Shooting First Documentary Footage

Due to the fact that the aim of my main task was to document my schools production of "Hairspray" I had to act with a sense of urgency; being that it was being produced at the exact time of my studies. As a result of this, I had to instantly begin to film the pre-production of the musical, during which the auditions were being held. Although I would comment that this was a rather rushed decision on my half, I could imagine that the recorded footage would aid me greatly in the final project; with the auditions being used in a "previously on...." re-cap.

I would argue however that by filming at such a early time, I was more prepared to undertake the task at hand, and attend to equipment issues which would allow me to create a more polished and quality product. For example, whilst filming I found that the quality of sound would be an imperitave aspect in order to make apparent the themes I aim to express; being secondary education, drama and teaching. The slightest glitch or poor quality sound bite could turn off my target audience (being teens....a severely technically aware generation who take for granted the MTV-Style production/post production of programmes) and even more so establish a poorly contrived piece of media. It is due to this that even with or without the aid of boom mics/shotgun mics, the composition of my shots must be even more severely concentrated on in order to deliver the best quality sound possible.