Jacob is made to feel quite uneasy by Jack but the rest of the band make him feel quite welcome. He is trying to find out how the band have changed since they rose to fame a few years ago. He is polite and has alot of knowledge about music and is a very good journalist. He has to be friendly to do his job because he has to work with lots of people such as musicians. In our documentary he has to speak to the bands parents. He gets along with the band well by the end of the interview by having a conversation with them purely about different bands, this however is not featured in our 5 minute slot but is on the documentary. He also has to travel around the country to find the bands home town and where they did their first gigs etc.

Name - Liam

Occupation - Musician (vocals)

Age - 20

Liam has the most to say out of the band. He is well spoken and the most loved and well known out of the bands. He is loud and the center of attention. He fits in well with anyone and can make friends easily, he makes the interviewer feel welcome due to his personality and also gives the interviewer straight answers but also goes in depth with them so he has a better picture.

Name - Casey

Occupation - Musician (guitarist)

Age - 19

Casey is a calm, friendly person and is probably one of the most well liked out of the band due to his quick wit and his funny ways. He is known as one of the best guitarist of our time and he is popular and also very easy going in interviews and is the easiest to talk to out of the band. He is really bothered about the way the media have portrayed him as he doesn't feel like the band have done anything wrong for the media to say what they have said.

Name - Jack

Occupation - Musician (bassist)

Age - 24

Jack is known as the bad boy of the band. Anyone who knows Jack or who has worked with Jack agree that he is the worst band member to work with. He is not bothered about what the media say about him as he is purely in the band for the music and the lifesyle. He does not make the interviewer feel too welcome and give short snappy answers

Name – Josh

Occupation – Musician (drummer)

Age - 21

Josh is a friendly down to earth musician in a famous band. He is well known from the bands bad media and so is known as a ‘druggy’ and a ‘bad role model’ but throughout the documentary all the band are trying to do is clear their name.

Pitch - josh exley

documentary about the rise of a famous band, to find out if they believe what the media say about them is true.

Project Schedule - Liam Augur

Week 1 – Practice Rooms

• Aim to film all of the practice room scene (interior & exterior)
• Attempt to complete all photoshop artwork

Week 2 – Possibly may need another week in practice rooms (allow this week but no more)

• Finish photoshop work if not already completed

Week 3 – College Recording studio

• Film the short interview with Simon Casken
• Film some interior shots of studio (if needed)

Week 4 – Town, friends and family/editing suite

• Film the shots of the music venues
• Film the shots of interviews with family and friends
• Put together “after the breaks” scene (may need to done last)
• Should have started to gather all of our footage by now and uploading

Week 5, 6 & 7 – Editing Suite

• Have this period to fully edit our project inside of college

Week 8 – Final week (hopefully finished)

• Keep this week free to perfect everything in time for the deadline

Script - Josh Exley and Liam Augur - need to finish

Exterior (Band walking to practice room)

voiceover – I arranged to meet the band at their practice room where I finally got to speak to them. I followed guitarist Liam Augur to the location

Interior (band in practice rooms)

Band – (just chatty conversation while setting up instruments)

Cuts to band sat down waiting to be interviewed

Interviewer – So how are you doing today then?

Interviewer – So what have you been doing this week?

Interviewer - How long have you known each other? and when did you decide to start a band?

Interviewer - What can we expect from the new album? anything new?

Interviewer - And when is the tour?

Interviewer – How have you and your music evolved since the first album?

Voiceover

(Voiceover over the music playing) the band have notoriously been in and out of the media with both good and bad reviews of the music and also a lot about their notorious partying antics and their never ending flings with women. I now attempt to ask the band about how they feel they are portrayed in magazines and newspapers.

Interviewer – what is your reaction to your recent reputation in the media

Jack – what you mean by that then

Interviewer – well (pause) the sun newspaper quotes that ‘ you can clearly tell the music is second best to the bands lifestyle’

Interviewer – yes I can see where you’re coming from. Do you think you have changed since the band first formed when you were playing small gigs at pubs with small crowds?

interior (band receiving award for best album)

interviewer - Who are your main influences?

