Thursday 25 September 2014

Documentary layout - Shots

First shots:

  • Ely Cathedral 
  • Fens 
  • Casual music
  • Shots of cathedral, Ely
  • shots of house 
  • shot of Mum pulling up in the car 
  • Wallpaper shot - Mum walking down the river taking dog for a walk. 
Not much scripted:

"Hello Luke, you alright?"
"yeah just doing a short film on our ancestries and if I can find any new stuff out that we don't already know about"
"Yeah okay, well we can go over to your Granddad's as he has a map of the family tree and we can go from there?"
"Yeah that's go"


  • Shots of Mum and Granddad discussing information that Granddad has found.
  • Shots going to London
  • Meeting the tour guide 
  • Videos and images of the sites - "Catherine Eddowes Grave City of London Cemetery, in an unmarked (public) grave 49336, square 318" 


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Monday 22 September 2014

Recce report

  1. Ely, Cambridgeshire, Peter Eddowes house. 
Go there in the after noon so that Peter isn't busy at the time so not morning or evening time. Going to be filmed inside in the conservatory so the lighting will be fine and will not need and lighting props




  • scene direction 
  • Camera direction 
  • Questions 
  • Voice Overs 
  • Footage discription 
  • Pace
  • Location
  • Key story Element 
  • Research facts and figurs 
  • Graphics and other information 
            2. Second location is down in London at the cemetery of where her memorial grave was placed.
We would have to get  a train down there so had to check when the train times are running there and back, if we had gone through with this shoot then would of pre booked tickets to make sure that we was organised and on time.

This shot was not actually used in the filming of the documentary, was just a planned footage that never went forward as we felt we didn't need it but was replaced by a shot next to lake.  

http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/timesandfares/ELY/STP/today/1300/dep/today/1500/dep
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oBXhy7d13s
Jack the Ripper Private tour http://www.jack-the-ripper-walks.com/private-tours.htm?gclid=CjwKEAjw-o6hBRDOmsPSjqakuzYSJADR2V3SS9HjO8wod-uQL0zSmQsxXwO3R0KNiHqF1Vcq3zB8whoCDSrw_wcB












Sounds: http://www.freesound.org/search/?g=1&f=&q=girl+screaming&s=duration+asc&advanced=0&page=3#sound


  1. This was an unplanned shot, took Peter for a second interview but wanted to do it walking so we went for a walk and ended up at a lake that was brilliant for the final shoot of the documentary.

Friday 19 September 2014

Narrative structure

The difference between Narrative and story is that a Narrative is not just an unresolved story but a system of stories, some resolved and some not.

In narratives you have the three act structure which is;

Act 1: Set up

Act 2: Confrontation

Act 3: Resolution






In Hollywood they still tend to follow the 3 act structure but are then divided up into 6 individual sections of narrative development.

  1. Exposition 
  2. Conflicts defined and developed 
  3. Potential success and failures 
  4. Apparent disasters 
  5. Rapid turn of events 
  6. Climax ad conclusion
Linear and non-linear story structure are quite different
from each other, linear story structure act like a straight
line in the sense of the film starting at the beginning of
film and ending at the end of the story. Make more sense
when you know what non-linear structure is which is
when their are different parts of the start shown at different
times, for example Pulp fiction start with the ending when you meet two characters that are about the rob the restaurant then it switches to two other characters are collecting a case from someone which you then learn that, that scene happened in the morning of the restaurant robbery. So that is basically what non linear is, is when you don't have to follow the natural event in the same order that they happen.


These are typical diagrams of a typical linear Hollywood narrative structure.  


















Documentary idea - Jack the ripper


  • White chapel, London 1888 ( White Chapel murderer) 
  • 11 Brutal kiling up to 1891
Victims - 31stAugust>November 9th 
  1. Mary Ann  Nicholes
  2. Annie Chapmen
  3. Elizibeth Stride
  4. Cathrine Eddows
  5. Mary Jane Kelly
Thought to be the most brutal killings and all are liked. 

Friday 12 September 2014

Documentary idea - Missing Land Lady


  • Royal standard land lady 
  • 37 years of age 
  • Last seen 28 December 1997 leaving the Royal standard pub at 1 in the morning.
  • Left after an argument
  • Garden was excavated by diggers and a map of London underground was found at her address with a circle around Hounslow tube station.
  • Suffered from anxiety attacks.
  • minimum clothes were packed and passport was address.
  • History of disappearing.
  • Left Pub to start her own catering business but come back over christmas to help her partner Brian McDermott as it was busy that time of year. 

  • Brian McDermott did not report her missing for 5 days because of her history.
  • White Volvo was spotted in the same area about the same time. 
  • Tractor seen ploughing over night in a field in Wilburton. 
  • No Suicide as 9k cheque arrive at her address to set up her catering company.
  • Her bank accounts have yet been untouched.  
  • 70 year old Pensioner arrested.
  • Let out on bail to return to park side October 2nd.

Wednesday 10 September 2014

Documentary idea, references

http://www.ely-news.co.uk/MISSING-LANDLADY-Ely-garden-police-excavated/story-22896340-detail/story.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-29043818

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/BREAKING-Man-70-arrested-suspicion-murdering/story-22863406-detail/story.html

http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/crime/man_bailed_over_1997_disappearance_of_ely_pub_landlady_debbie_steel_1_3755966

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Longfields-garden-excavated-missing-Deborah-Steel/story-22889236-detail/story.html

http://www.wisbechstandard.co.uk/news/bail_for_man_70_arrested_on_suspicion_of_murdering_ely_landlady_1_3755442

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQgnhSdZSYE - Louis Theroux

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAsZwvjUZBQ

Featured documentary; License to kill

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJfoyxlebco

BBC Documentary

Producer: Sophie Morgan

Story:
The story is about younger drivers, how they manage their speed and obey the rule of the road. Also include interviews with car crash victims, pictures and videos of damaged cars.

Agency: Many different agency, many different interviews and many different pieces of raw footage.

Narrative:
The producer of the documentary is by a car crash victim, Sophie Morgan. This is obviously her reason for creating the documentary after loosing her legs
in an accident of her own fault. She investigates into the car and need for speed culture in many different aspect.

Pitch Ideas

Place

  • Ely , Cambridge, Amsterdam
  1. Ely - Murder case 

Issue

  • Long Road smoking area
Something that you are interested in
  • Films, technology, Bikes

Story from your local new paper
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/BREAKING-Man-70-arrested-suspicion-murdering/story-22863406-detail/story.html

Auto biological

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJfoyxlebco

Person you know 
  • Family or friends