TRANSITION UNIT: Initial Ideas Feedback Tutorials

Re-imagining of a whole scene - with each team member taking responsibility for their own role.

As a group, we decided we wanted to do a mockumentary as we enjoy doing comedy and documentary so we wanted to do a combination of the two.

Mockumentary e.g. Come Fly With Me
If we were to go ahead with this idea, I would like to be DoP.

Simon highlighted the key responsibilities of the DoP:

- Work out how to shoot the piece - what kit will be required?
- Test shoots need to be done to work out which equipment works best and which settings should be used
- Colour theory - what sort of colours do we want present in our piece? What do the colours represent?
- Natural and practical lighting - what sort light will be used? Relying on natural light or using artificial light? Work out where the sun rises and sun sets in relation to the location in order to plan out the shoot day
- Work out the work flow of a DoP
- Storyboards, shot lists, rule book e.g. type of shots to start with etc.


Look into the heritage of mockumentaries - what is their purpose?

Look into the This Is Spinal Tap - what is considered the first mockumentary - criticisms in a light hearted manner
Why are we filming the mockumentary? What purpose does it have? And why now?