Interviewer – when your first album came out you were compared to a modern day rolling stones, do you think this is a hard reputation to live up to?

Liam – who said that?

Interviewer – the NME’s reporter Gareth Barnes said it

Cuts to NME cover

Interviewer - What was the best gig you ever played?

I then found the bands producer Simon Casken. Simon was at the very studio where the bands have recorded every single and album. The studio has obviously got better as they have had alot more cash flow with lots of artists queing to get in to the studio. It has gone from a very small studio in Leeds to one of the top rated in England with Simon Casken one of the top rated producers in the industry but always makes time for the band who made him. I talked to him about what it was like recording all 3 of the bands albums so far

Simon – well they were alright most of the time apart from Jack who was always the worse as you can probably tell. He always took jokes too far and would never let anything go. You can tell Jack is the worst and most stuff that is in the media about him is true. The recording processes though was fairly straight forward they got down to the work and were pretty much perfectionists on the first album and wouldn’t take second best. Their sound was pretty bluesy and it was really different for a change and I think that’s why people like them so much and it was really nice to record.

Voiceover – it seems that the producer even agrees with what the media said. I travelled to their home town to find out more about their first gigs and how the band developed musically and talk to their friends and family about the band.

exterior (Cuts to a shot of ‘The Arches’)

Voiceover – this is where the band did their first ever gig where as little as 50 people were meant to have turned up.

Filming Locations - Liam Augur

This is the lucorum bar where we will film brief exterior clips. We are using this location because it is the best legitamate venue for live music in barnsley, which is the home town of the band in our film.

This is the colleges on-site recording studio, which we will use to film a mock up of a record producer talking about the band. I have seen this kind of thing done before on music documentaries and it works really well. This recording studio is ideal for our documentary because the equpiment is real, therefore hopefully making our documentary authenic.

Synopsis - Joshua Exley

Synopsis

Our documentary is about following a fictional band for a few days to show how the band has rose and how they are dealing with fame and all the luxuries that come with being famous. The documentary starts with the band arriving at a practise room to practise, before they get interviewed by the interviewer. The interviewer/ camera man follows the band to parties and backstage shows to show the band in their true rock ‘n’ roll life style. The documentary shows drug taking and also drinking and the effects of the band on these substances. It shows the band when they first got together recording there first album and how much fun the band were having, this soon changed to violence and mistrust in the band. The film will not flow as bits of the interview will be interrupted by clips of the band partying. Also we will show the interviewer filming the bands close friends, family, producer and management who will give their opinion on how the band have changed and how the band formed. The interviewer is made to feel very unwelcome at the start of the documentary as the band are not happy to be interviewed you can tell by the way the band are treating the interviewer and how they are giving him short blunt answers to any questions he asks. Throughout the documentary the band start opening up to him about fame and life and begin to trust him. The interviewer talks to the bands producer who was at the time producing the bands second album. The producer talks about how the band was really focused about their music but how the media have portrayed them as drug addicts. The documentary shows the band and how focused they are despite their reputation. The band say that this helps them to try and prove people wrong.

Questionnaire: Jacob Gill

Questionnaire
1. In a documentary do you believe that factual content should be the main part of the story or do you prefer firsthand accounts?
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2. As a rough estimate would YOU say, you view more:
Ø Drama’s
Ø Period drama’s
Ø Popular culture television
Ø Documentaries
(Tick where appropriate)

3. Do you believe that a documentary that contains direct interviews with the subjects of the documentaries will give a biased skewed view of the truth? Example such as if you were to interview an author on their book they would promote the book?
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4. Which channel do you personally think produces the best factual documentaries?
Ø BBC 1
Ø BBC 2
Ø ITV
Ø Channel 4
Ø Channel 5
Ø Other digital channel (please state below)
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5. As a viewer would you say you prefer:
Ø Historical Documentaries
Ø Popular culture documentaries
Ø ‘shocking’ documentaries

