This week we have made great progress with our production. As mentioned in last weeks blog post, we had organised a video interview with Donna Jackson at the Living Museum of the West. Donna asked to go through the materials she had donated to the museum prior to the interview which allowed us ample time to set up the scene and make sure all the lighting and sound was good. I feel this was a key element to the success of the interview. In previous productions, I have not had this allowance of time and the results are very visible in the quality of footage and sound we have gained. I feel the time Donna took also allowed her to reflect on what she wanted to share which has lead to a very in depth and detailed interview which covered many of the topics we wanted to discuss without having to provoke dialogue through questioning.

Its now time to start thinking about the editing process and creating the website/platform we are going to display our content on.  Looking at this weeks readings, in particular ’12 Video Editing Tips for Cutting a Documentary’ it has been nice to reflect on some of the habits I’ve fallen into that a good, but also think about some new techniques that will be helpful in the post production process. Just to put it out there, I am a methodical folder maker. As I’ve had a personal computer since I was 9 and a father in the tech industry, it has been drilled into me the importance of correct file naming and folder creation. This also goes for backing up, there’s nothing scarier than the idea of getting to week 11 and your computer decides to not turn on.. We as a group are very responsible in the respect, we all have copies of each interview and B-roll,  also, everything is backed it up to google drive. Something I really want to keep considering when creating these productions is the story arc.  Because we have been lucky enough to gather great, detailed interviews, I feel we have the opportunity to create a production that is engaging and allows the audience to be brought into a subject where they might have minimal existing knowledge and inform them about such a important event.