George Wing Television Blog

To conclude this proejct I would say it has been a success overall. The Pre-Production stages to this project have had its fair share of highs and lows but overall has come together nicely. This has definitely been the most challenging project for me given the sheer amount of work that has gone into the planning. I feel I have really excelled my potential in this unit and have pushed so hard to plan a documentary as professional as possible. I have tried lookign into the legalities behind the subject and tried to apply a lot of the planning towards our targeted channel. For test shooting we went the extra mile in traveling all the way to Manchester to film for the entire day; this was completely worth it for the outcome. Care and thought has gone into every element of the pre-production package and I hope this reflects well in the package. Our idea has evolved massively since September and even the early plannign stages over the summer. We pitched the idea of making a document...

We finished printing the final book, and we finished off our package with a folder and bound the script into an evidence file. We wanted to include separate files for risk assessments and call sheets and more detailed character profiles.  I'm very pleased with the look of the final package and I feel it comes together as a whole professional piece, with a lot of information. One issue I do have is that for some reason the text from the equipment list ended up in the conclusion for my DoP/Editors statement. I found this annoying as we had spent a lot of money, time and effort into the book. Sadly it is jsut one of those things and if there was a way to ammend this I would. Book On InDesign: Here are some photos:

When referring to visual style, you are not referring to what you shoot, but instead how you shoot it, and that's what makes it your style. Evidence Withheld will attempt to have its own unique style, but one that still follows the conventions of the documentary genre it exists in. This is a target criteria for the style of a documentary I am shooting. My DoP/ Editors statement is a way of putting my ideas on paper. I have included this statement in our production book. I am very happy that I have tested many of my ideas and found inspiration in different formats. Before I start work on my director's statement, I decided to do some research so I know the roughly guide on the content of a statement, and so I knew what exactly I needed to cover off. A statement is “a written description whereby a film director explains the motive and vision behind making a particular film. It is usually included in a proposal to producers or financiers, or in press material made available for ...

Everyone has the right to a fair trial, but just how fair is Britain’s judicial system? Falsely accused Liam Allan investigates why there are so many cases where crucial evidence had not been investigated by the police, or even brought to the attention of the prosecution. All rape prosecutions are now being reviewed after the collapse of some high-profile trials, including Liam’s. This documentary explores our judicial systems issues with disclosure and how there are too many cases recently where only at the last moment the truth comes to light. Liam speaks to some of the people who have suffered the most including Eddie Gilfoyle, who was falsely imprisoned for 16 years, accused for the murder of his wife. The system simply must do better.

'Reported Missing' is a British documentary following case of missing person from police footage and interviews. It lead the audience through the real stories from the first 999 call through to the end where the story concludes. This documentary series is fully engaging and keeps you interested to keep on watching more and more episodes. There is usually a twist, as with most investigations where the story is heading one way, then evidence finds it goes another. This series is something that is very much an inspiration to our own project and I feel the way it is shot and edited is particularly interesting. Interviews: Something I found strange when watching this was the way interviews were shot. They would typically consist of two main shots. One close up, and the other wide. But the way it was shot wide really trapped my attention the most. They always leave a lot of head room and I wasn't entirely sure why this was the case.  "Peoples heads, and in clos...

I liked how formal the set-up Watchdog use for some of their interviews was executed. Whilst this isn’t documentary and is Topical and Live television, I have still taken inspiration from their interview setup. Although this may seem like a typical interviewer and interviewee setup I still think the professionalism behind it is valid for my own documentary practice. This was somehting I saw on television and it was a look I really liked. The single on the interview subject still has the back of the presenters head in frame. The sort of fly on the wall technique is used as a wide shot and is effective in the way it estabishes the setting and also is a shot used constantly to break the interview up and keep the viewers interested. As I have learend from theorits, the viewers attention is short, so we need to change what we are seeing visually constantly. Single shot on presenter. Doesn't break the 180 degree rule and As you can see form the grid I edi...

Thumbnails are reduced-size versions of pictures or videos, used to help in recognizing and organizing them, serving the same role for images as a normal text index does for words. "Thumbnail images help in reducing bandwidth and download time for related pictures of images. They help webpages to be more user friendly and help the surfer reduce download time." (Techopedia.com, 2018) There are some distinct advantages in using thumbnails and I wanted to make mine as distinct as possible. Depending on the situation, the thumbnail can be resized from tiny to medium. It is also more effective than text to describe the actual image and also provides the best option for users to present a large number of photos within a limited space. References: Techopedia.com. (2018). What is a Thumbnail? - Definition from Techopedia. [online] Available at: https://www.techopedia.com/definition/5479/thumbnail [Accessed 7 Dec. 2018].