Thursday, January 27, 2011

BLOG POST #4 AND READING RESPONSE

DOCUMENTARY: So far my group has acquired 4 very good people to interview. the only obstacle ahead is the actual interviews themselves.  We must schedule all the interviews so that we can film them all before having to return the camera.

READING RESPONSE: I really liked the first line of the article.  I love the topic of this article because interviews are the current issue my group is dealing with.  The article shows the diversity of interviews and tp[s on how to properly interview.  These tips will be very beneficial when my group conducts our interviews.

Thursday, January 20, 2011

BLOG POST #3 AND READING RESPONSE

DOCUMENTARY: So far in my groups documentary, we have accomplished a solid plan for our documentary and now it is time to fix all the small mistakes and bring everything together.  I feel this will be a good project.

Reading Response: 
One thing I learned from reading the article is that every documentary has a "value". I was unaware of this because I thought some documentaries were just made for fun.  The reading also makes me think that no matter how long I make my documentary there won't be enough room for all the important information.  There is always so much information for every topic that you can't include everything in a documentary, especially one that is only five to ten minutes long.

Thursday, January 13, 2011

BLOG POST #2 AND READING RESPONSE

DOCUMENTARY: So far in my groups documentary we have picked a topic and have started planning how we will film, edit, who we will interview, etc.  I am still pondering how well we will manage our time and if we will have enough free time to film and edit.  We are definitely working together because if we didn't, the project would be awful.

READING RESPONSE: One thing I learned from the article is that the definition for documentary is very diverse and can be many things.  This surprised me because I thought there was only one definition for documentary.  This article has opened up the diversity a documentary can really have.  This article was really well written and I liked it.  I liked the topic of the article but I would prefer a different topic for the next reading.