“The Changing of
Christmas”
This documentary
will be about how Christmas has changed over the years. We will be gathering
our information by interviewing people that have experienced Christmas many
times to give us a variety of perspectives on how different people celebrate
Christmas. We will aim to interview people who have lived in Farnham for
several years to ask them how Christmas has changed through their eyes. We may
also touch upon the topic of Christmas becoming more commercialized over time.
Comments could be made about how Christmas is used as a selling device for
companies rather than a celebratory holiday.
For the shooting
of this documentary we will aim to film at least 1 interview to give use a
source of information which we will be able to meld into our documentary. As a
group we have 3 DSLR cameras at our disposal. Cinematic wise, we would like to
shoot one Time-lapse of the sky changing from light to dark. This will be used
in order to set the scene of filming at night and also give a sense of time for
our project. We plan on either shooting this in a field or at the top of Farnham
castle. Permission will be needed in order to film on top of the castle. We
also would like to shoot aesthetic shots of Christmas lights so that we can set
the Christmas theme. There will be an event on the 21st of November
of the lights turning on. This may be a good visual to shoot as people
celebrate and enjoy themselves. Although this may be hard to gain permission to
film since there will be a huge crowd of people and We want to add a very
aesthetically pleasing style to our documentary using the various different
Christmas lights that have been spread out around Farnham. Focus pulling
Christmas lights can create a very abstract effect when they are out of focus.
We have found decorated Christmas trees placed around Farnham, which will be
very useful for the type of shots that we need. Lights are also setup all the
way down West street which we will be able to shoot to show the how decorated
the town is for Christmas. Permission will be needed from the council in order
to film on the streets. We have found 2 elderly people that we can interview
about their Christmas experiences. Since the interview will be conducted in
their house we will need to consider how much space we will need to film, what
kind of lighting we will need and how long we will be able to film them for.
This will be a 2 person interview so we will need to create a two shot that is
visually pleasing. Since we will be using our 3 DSLR’s we could shoot the
interview from a variety of different angles. We were given verbal and written
permission from each interviewee.
Post production
wise we will be using Adobe Premiere Pro CC, Adobe Speedgrade CC, Adobe After
Effects CC. Since Adobe CC is transferable through different systems, we will
be able to use our own desktops and the university desktops. We will allocate
one editor and all pitch in ideas on how we want the project edited.
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