Cheyenne Joseph // UCA Television blog

My first initial idea was to follow along a popular yet new food festival (Witney's 4th Food Festival) I was really fascinated by the family oriented atmosphere of it all and I immediately imagined all the interesting images that could be created if we followed the right people. I was also really fond of the idea that everyone should know where their food comes from.  So after presenting my idea to my other team mates, we all went through the ideas and brainstormed the pros and the cons. One thing we immediately noticed about mine was that the date of the festival was way after we would've finished the term so that would be of no use to us. Another thing was that it was in Oxfordshire so that seemed a bit too far out for us. However, after brainstormed with Helen, she gave me great pointers and told me that it was a good starting point. She also made me aware that there are Farmer's markets and lots of other food festivals that happen. There are also plenty local ones to...

In order for our documentary to fit the brief, it is important that it fits the channel that was set in the brief. Channel Eden Quick Facts -  Founded in 2004 - Owned by UKTV Here is a chart of the highest watched tv programmes on Eden and below is the highest watched +1 catch up shows watched on Eden I thought it was interesting that the most popular shows on eden where the animal wildlife ones. Is this what the public deem the most exciting? I also want our documentary to be exciting but I'm not entirely sure what kind of wildlife we could capture as we are limited with budget and equipment. When looking at the show that was rated as number 1 on eden in February; (Galapagos) The show challenged Charles Darwin's discoveries and talks about wild animals, never before seen or heard and carries more of an exploration of animals instead of a hard hitting expository documentary that is usually seen by the likes of Nick Bloomfield. So, it got me thinkin...

Location Recce The location: Windmill Allotments The Windmill allotments is a community garden based in Margate. They are the creators of what they call "the Veg Box Scheme" and this is where they get their volunteers to help grow and pick fresh produce which then get put into bags and sent off to a variety of people who are unable to grow their own or who don't have time to buy fresh produce.  Not only do they have the veg box schemes but they also have something called "Cabbage Patch Kids" which is a parent and toddler group where kids can come and learn a variety of outdoor skills such as; den   making, pond dipping and worm hunting, food growing, cooking and tasting fresh produce. Already it gives an idea bout what this company is about and gives an idea of what their values are. Plenty of different avenues to discover when it comes to this place so we have to have a look around and see which parts of it can really carry our story along. As a g...

Nike Sweatshop: Behind the swoosh This is a documentary that was posted on youtube by a group called "teamsweat" in 2011. It is investigatory and expository as it aims to shed light on a popular brand who uses unethical ways of making their garments. With the use of archive footage and some actuality of sweat shops Shots starts of with a montage of developed places in america, the busy streets, the night life and carries a voice over with it. There is a character introducing himself and talking about what he does in his life (relating to footwear) - the beginning is similar to bowling for Colombine in the snse that there is a montage and a voice over except this one is not as hard hitting and direct in its approach. They have chosen to produce the problem at a later stage in the documentary whereas in Bowling for columbine, Moore was very direct in his approach.  This gets me thinking about how we could approach or documentary. Will we start with a mont...

One born every minute  This programme is a documentary TV series Actuality based, fly on the wall style. The camera sits there and waits for something to happen instead of following and prompting. Follows characters through their pregnancies and shows the trials of tribulations of their lives. Clean cut in its approach, doesn't use any fancy montages to enhance someones life like in bowling for columbine.  They use the nurse as a narrator, using what was said in the interview.  Watching a few of these series makes me think about how you can show someones lives. Taking the fly on the wall approach can be good but then you'd have so much footage to sift through if you sit and wait for something to happen.  The editing style is clean cut and and not dramatic, you don't have a presenter walking around and interviewing people or being investigatory. It allows people to sit and watch and soak up the facts in their own way instead of forcing it up...

Josh had been getting in contact with the Windmill Allotment gardeners and so following what they did looked promising. I believe his plans of meeting them are going forward so its a good idea to get more information for questions to ask them.  Here is my research for my section on the documentary. The wildlife of the allotments and the benefits that it brings to the plants and its nearby wildlife.  " Britain's countryside is losing species at a frightening rate. Habitats have declined too - the area of flower-rich meadows has dropped by 98% since 1950 as they have been ploughed or heavily fertilised to increase food production ."  On the national allotments society website I found some interesting little info that I think would be good to mention. Here they speak of bees and how allotments can raise the bee count. I think this is a good fact to add and we would be able to show this as the Windmill Allotments have their own bee hut.  " Be...

Today in our sequencing workshop we filmed sequences that will be used to hide the edits from the video that was created in our previous interview workshop edit. We made sure to follow along the shot list that was created in order to get all the relevant shots needed for the interview. For this task, I was the subject again and I was briefed then given instructions on what I would need to be doing.  Shot List  What I learnt From this was the important for the subject to be briefed before hand. Things will go a lot smoother once everyone knows what to do and when you know what you want to film, so then organisation also comes into play here as you need to plan out what it is you're going to film beforehand.  After filming, we sat down and edited it together. Our main aim was to hide the edits and to  make a seamless sequence with images to follow the narration and subjects speech. I personally felt that we did a good job. The feedback that...