In the final production of our 9 minute documentary we used our pre-production material to give ourselves an overview of the entire project. We went over segments of the documentary and made sure it was all matching our pre-production. Whilst editing we made the materials as resourceful as possible, keeping the documentary as close to our pre-production as possible.
The pre-production materials were helpful to us as we looked over them whilst filming and editing. With each piece of footage we checked our pre-production materials before deciding how and what to film, same with the editing; we checked our pre-production lists for any plans of editing techniques such as crossfading.
The storyboards produced gave us a simple yet functional layout for the work produced but allowed wiggle room for any amendments we needed to make in order to produce the best possible shots and footage to be incorporated into our documentary, these adjustments included things such as location changes shot changes and angle alterations. Additionally they provided a on the spot plot reminder so that we would remain in keeping with the documentary’s aesthetic.
The contact sheets proved to be the least useful of our resources due primarily to the fact that we possessed the necessary contact detail prior to their introduction in various forms and storage devices such as phones and email address books.
The research helped our final product in giving us facts, figures and other information to do with the fear of flying, all contributing to make our documentary more interesting and informative. Information such as the chances of dying in a plane in comparison with the chances of a bee sting
The scripts proved exceedingly useful in coordinating those involved with what we deemed to be content appropriate responses. They were used constantly prior to and on multiple occasions during filming for those involved to have a quick and easy reference point. However some of those involved choose to diverge from the script in order to add a more unique edge.