6. What was the last documentary you watched?
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7. Do you think a documentary of a bands rise to fame, featuring interviews and first hand accounts sounds like a good idea?
Yes No Maybe
8. Would you view a documentary of the afforementioned nature?
Yes No Maybe

9. Whic channel would you expect to produce and broadcast sucha documentary?
Ø BBC 1
Ø BBC 2
Ø ITV
Ø Channel 4
Ø Channel 5
Ø Other digital channel (please state below)
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10. Would you expect a documentary like this to feature: (delete as appropriate)
Ø Interviews with the band
Ø Shakey unpolished camera work
Ø Old footage and voice overs
Ø Interviews with relevant people

Treatment - Joshua Exley & Liam Augur

Treatment.
The rise of “The
Suggested audience: Presumably older audience (post watershed content) 16 - 25
Run Time: 60 minutes
Aired on: Channel 4
Time slot: 10pm – 11pm

Synopsis
The five minute clip we have decided to show is from around 10 minutes of the documentary. The clip will start with a short clip of the band, just coming off stage and returning to a backstage party. This is supposed to introduce our audience to this notoriously successful and “reckless” band. After this short clip we will then cut to a title screen for the programme, the title screen and the opening scene will both be accompanied by music.
After the title shot the programme will start with a voiceover giving information on the band, this is played while members of the band are arriving at a nearby studio/practice area. Some of the band are preparing to be interviewed and some of the band are playing their instruments. The voiceover then stops and The band then sit down as the interviewer begins to interview them, the band are quite reluctant to be interviewed and this will be clear as they will make it uncomfortable for the interviewer. Throughout the interview the band the footage of the interview gets stopped as it is interrupted by clips of the band partying and playing shows this is all done with scrappy hand held cameras to give it real feeling as if you are there.
After this clip is shown it then goes to an ad break but before that, it says what is coming up after the break which shows you a few clips, such as talking to the bands producer about their first album and what the band were like to work with. Also the band on set of their video shoot and how the band is coping with fame and how it has affected them.

Suggested Audience
The audience for this programme will be from 16+ who are interested in music. It is for 16+ because it is post watershed content and involves drugs, bad language and violence. The band are very popular amongst young people and so should draw a big audience. Although we say it is suitable for 16+ the main audience we are aiming for is 18 to 30 years old because they have shown the main interest in the bands career.

Run Time:
The run time for this extract is 5 minute, this was part of our brief. The 5 minutes is supposed to look like it comes from a full 60 minute documentary.
Network aired on:
Our programme would air on Channel 4, in the time slot 10pm – 11pm, at first we considered bbc three, because lots of similar documentaries are aired on there but of course bbc three has no adverts and we thought a programme with adverts is easier to map out our ideas. So we decided to choose channel 4, our second best option. In the long run we also decided that channel 4 would attract us more viewers as it is a popular network for the the younger generation, which is our target audience.

Suggested elements:
Throughout our documentary we will be using voice pops where the interviewer is heard but not seen this is to help the audience follow the band and also let the audience know how he is feeling about filming the band.

Research into simular documentaries: Liam Augur

Who The F is Pete Doherty

This is a documentary that was aired on BBC Three a couple of years ago. This is about the type of style we would like to do our documentary, this isn't too scrappy it's hard to understand but it still remains quite rough and ready.

Cocksucker Blues

Was a documentary about The Rolling Stones on their 1972 world tour. I find this documentary very interesting because it gives you insight as to what the band get upto. However, this documentary is too rough to understand in parts, there is no real skill to it, even if it meant to be like that it wouldn't be a suitable way to film our film.

Don't Look Back

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061589/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18XflnNFRb4&feature=related

Is another music documentary that we like, it follows Bob Dylan on his 1965 English tour. It is at that time where Bob Dylan is changing musically, and that why it is interesting to watch. Again it is a "fly on the wall" style like Cocksucker Blues but this time it is filmed more professionally.

Blues Britannia: Can Blue Men Sing The Whites?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00kc752

A 90 minute tv documentary looking at the success and transformation of "white mans blues"