Pictures of Possible Shooting Locations.

http://mysore.metromela.com/image/interiors1_5.jpg

The first link is to a possible setup for the Family Planning Clinic that Kevin and the camera crew visits. It should be a simple design for seating, with the walls being clinical white, possibly displaying medical equipment and information posters concerning health issues. If at all possible, we will film in an actual clinic of some sort, to make the documentary look as genuine as possible.

http://leeds.diarystar.co.uk/images/yorkshire-sculpture-park12.jpg   1st Picture
http://www.barnsleyandfamily.com/-%20New%20Folder%20%285%29/ND%20Locke%20Park%20Tower.jpg  2nd Picture
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4036/4358431023_24f518dd13.jpg 3rd Picture

The above three pictures are of several locations. The first is of Yorkshire Sculpture Park, a good place to have fade in's and outs to show the scene and make the shots much more interesting and compelling for the audience to look at.
The second is of the tower in Locke Park. This is a much more local park, used only if we need extra shots or possibly if the travels fares become too much for any individual crew member. Also may be used for extra scenic shots, like the aforementioned tower.
The third picture is of the playground. If there are children playing here and we get permission forms signed for it, we will shoot children playing here.

Twitter and Film Ideas

We have set up twitter accounts for Kevin and Beth. We are wanting to have some of the tweets scrolling along the bottom or appearing somewhere on the screen to show Kevins thoughts like on the All Time Low video for Weightless.

By doing this we would be able to show what kevin is thinking without the need for him to say it.

Youtube Video Here

Distributor

We are hoping to get our documentary distributed by Channel 4. This is because Channel 4 has a wide variety of documentaries and also have shown a series of 'Cutting Edge' documentaries which we believe this documentary would fit in well with as we believe our documentary is quite cutting edge.

To get our documentary onto channel 4 we can go down two different roads, the first being to go onto the channel 4 Microsite, this shows all about channel 4 and what its about. The second is to go onto the C4 Talent website, this is for people wanting to kick start there media career, whether that be submitting an idea to channel 4, being an extra on a show, or a job at channel 4.

To this date, channel 4 has aired 596 documentaries, many of them also being available on their online site at 4od

Photo of the form needed

Here is a photo of the form needed to be able to film one of our possible scenes which would include filming in the park with children, for this we will need a release form signed by the parents of the children

The Pregnant Guy Questionnaire

Youtube Link

Just finished editing our filming of our Questionnaire

Storyboard

Audience Research

Spent the lesson editing the audience research ready to put on the blog

Christmas with Dad: Documentary Analysis.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/films/p004r1f8

This documentary film, while the genre and topic is vastly different to ours, shows many shots and techniques that are classic to a documentary that I would like to incorporate into our own film. For example, to change a scene, the camera normally focuses in on a smaller object in the scene and then a sudden cut happens to bring the camera into the bigger picture. In 'Christmas with Dad', the camera focuses in on the Christmas decorations on the house as an introduction and then cuts immediately to the father stood outside the house with the decorations on it, tying him into the established scene. Not only does this set the scene where the father is, but it also subconsciously tells the audience what tome of year it is, and what the environment is going to be like.

Another technique that appears is the idea of expanding the scene with other shots while the person being interviewed is speaking. In 'Christmas', while the father is speaking about his family, it cuts to them in turn and shots of around the house that he lives in, giving the audience a wider idea of what kind of lifestyle these people have and, most importantly, informs the viewers more about the situation being presented. This could be infinitely useful for our own documentary as we can use these shots to expand the scene. To use as an example, there could be a scene where Kevin is in the park waiting for Beth and is being interviewed about his thoughts, and the camera could pan to some children playing in the park (Permision forms would be filled out beforehand) to reflect on his feelings towards the subject.

The final analysis I can make of this documentary is to use shots where there are no actors in it to show the passage of time. In the above documentary, it uses shots of the cityscape, firstly in the dark with the streetlights all on, and secondly a shot in the morning to show how the time has passed in the documentary. This could be useful in our own documentary to show if a certain amount of time has passed. It could be implemented at the very beginning to show time has passed between the 'Before the Break' segment where Kevin breaks up with her on bonfire night to the present time in the documentary where he agrees to go to a family planning clinic for more information. 

