Problems with interview

We arranged to do an interview with the manager of a bowling alley the interview was a success and he answered all the questions that were needed. However when we got back to school and uploaded the interview to the computer we realised that the microphone had not been switched on. So we had no sound throughout the interview. Unfortunately we could not reschedule this interview. 

Questions for Dave the manager

1.  How long have you been manager of the bowling alley and how did you get into the business?

2.  Do you enjoy working in the bowling alley?

3.  What’s your favourite thing about the bowling alley?

4.  How many bowling leagues do you have come in a week?

5.  Do you see bowling as more as a competitive thing or a social thing? Or both?

6.  What’s the most popular age group that attends the bowling alley? Is it families or young couples?

Editing Process

This is me and my group working as a team making our documentary , radio trailer and print advert.

Filming pictures

Here are different photos of us filming.

This is a interview we didn't end up using as the microphone was not plugged in correctly. Instead of re-scheduling this interview with her we decided to use somebody else but use the same framing for the interview.

This was one of our first trips out the bowling ally this is Steven and Gabby positioning the camera correctly onto the tripod.

The bowling ally that we did our filming in had very dark lighting so we used this LCD light when doing interviews to make the interview much brighter so the lighting looked better.

Planning

Opening sequence story board.

Firstly when beginning to create our documentary we had to plan our opening sequence which we made by creating a story board. We decided that we would use professional league bowler Steven Swaby to open our documentary. By using different shots of him bowling including close ups and medium close ups. We decided that he would role the ball down the lane in slow motion. then the sweep would come down and the title would appear " roll with it ".

Here is our framing for our interviews
Before filming the interviews we decided that we would plan our framing for each interview so that each frame looked professional and so each frame was different so it looked eye catching and didn't bore the audience.

Questions for interviews

Questions for interviewees

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Running order

Running Order

Documentary – Roll With It
Channel: Channel 4
Scheduling: Tuesday 9^th January 2014 at 7.30pm – 8.00pm
Duration: 27 minutes (including advert break)

Opening – Montage of people bowling with voice over	30 seconds
We will open the documentary by having a close-up of Steve’s face in which he is concentrating where he will roll the ball	3 seconds
We will then cut to a long shot of Steve getting ready to take his shot, in which he is posing and getting his positioning right	3 seconds
We will then cut to another long shot of Steve from the back in which he has taken in shot and is beginning to walk back	3 seconds
Next, we will cut to the ball rolling down the lane ready to strike the bowling pins	3 second
Then, the shot will cut to the ball hitting the pins and it will cause a strike. Once the strike has appeared, the shutter which clears the pins away will swipe down and the title ‘Roll With It’ will appear	7 seconds
History of Bowling – The voice over begins and information about the history of bowling begins. During this there will be old pictures and video clips appearing which will feature bowling from the past including bowling leagues and titles	15 seconds
Voxpops - After the opening, we will then cut to Voxpops of numerous people answering questions in which the mise-en-scene will be on the complex of New Brighton which is a very busy area	10 seconds
We will have Archive material of “let’s go bowling”- a glimpse of bowling once upon a time	30seconds
Archive material of 2013 PBA Don Carter classic title match”	30 Seconds
Montage of bowling again talking about its popularity today	6 seconds
Interview Number One - After the talk of past bowling leagues, we interview Steve the (league bowler 7th best in England) whilst he is talking, we will use cut aways of Steve bowling the ball down the lane striking the pins.	1 minute 6 seconds
Establishing/panning shot of the bowling lanes talking about why people come bowling	7 seconds
Before interview number two features, we will do a quick cut away of the bar in which the voiceover will talk about how people like to enjoy beverages during bowling games.	6 seconds
Interview Number Two - We will then cut to the interview with George talking about why he comes bowling and what else he does when he comes bowling. Whilst George is speaking we will use cut away of George playing pool and playing laser quest with his friends	2 minute 10 seconds
Voice over of health and safety when playing bowling whilst a cut away of the lanes getting oiled and glossed.	5 seconds
Montage of bowling down lanes with voice over
Interview Number Three - Cut to interview with Lennie about his job and what his job consists of whilst Lennie is talking his job and what it involves we will use cut away of him fixing the machines at the back of the bowling lanes.	2 minutes 40 seconds
We will then cut back to Steve interview talking about his trophies and achievements. We will use cut aways of Steve showing us his trophies Steve playing bowling with his top that says “Steve Swaby”.	1 minute
ADVERT BREAK	3 minutes
We will then cut to an interview with Niall talking about why he does not take part in bowling anymore	1 minute 40 seconds
We will then cut to a panning shot of the bowling ally	3 seconds
We will then cut to an interview with the second technician- Dave who will talk about health and safety of bowling, the dangers of bowling, the worst accident he has ever had whilst working and fixing the lanes.	1 minutes 50 seconds
We will then ask the public what else they do when they go bowling	10 seconds
Whilst having cuts of laser quest the bar and the arcades	4 seconds
We will then cut to an interview with the bar maid	1 minute 10 seconds
We will then have cuts of groups of friends by the bar drinking and socialising with their friends	15 seconds
We will then have a shot of the bowling league playing	5 seconds
We will then cut to an interview with the league manager talking about his league we will have cutaways of him showing his league bowlers shoes, bowlers uniform, bowlers uniform	1 minute 50 seconds
The will be a voice over about bowling and how it has influenced Hollywood films	15 seconds
Cut away of a part of  the film Grease 2	15 seconds
We will then have people bowling down the lanes	5 seconds
Whilst there is a voice over with bowling facts whilst people are bowling down the lanes	5 seconds
We will then cut to news paper articles about the most famous bowling player with a voice over about the famous league player	10 Seconds
We will then cut to a cutaway of the kitchen in the bowling alley were families enjoy dinner and refreshments when playing bowling	5 seconds
We will then cut to an interview with the cooks in the kitchen talking about what type of people they think are mostly like to come bowling  and if they see bowling as a social or competitive sport	2 minutes
We will then cut to an interview with the manager of Riverside bowling alley David Newton who talks to us about what he provides for the public at his bowling alley. Also what type of people come to the bowling alley and if sees bowling as a social or competitive sport. We will have cut aways whilst the interview is taking place of the public playing bowling.	2 minutes 40 seconds
We will then cut to an interview with Parents who take their children bowling for their birthday parties they tell us about why they choose bowling.	1 minute
We then cut to a cutaway of Children playing bowling at their birthday parties	20 seconds
We then cut to a panning shot of the bowling international competition with a voice over explaining the event and what happens in the event.	20 seconds

