First shoot.

Today was our first day of shoot. To be honest, it did not go as well as we planned it to be. There were a lot of problems, we certainly did not see those dilemmas coming.

First of all, due to some problems at home I was 2 hours late at the location which pretty much left us with no time at all to shoot the scenes, so, the time we had was a big problem for us. After I reached there it took us a while to do the settings of the scene, e.g. preparing Ibrahim and Dawood for the scenes, setting up the camera, searching for the best looking background so that the frame of the interviews would look good, adjusting the right zoom level etc.

Other than that, we had a lot of issues with finding the correct type of lighting level we were looking for. As we did not have any professional lights setup with us and the fact that it was an indoor shoot we had to work with the lights that were available in the house which were either giving too harsh the effect Ibrahim’s face or making the footage very dark.

Furthermore, Sabaina and I planned to take close ups of e.g. Ibrahim’s hand or his face during the interviews to show his body language etc. but we failed to capture those scenes as our digital camera lacked the option of a smooth pace of footage when the camera zoomed in.

Then, electricity was definitely an addition to our problem. During our shoot the electricity went out and we were left with even less lights that we previously had. This further delayed our shoot as we had to wait the electricity to come back so that we could continue with the shoot.

Furthermore, Dawood’s shoot was delayed a little as he had an exam the other day and he was busy studying with his tutor. The poor kid had had to take time out of busy schedule for us. Some shots turned out to be jerky when we saw the footage on the computer; we did not realize that during the time of shoot.

These were some of the main problems that we faced during the shoot. The shoot did not go as we planned, which is definitely a disappointment. Sabaina and I have decided to re take all the scenes as we are capable of doing allot better than this. After all the hard work we have put in in the research and planning process we shall not create a product with such disruptions.

These are some of the pictures we took during the shoot. I didn’t manage to take a lot of pictures of myself as Sabaina was busy dealing with the camera and we did not have a third person to take pictures of us during the shoot. The following video was made by Sabaina when I tried taking a few trail shots of Ibrahim. This shot in particular was the low angle shot that I was trying to capture.

 

Sabaina taking Dawood's Interview

                                                    Me taking a low angle shot of Dawood

                                                                   Reviewing the shot

First shoot planning.

So, we have now entered the construction zone! 

We are one day away from the shoot of our documentary. Finally, the project we are working on since months now is going to come to existence tomorrow. The level of excitement is too much. We will be going at Ibrahim and Dawood’s place, as they play a very significant role in the development of the media text. Tomorrow, we will be covering Ibrahim, Dawood’s and their parents’ interviews, taking shots of them carrying out their normal routines and some footage of their consoles and other objects in their room. As this part plays the role of an example of our title, it holds an imperative position in making the content of our story strong. We will be using a Digital Camera for the shoot. Sabaina will be taking care of the camera mainly and I will be responsible for the settings of the scene.

-Hope everything goes well. *Fingers crossed*

Shot Division

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Below is the shot division we did for our documentary. We were provided with the option to either make sketches of the shots or draw a table out of it. We decided make a table as it was more organised and the fact that none of us is a good artist, so we went along with the table.

Scene description		Camera Shot	Camera angle	Camera movement	Subject	Location
Opening sequence A montage of different indoor and outdoor activities.  A kid on a swing and then a quote appears on screen.		long shot	Eye level	static	Kids	Outdoor
Kids playing and people using their gadgets e.g. phone.		Long shots, macro shots	Eye level	Static	Children’s and adults	Parks and indoors
Short interviews of general public.		Mid shot, medium long shot	Eye level	static	People	Cafés ,book stores ,shopping malls
A shot of the house of our main character from outside.		Wide shot	Eye Level	Pan left/right	House	outdoor
A shot of our main character		low angle,mid shot	Eye level	static	Character (dawood)	His House
Detail interview of our character		Mid shot	Eye level	Static	character	TV lounge
His different shots. Filming his activities/routine through out the day.		Long shot, mid shot, zoom, over the shoulder, tilt down, revolving shot and establishing shot.	Eye level, low angle	Following, static and  pan	1 character (Dawood)	His House, in particular, his tv lounge, his room, his study room and his dining table.
Detail interview of his parents. More clips of their son activities in between.		Mid shot, long shot, marco shot	Eye level	Static, zoom in , zoom out , pan	His parents, dawood	Parents’ room, study, tv lounge
Short clips of people with a paper written YES, NO OR MAYBE.		Medium long shot and Mid shot	Eye level	Static	Random people	Various places

BUDGET

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Items	Quantity	Price (Rs.)	Total amount (Rs.)
Tripod	1	2500	2500
Petrol	-	1500	1500
Lights	2	100	200
Communication	-	500	500
Chart paper	4	20	80
Collar Mic	1	1500	1500
Headphones	1	1500	1500
		Total amount	7780

The Cast

Here's the list of the cast of our documentary:

Dawood Khan (Main Character)



Dawood's Father



Dawood's Mother

SCHEDULE

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SHOOTING SCHEDULE
DAY 1: 16^TH FEBRUARY (Shoot of Dawood and his parents)
DAY 2: 21^ST FEBRUARY (For interviews and outdoor filming)

Mise-en-scene of our Documentary

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Mise-en-scene is everything done as opposed to editing. It covers the settings of characters, backgrounds, props etc. in any media text. The product which we are producing does not need to have all the elements of Mise-en-scene because our documentary is based on facts and nothing is made up. 

Below we discussed the components:

• Locations
• Character's propping
• Lights and Colors

LOCATION: The shoot of the documentary will take place both indoors and outdoors. This particular element of MISE EN SCENE holds an imperative position in our media text.  The documentary is going to be filmed at various locations in order to get authentic results from the public regarding our topic. Following is the recce:

• ·         Lahore Gymkhana

• ·         Generation

• ·         McDonalds

• ·         Alfatah

• ·         Tutti Frutti

• ·         HKB

• ·         Character’s house

• ·         Expresso
• ·         Model Town Park
•           Xinhua Mall
•           Mall of Lahore

CHARACTER’S PROPPING:  This defines the personality of the character, as this documentary revolves around two main characters and their gadgets. The title of the documentary signifies change in trend that has led to children using gadget more than before. So, due to this, the gadgets that our characters will carry along are the main props of the media text.  Furthermore, we will be using 3 chartpapers of colors, red, yellow and green. As we have decided to show the opinion of the people in one word i.e. Yes, No and Maybe, we will be writing these three words on those chartpapers with green signifying Yes, Yellow referring to Maybe and Red connoting No, we have chosen these colors in accordance to the traffic lights, which are red, blue and green, commanding people through those t

hree different colors.

 
 



LIGHTS AND COLORS:  The main light throughout the external shoot of the documentary will be the daylight, as there will be a lot of interviews.  However, the internal shoot is going to be soft lighting, with key lights used during the interviews of the characters and their parents. In the beginning of the documentary we will use natural colors to prevent the footage from giving a fake look to the audience. At the end, the colors will be exaggerated, with editing, to make the scene colorful which will complement the playful nature of the topic.