Scripting voiceover for documentary

This is our voiceover script for our documentary:


We the British public are becoming more and more aware of the way we look and how other perceive us this is mainly due to the media telling us which celebrities we should aspire to look like and the expensive regimes they use. Which are beyond the price range of ordinary people.


Once you’ve got your face done, you can move onto your nails


After you’ve got your nails done, you can work on your hair


In recent years there has been a dramatic increase in surgical procedures in order to correct peoples embarrassing bodies.

Editing

These are screenshots from Adobe Premiere Pro which show the editing process of our documentary.

This is a screenshot of our group capturing our footage from the video camera. We did this by pressing F5 in order to open a new workspace so that we could record our tapes onto the computer.

This is a screenshot of when we were editing our documentary, we created a series of vox pops by asking several people who were in Liverpool City Centre to answer a question. "Which celebrity has a your ideal body?" we cut our question out using the marker tools, so only the answer was heard.

We cut out the questions in the interview and edited it so that the viewer is only able to see the interviewee talking, to do this we used the razor tool. We used this tool so that we could be precise about the answer we wanted to use. So that we were able to avoid "jump cuts" in between questions, we created cutaways. The image below, is an example of a cutaway of a skin brand which we filmed in close up and then sped up by right clicking and increasing the speed/duration. In order to make our cutaways more interesting we filmed several skin brand names and cut them in a fast motion.

This shows our group rendering our production work as Adobe made our documentary run slower and jittery because it could not process all the actions we were asking it to do, but by rendering it Adobe makes all the actions flow together at once.

This is our first attempt of choosing graphics but we didn't feel that the red font colour would work with all the mise en scene in each of our interviews.

Due to that reason we then tried blue, but again it didn't look right with our production and the font was to bold.

We then thought that if we could put a bar behind the graphics we would be able to see the words more clearly, but our afterthought was that it looked tacky and wouldn't be age appropriate.

We then decided to choose purple as that was one of our favourite colours from our questionnaire, and we also decided that a skinny, and compact font would make our documentary appeal to a young audience.

However, we had the same problem as previous attempts whereby the you couldn't read the graphics clearly so in order to solve this problem we put a white outer stroke around the text so that it made the writing stand out. Also, in order to conform the codes and conventions of graphics we made sure our interviewers name was in a bigger font size than their occupation or relevant topic.

When we had finalised the editing for our documentary we then had to adjust the sound levels so they were at a constant -6 on the master levels we changed them by using key frames, thus allowing us to increase or decrease the volume on each clip. They were also useful for when we wanted to add music beds and vocieovers so each could be clearly heard throughout our production.

For our opening titles we knew we wanted a fast beat, however we could not decide which song we wanted our first song choice was "Tokyo" by The Wombats but we thought that this song was too slow. The next song we tried was "Fluorescent Adolescent" by Artic Monkeys but the tone of the song did not represent are target audience. The third song we tried was "Im not gonna teach your boyfriend" by Black Kids but it did not flow smoothly into the corresponding song. Due to these reasons we finally picked "One" by Swedish House Mafia because it fitted perfectly with the speed of our opening titles.

After picking our songs I realised that in order to use them we would have to have permission from the record company so I emailed them all, and these are the responses I got back:

Edit Decision List

This is our group edit decision list which corresponds with our log sheet.

Logging

These are my groups tape log sheets, we had to use to tapes so they are labelled as tape one and tape two:

Tape 1

Tape 2

Filming

4th October 2010

The first interview I conducted was with the local sun bed shop worker I filmed it in medium close up, however as this was the first interview I had conducted solo I had many faults such as the camera was not high enough and I was stood on the wrong side of the camera. Fortunately we are not using her in our updated running order however I am sure if we needed to do the interview again she would be more than happy to help.


5th October 2010

Following that interview Charlie and I went to my Nan’s work to interview her boss Jane who has recently had a gastric band put in. We filmed her in a close up shot in her office; we chose this mise en scene so that it anchored her job occupation whereby she spends the majority of her day in the office. However, again we encountered a few problems such as standing on the wrong side of the camera and the height differences, but we saw that during the interview it was wrong so amended it so that I was on the right side of the camera at the same eye level as Jane.

7th October 2010


The next interview our group conducted was with my nail technician I filmed this interview by myself in the waxing room so that there was not any noise interference from the salon. I filmed Jenny in a medium close up and I sat on the right side of the camera thus suggesting I had learnt from previous mistakes. I also filmed Jenny against a white wall so that her black uniform would contrast against it; I also got part of the waxing bed in to anchor to the audience what her job occupation was. Also, whilst in the nail salon I filmed a woman getting her false nails filed, and nail polish bottles for the cutaways.


