At the start of the semester I was really excited for this studio and I am finishing it feeling I have learnt and accomplished a great amount in the short six weeks. I was unsure how place was going to… Continue Reading
As our documentaries are nearing being finished we were asked to revisit the original logline and synopsis for our films in order to see how our ideas shaped and developed throughout the filmmaking process. Our logline and synopsis remained pretty… Continue Reading
The last day of the class in the summer semester has arrived quickly and the day was spent fine tuning our short documentary. After showing Rohan our fine cut he advised us of a few things that needed to be… Continue Reading
Over the weekend we were lucky enough to receive feedback on our rough drafts from a professional editor. Cindy’s main feedback points were as follows: When Ariel introduces himself see him say his name then cut to the wider shot… Continue Reading
Both Wednesday and Thursday this week were spent working on our rough draft to be uploaded and sent through to Rohan by Friday morning. On Wednesday I spent a couple of hours editing but found that because some of our… Continue Reading
This morning i went into the editing suites early to put some finishing touches on our interview rushes after our unfortunate deletion indicent last week. Although we lost the video footage of our interview with Ariel we still had the… Continue Reading
In ‘Mastering Your Craft: Casting Case Studies’ documentary makers Rohan Spong, Rachel Boynton and Marshall Curry discuss their personal process of documentary making and the ethical problems that often arise.Watching this after conducting our own interview with Ariel was interesting, as… Continue Reading
Yesterday Clare and I came into the editing suites for a couple of hours to organise another shoot for the following morning and do a little editing. I concentrated on cutting the interview down to only the best bits. I… Continue Reading
This morning Clare and I went to the Queen Victoria Markets to spend some time filming at Ariel’s Sweaters Australia for our documentary. We arrived at the markets bright and early so we could interview Ariel when it wasn’t too… Continue Reading
Documentary concepts were pitched in class today and it was interesting to see how all of the ideas are progressing. Clare and I were pretty relaxed with our presentation, outlining the celebratory approach towards Ariel’s carreer as the Coogi Man… Continue Reading