Weekly Progress Report (week begining 26th March 07)

• On this week, I watched lots of documentaries and learnt and picked up even more ideas of how to make my production better.
• On Sunday, I intented to get a lot of editing done, however I feld very tired and could not concentrate, so instead I watched documentaries all day. BBC2 at 18.10, I watched the 'Natural World'- 5 Cats and one camera'. After watching it I was left inspired and also it was probably the best wildlife documentary I have ever seen. I learnt alot about how to construct a documentary. One way that the filmakers illustrated the African Big Cats was by having lots of different angles and close-ups. Also I learnt that each shot lasted no longer than 10 secs. Although the cinematography was great, I put as my favourite purely because Big Cats are my favourites and the footage that was initally captured was what was so amazing. e.g. Footage of a Caracal Cat jumping 10ft in the air and catching a Stork in flight!. But I did notice all the cameraworks and techniques they used. In the end, I did not waste time and now I know how to make my documentary stronger. Also Mr.Bush has recently met with someone who works in making wildlife documentaries for the Discovery Channel and has told me that I could maybe even break the boundaries and conventions by producing a documentary through just using visual images, just like 'Man With a Movie Camera'.
• So in the Easter holiday I will be making two drafts, One with my orginal way, facts, voiceover etc. and one in a similar stlye to that of 'Man with a Movie Camera'.