Jasons Blog

The brief states that in groups of 4 or 5 we must plan and produce a 4 minute non fictional ''character study'' it has to be entertaining and informative to the audience of one interesting character. Presentations of the idea and progress will take place throughout the project. The brief also states we are expect to do the following 5 things:

1: Journal posts of the character study on chosen subject, including research carried out for the film project.
2: a Production file containing production research and paperwork treatment, photographs, locations, script, storyboard, call sheets, schedules, Voice overs, paper edit, book references etc.
3: Cd copy of 4 Minute long DV documentary with title and credits [720x576 DVAVI 25fps]
4: make journal entries and post that document and also reflect upon the work and progress during the module.
5: Complete a group peer assessment form

Our group now only consists of just three people this is unfortunate but beyond our control and in this stage impossible to find more members. This means that each member of our group will have to take on more works roles and responsibility. I don't necessarily see this as a bad thing because i think that there is advantages with working in a small team of people. The other members of my group have produced good quality work in the past and the we communicate well so working with a smaller amount of people shouldn't be a problem.

We have decided to base our project on busking in Nottingham. There is a well known busker man called Sam who is a street entertainer. He plays blues guitar and sings for money on the streets and we'd like to base the documentary around him if he seems interesting enough. We are going to meet with the busker and chat to him to try and work out what kind of angle we can approach the documentary from.