Assignment 3: proposal

3mw proposal

In my 3mw documentary I would like to focus a lot on the visual side of the documentary, creating a good idea for the viewer what great Yarmouth is like and looking at the history of the town, what it used to be like.

Part of my idea for the documentary is also to shoot in both night and day around the town, to show the comparison between the two. I believe doing this will show a vast difference between night and day which is why I want to do this.

I also want to look into the history of Great Yarmouth and show what it used to be like, then use this as a comparison to what Great Yarmouth looks like in 2016.

I am looking to create more of an observational documentary with some but not much dialogue. The focus is more on filming and editing to create an effective video.

My idea is to document the town of great Yarmouth during both night and day and create a visual comparison between the two to show the difference between both times. The second idea I had is to research into and document the history of the town. In researching the history of the town I will conduct interviews with people to discuss the history of the town and talk about the changes the town has made in recent years as well as further back in history.

My documentary will be more of an observational format and will fall into the special interest genre. The target audience for my documentary will be pretty much anyone.

The aim of the documentary is to show a comparison between different times of the day in the town and also to document the history of the town. My plan is to document the towns history in chronological order to show the history of the town as it happened to some extent.

In terms of locations for filming, I am looking to film in a few locations in great Yarmouth. Firstly, I want to film in the town centre both night and day, and then film along the seafront also both night and day. I will not need to travel far to get to these locations which makes filming a lot easier for me.

As far as other people’s involvement in the documentary, I will need maybe around two to three people to take part to be interviewed for the video. In the interview I will mainly ask about the history of the town which will help me to document the history of the town with more detail. Also I feel interviewing people will help add more dialogue to the video and more talking, as without this the video would have very little dialogue which is not what I am aiming for.

In terms of filming and crew I shouldn’t need anyone else to help with filming as the filming process should be very straight forward. I have my own camera but may need other equipment before I film such as a tripod and a microphone to capture the sound with more clarity. This is all the equipment I should need before filming. My main focus in the film is the visual comparison between night and day of the town. I am more focused on the visual element of the video in general as opposed to the audio side as I am not planning to add much dialogue aside from interviews.