8th October 2010

Charlie and I went over to Liverpool with the intention to film our vox pops, which we did to but unfortunately a few of them we were unable to use due to lack of sound and them and I standing in the wrong place so they were looking out of the camera and not into the audience. The vox pop questions we asked where "Which celebrity has your ideal body shape?" we filmed this in Liverpool One, and "What is your ideal feature on a person?" we filmed this outside the Metquater. However, the only lucky thing that happened was whilst we were filming our vox pops we noticed that embarrassing bodies were filming in Liverpool one so we went over to ask if it would be possible to film Dr. Christian Jessen. The security man we asked found us the production manager and we explained what we were filming for and if it would be possible to film, he said that he thinks so but he then referred us to the series manager who said it would be okay if it was okay with Christian and to come back at 12. However, just as we were about to go back to film our camera ran out of battery and we did not have a spare, but by using our initiative we told the crew about our problem and they were more than happy to help. The camera man looked for a battery charger or a spare battery for us but when he could not he said he would put his tape in his professional camera and film it for us. Whilst I asked Christian the questions which we had to make up on the spot as we were not expecting to interview a doctor that day, Charlie directed the camera man and told him what shot we wanted it to be filmed in via a screen the director was holding.

11th October 2010

I then emailed Maverick TV to try to get in touch with Helen who helped us to film Dr. Christian Jessen so that we would be able to thank her. This is the email I received back from, Dave Jones who is the Head of New Media.

http://www.mavericktv.co.uk/ 

12 October 2010

Today our group spend the lesson planning how we were going to film our storyboard and trying to get in contact with Mark the Drag Queen whom we are trying to get an interview with. Also, we begin filling in our track log sheet so when we come to the editing process it will be easier to find and discard pieces of film that we no longer need.

13th October 2010

Charlie and I went to her uncles hair salon and filmed him in a mid shot with a relevant mise en scene; a hairdryer, and a person getting there hair cut in the background. It took us three tries as we wanted to make sure the frame and sound was correct before we left. When we got back to the classroom we contacted both Debenhams and John Lewis through the phone and asked to speak to both store managers, Debenhams said there was no way we could film. However, John Lewis said we can film next Thursday 21st October at 12pm in the make up section, as I am not available to go due to other A level course commitments Charlie and Jenny will go to film the interview with the make up artist.

15th October 2010

Charlie and I went to Liverpool to re do our vox pops as the ones we did last week were framed wrong, we got a few good shots and a few good answers which we can use in our documentary. We tried to do three different vox pop questions but only two turned out well as the third "Have you considered plastic surgery?" kept getting the same answer "no". Also, we left the camera for five minutes in the middle of Liverpool town centre so that we could film shoppers in the street and in our documentary we will do it in fast motion so that it appears to be more busy. We also tried to film a tracking shot in Boots of the make up ranges, however Boots told us we were not allowed to film inside the shop so we were kicked out.

19th October 2010

Charlie, Jenny and I filmed our opening titles in the break out area using a stop motion technique to make our title sequence look animated it took a lot of time to set up as we didn't want any shadows or tripod legs in the shot, and the stop motion is very time consuming. We also went to Steven the hairdressers again because the framing of his face was incorrect and the microphone was not close enough to him. Also, on the last attempt we had a customer in the background who kept moving thus making a distraction throughout the interview.

Charlie also managed to confirm our interview with a make up artist in John Lewis for the 21st October at 11:30am.

21st October 2010

Charlie, Jenny and I went over to John Lewis this morning to film an interview with a skin specialist/ make up artist we managed to get a good 10 minutes of question and answer with the interviewee (Pam). We also managed to film several cutaways of make up and skin care ranges such as Dior, Clinque and Elemis. As we were not allowed to be in the documentary clip ourselves and could not ask a member of the public to get a make over we had to ask the woman who was escorting us around the building (Emily from marketing). The shot of her getting a make over is a good quality over the shoulder shot from the make up artist at benefit.

12th November 2010

Today Jenny filmed some stock footage for our documentary of people spinning on a chair to create the illusion that they were in a hairdressers so that our documentary flows. Whilst she was doing that I finished tweaking our  documentary whilst Charlie looked for celebrity pictures for our montage, at the beginning of our production. I also took a camera home with me so that i could film my nails which i painted several different colours so that we could do a montage of hands to flow into our nail technician interview.

