Production: Filming Day 2 (Interview With Farmer)

In order to match the conventions of a Farming Documentary we have decided to film an interview with the Farmer as the shots we took previously of asking the farmer questions were too quiet de to the fact we did not use the correct sound equipment. Therefore we will go an film on Tuesday 17th Feb with a Videomic microphone. We will also have a structured interview with the farmer at his house. This will allow us to gain clear shots with better sound quality.

Production - Tiles

Here is a tally on what people wanted as the title.

Planning - Questions for interview

1. Have you always wanted to be a farmer?
2. What type of farmer are you?
3. What do you enjoy most about being a farmer?
4. What does your working day exist of`?
5. What is the busiest time of year?
6. Does farming run in the family?
7. What do you do in your free time?
8. What is your most rememberable moment of being a farmer?
9. What/ where do you see yourself in the future?
10. What is your favourite part of farming?

We then asked other members of our school to do a tally on what questions they would like to ask a farmer.

Production - Feedback

After making my first rough cut I decided to get some target audience feedback from some peope at my school:

Charlotte- When watching the trailer Charlotte stated some of the establishing shots were shaky and changed the quality of the trailer and changes the attention of the audience from the main focus of the farmer and farming life. She also stated that the trailer needed music to make the shots flow more affectively and connect with the interest of the audience. The soundtrack is important to make the audience more involved and connected to the main focus of farming. She found the shots clear and focused and the conventions matched to farming.

Haleena- She stated that the rough cut showed clear connections relating with the location and genre. She liked how the shots connected with one another and created an importance with the trailer of main focus. However, she found the trailer without music allowed the footage to drag and allowed her to lose interest in watching as music would of allowed the shots to flow more. The trailer needs typography to connect the audience with the title and genre of the film.

Phoebe- From viewing the trailer Phoebe stated that the trailer is too long and a conventional trailer is 2:00 minutes long where as a short is up to 5:00 minutes which matches the conventions more. She stated the shots connected with the conventions of a farming documentary and follow to the story line.

Production - First Rough Cut

This is our first rough cut and our initial ideas of what we want out trailer to look like.

Production - Editing Software

Imovie- We will use this software to edit our movie as we both have experience using this software from last year creating an opening to a movie. We find this software high quality and easy to use due to the layout that is easy and quick to use. Helping us have good time management.

 LiveType- We will use this software to edit titles as we have experience from last year with this software. I find it easier to use and the layout is clearer. The Titles will be quicker to edit as the software is quick and modern way to get high quality typography to link to our genre and theme of Farming.

Soundtrack Pro- We will use this software to edit our sound for our trailer to link with the genre of our trailer. The software is easy and quick to use and allows us to edit the sound that connects to the stereotypical theme of a farm location and allows the audience to relate.

Production - Stills