Secondary Research

Secondary Research

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Priamary Research

Formal proposal for documentary

Roll with it Formal proposal 

Topic

The documentary we have chosen to produce is about bowling. Within our project we have chosen to speak about the history of bowling, how it appeals to the younger audience, why people go bowling and whether people use it for sport or social reasons.

Type of Documentary

The type of documentary we will be producing is a mixed documentary. We have chosen to do this because we think it will be most effective using a mixed combination of interview observation and narration.

Style of Documentary

We have chosen to construct an informal documentary for our bowling project. We have decided to do this because our main target audience is of a younger and less mature audience so using an informal approach to our documentary would suit them more.

Channel and Scheduling

In relation to channel and scheduling, we decided that Channel 4 was the most suitable and relevant channel for our bowling documentary. This is because we share the same target audience as Channel 4’s already establish audience base. We also decided that our documentary would air between 6pm and 9pm as this is the most likely time that our target audience would tune in because it’s the prime time for our target audience. Between the 6pm to 9pm gap, we have decided to screen our programme at 7pm. This is because we think we could anchor a large number of our target audience if we hammock our programme in between Hollyoaks and the Channel 4 News. We will air our documentary on Thursday 9^th January 2014 and it will air for approximately 27 minutes including adverts.

Target Audience

The target audience we have chosen to aim our documentary towards is male and female aged between 16-30 years of age. We chose this certain group of people specifically because we believe that bowling is most popular with people of this age. We also believe this target audience would be most suited to our documentary as they will have more interest in the subject at hand.

Primary Research needed

We are going to get in touch with Riverside Bowling alley and potentially interview the manager of the bowling alley, technicians who work within the complex and league members. The misé-en-scene for our documentary will be in the bowling alley which will feature the bowling lanes, the eating area, the bar area, the back of the machines, arcades and the laser quest.

Secondary Research

We will find out the history of bowling, when it first started and how it made it’s from over to the UK from America and how it’s used to socialise. We will be including archive material including; footage from a bowling league from the 1960’s and an old article which talks about the victory of ten pin bowling. We will also be filming posters and photographs which feature the bowling league that play at Riverside Bowling. We will also be adding music to our documentary as well as including clips of films that feature bowling such as Grease 2.

Narrative Structure

Our documentary “Roll with it” will be an open documentary. This is because we think it will have more of an effect on the audience if we left the audience at the end of our product thinking of their own conclusions instead of making it closed. Our documentary will be a linear narrative as it will follow a chronological order.

Outline of Content

Our plan of attack is to research the history of bowling, how it has been modernized and how people use the sport to socialise today. Firstly, we will film at our local bowling alley in which we will find out why people go bowling, who they go bowling with. We will also interview members of the public, people that bowl for a sport and the manager of the bowling alley. We will also record what people do as well when they come bowling.

Resource Requirements

·         Camera

·         Video camera

·         Voice recorder

·         Microphone

·         Tripod

·         Adobe Premier Pro (the program we will be editing our documentary on)

Brainstorm of content for the documentary

For this task we worked as a group deciding on what we were going to include in our documentary. We then decided on what possible interviews we can include as well as the cut aways to go with them. We also discussed what type of voice over would be best.

Questionnaire Audio

I got pupils to answer the following questions  from our questionnaire on a voice recorder.