Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

I have two major decisions I must make:

1. Whether I should actually present the documentary mtself/ or get someone else to do it or To NOT present my wildlife documentary

The advantage of presenting my documentary will be that I can make the project more personal. However If i was to present the documentary, when it comes to the voiceover (which will be used in certain areas), I will have to perform the voiceover. The problem with this is that wildlife documentary usually have a male adult narrating, so if I was to do the voiceover, it would not sound as professional. However ever if i was to get someone else to present it and do the voiceover, then thats a solution. The drawbacks of that is it won't make it personal as if i were to do it. Also to actually find someone, and for them to give up their time just to do it, will be hard as well. (In addition this is something alot of people have talked about when analysising my work).

2. Narrative? Day to night? or even follow a particular animal e.g. Grey Squirrel, give it a name and use the Squirrel as the backbone of my documentary.

The advantage of the day/night storyline is that I can go around the park and randomly find the animals I want and then create a script from it once ALL the footage is collected. The disadvantage will be if the narrative is strong or not. On the other hand, by basising it on a particular animal, it provides a strong narrative backbone. However the disadvantages are that to have a show based on an animal e.g. Grey Squirrel, it would mean that I have to find alot of Squirrels and that most of my footage has to be a Squirrel in order to make it a character. Also I cannot track one Squirrel usless it is tagged like the professionals do, however it has been suggested to me to just find any Squirrel and pretend it is the same one, as most people would not recognise that it is different.

So what to do?? As I have a half-term holiday to do my filming (although I have actually been given an extension for my filming), I must make my decisions as soon as possible. So THIS SUNDAY ( 25th Feb 07), which will be the next day I will go out filming, I will announce my FINAL choice to theses MAJOR decisions.