Documentary

Path of an aspiring Pianist

In this Documentary I have portrayed the prospect and future aspirations of a young ambitious pianist. I used different film techniques to establish this film; I had chosen to portray the film in a Journey Documentary structure, to display the insight of the chosen subject.

I thought this would also be suitable for the structure and overview of the film, because of it being present day; it was the exact time the subject was progressing towards a certain goal/achievement.

Through pre-production I had planned out certain subjects to include such as: How he began playing the instrument, His interests in the chosen profession and his aspirations etc. I planned these certain topics through the story of the film to create a fluid and responsive style that would maintain the attention of the audience and keep them entertained.

When filming I had a set of topic sections which I wanted to use for the documentary in order to keep a fluid and intriguing structure.

Topic Sections:

Introduction - About Lewis

• How he began/First Lesson
• His Passion for the Art
• Chetham's School
• Future Ambitions 

The film techniques I had used in the material are listed below:

• ·         Interview
• ·         Observational Footage
• ·         Match cuts & Cut-aways
• ·         Voice over
• ·         Text – Title/Name tags/Credits
• ·         Sound/Audio – Diegetic/Nondiegetic/sound bridges
• ·         Lighting- High Key/Back lighting

I thought the overall final product was a good quality film. It had turned out to be what I wanted it to be, It had hit every target which I aimed for.

Although I would liked to of made more improvements such as: Filming inside the college, but because of the college being closed for two weeks in the duration of production I decided not to wait that long in order to film. Time was valuable and if I had waited for two more weeks, it would of colided with the timetable of post production/editing.