15th November 2010

Today my group printed out celebrities who were mentioned in our vox pop and stuck them onto a wall so that we could film them creatively and showcase our camera control and skills. We also printed out pictures of celebrities who have had serious weight problems so that we can do a montage of celebrities so our documentary flows from hairdressing into gastric band procedures.

Planning

This a storyboard that my group drew for our opening title sequence for our documentary, it lasts for 20 seconds.

These are the single frames my group drew for the interviews that we will conduct in the first five minutes of our documentary; Jane who had a gastric band inserted, a doctor, a nail technician, a hairdresser, a gym obsessive, a male who is obsessed with fake tan and a drag queen.

These are the interview questions we wrote for each of our interviewees, some questions below we did not use in our first five minutes but were in the initial plan.

Questions for the nail technician

Tell me about your job.
How long have you been a nail technician for?
What made you want to be a nail technician?
Do you think your appearance is important in this line of work?
On average how many people do you give beauty treatments to a day?
What’s the most popular beauty treatment?
Do you have boys come in and get beauty treatments as well as girls?
Why do you think people come and get beauty treatments?

Questions for the sunbed shop worker

How long have you worked here for?
Throughout the years in working here do you think the use of sunbeds has risen or fallen?
Do both men and women come in to use the sunbeds on a regular basis?
Do you think that the number of males who come into the shop has risen or fallen since you first started working here?
How many minutes does the average person go on the sunbed for?
Do you think the people who come in to use the sunbeds look like their appearance is a big factor in their life?
What does the crazy fit machine do? Do a lot of different ages use it?
The people you have seen use them on a regular basis; do they look any different from when they first started using them?

Questions for Jane who had the gastric band fitted

Why is it that you wanted a gastric band fitted?
How long did it take you to decide to get a gastric band?
Did you feel pressurised by society to change your body image?
Do you think that since having the band fitted you are seen in a different way by other people? If so in what way?
Would you recommend this procedure to others?

Questions for the Doctor

Would you recommend this procedure?
What does this procedure entail?
Are there any risks with this procedure?
On average how many people ask for a gastric band each year?
Apart from a gastric band what other methods would you recommend to lose weight?

Questions for the hairdresser

How long have you been a hairdresser for?
What made you want to become a hairdresser?
Do you think appearance is important in your line of work?
On average how many people come in for a haircut a day?
Since the credit crunch have people been coming to the hairdressers less frequently?

Questions for the male obsessed with fake tan

Would you say that your appearance is important to you? If so why?
How long does it usually take you to get ready before a night out?
What is your usual routine to get ready?
Why do you get a spray tan?
How often do you get a spray tan?
Why do you prefer a spray tan to a sun bed or sun shower?
Do you think there is a negative stigma attached with a male getting a spray tan? If so why do you think this?

Questions for the drag queen

Tell me about your job, what does it entail?
What or who introduced you to this line of work?
When was the first time you dressed up like a woman and why?
Do you feel more confident whilst dressed up than you do when you are in male clothes?
What is your favourite woman's outfit to wear?
On a regular night how long does it usually take you to get ready?
Do you wear make up every day?
Where do you buy your make up products from?
Do you get male or female make up?
Are you in a relationship?
Does your partner mind that you dress up or do they not have a problem with it?
Would you say there is a negative stigma attached with being a drag queen? If so why do you think this is?

These are the questions which were in the original running order but since we re drafted it they no longer feature in the first five minutes.

Questions for the make up artist



Tell me about your job.
How long have you been a make up artist for?
What made you want to be a make up artist?
Do you think your appearance is important in this line of work?
On average how many people do you give makeovers to a day?
Do you have boys come in and get makeovers as well as girls?
Why do you think people come and get makeovers?

Questions for a Gym person (male & female)


How often do you go the gym?
What exercises do you do when you go the gym?
Do you take any exercise supplements?
Why do you feel the need to go the gym?
Do you have an ideal shape/figure that you want to achieve from coming here?

These are the five vox pops questions which we will film for our documentary to see which one we like the best.

Which celebrity has your ideal body shape? - this will be filmed by New Look in Liverpool One

Do you think plus size women are still beautiful? - this will be filmed by the fountains in Liverpool

Would you get plastic surgery? What would you get done? - this will be filmed by the Metquarter

Would you say the person in this picture (Pete Burns) is beautiful? - this will be filmed by Primark

What would be your ideal features to make an ideal person? - this will be filmed by Topshop

Running Order

This is my groups running order of our full documentary, the section highlighted in pale yellow is our first five minutes which we will be producing. The documentary is exactly 24 minutes as it will be broadcasted on channel four.