Teen Father's Rights and Responsibilities (Research)

During the research into the certain factors that will change the attitude of teenage parents, I have come across a FAQ website written by a former editor for a website section dedicated to give advice to teenagers. He writes about the rights and responsibilities of teen fathers and how to specifically tell if they are indeed the father of the child. I will post the links below:
http://teenadvice.about.com/od/teenfathers/a/teenfathersFAQ.htm   Page 1
http://teenadvice.about.com/od/teenfathers/a/teenfathersFAQ_2.htm  Page 2

If at all possible, I would include this information in the documentary in the educational segments as part of the information given. Not much information is available to the fathers in the relationship and this website is one of the few I have found on the subject that speaks directly to the male counterpart.

Full Documentary Treatment

The video of the interview

today we took the video of the interview and put it on the mac ready for editing

Script

Catchup Montage
Main program title & theme.
'Jingle'
Close-up of Main Character, hooded walking down an alleyway towards camera.
'We've been following Kevin, 17. Who impregnated a younger on a one night stand, and now is in a relationship with her'
Medium shots of Beth sat in garden with BFFL, long shot of her father looking in from the window.
'Beth, 16. Kevin's girlfriend now 3 month pregnant, and is just starting to show the signs of pregnancy'
Show Main Character sat in undisclosed location with friends, close up of him, few friends faces and on alcohol he is drinking.
'Kevin persists to drink even though hes soon to be a father facing this makes him try and drink himself unconscious'

Program title shown: 'The Pregnant Guy'
Scene1 (Kevin And Beths Breakup, October 27th):
Camera on clock, aruond 6/7ish watching second hand ticking, pan to beth who is sat at home in dressing gown on laptop with TV just for background noise.
Beth 'Dammit where is he?'
N 'Waiting for Kevin?'
Beth 'Yea he said he was meeting me today'
Camera on clock again, time passage to 21:20
Beth 'Hes. . . hes, in town, now . . . when he should be here'
N 'How do you know?'
Beth 'Hes just put it online'
Shot of Kevins Twitter update Dissolve to next shot
Shot of can of beer on table picked up and drank, camera pans out to show kevin and his friends sat at a table with drinks. Drunken Banter
Kevin and friends walking down a street singing, arms round each other. Fade to black, musical jingle as fade out.

Scene2 (Beth at Home, October 28th)
Fade in on a sunrise, with jingle still playing
N 'With the events of the previous night still fresh, keving standing beth up, and going out and getting drunk against her will, still feeling rough from the next day, Kevin decides to give beth a visit'
Kevin walking up to Beths house, up the drive the camera following him down the drive to the door. Foused on his feet as he walks. Camera pans up as Kevin knocks.
The door opens, to reveal Beths dad, stood in the doorway with a displeased look upon his face.
Dad 'What now?'
Kevin 'I want to talk to Beth'
Dad 'I think youve said enough'
Kevin, Quizzical look
Dad 'Take your bull and get off my lawn'
Door slams shut
Kevin 'What the hell, i mean prick, let me see her'
Bangs on door
Kevin 'Oh for f**ks sake, what the hell'
Kevin storms off back down the drive and off the street.

Scene3 (Beths Descion):


Scene4 (Kevin At The Clinic, November 9th):
Long shot of unrelated something, panning down onto Kevin, following him up the street via, hand held camera.
Kevin then walks into family planning clinic and camera pans to the family planning logo.
Next shot - Dissolve to close up of clock, zoom out to see Kevin stood at reception talking to receptionist
Receptionist: 'If you take a seat someone will be with you momentarily'
Kevin turns and walks out of shot towards seats.
Cut to Kevin sat facing camera being interviewed
N 'What do you hope to get from talking to the pregnancy adviser'
brief talk from Kevin.
Tanoy:'Kevin Burrows would you please go in to see the adviser now'
Kevin stands up, and walks out of room.

Scene5 (Kevins Ephiphany, November 9th):

Scene6 (Kevins meeting with beth):