Production Log 1

What progress did you make since your previous entry?

This is the first week were I began to film. I had one interview with a psychotherapist. This interview was held in her clinic. I also filmed some opening shots in Waterloo and London Bridge. I wanted to give my documentary a visually appealing start for the audience. Instead of filming close to home I decided it would be more interesting have London main attractions at the beginning of my documentary. I also filmed students in my school as I also wanted to have a section were I find out how people are stressed and what the reason. If a student is stressed because of workload or exams, and how it affects them. I want to use this section and relate to the vox pop as I will be able to see how an adult and student differ in terms of stress. Thereafter I will be able to speak about stress and explain how it affects people of all ages.

What logistical challenges did you face and how did you overcome them?

I had received an email from Vanessa the stress management worker that she could not be able to be in my documentary. This caused problems as I was supposed to have an interview with Vanessa. She was a stress management specialist which was going to be a big part of my documentary so I had to change my plans and think of something else. At the moment I am trying to get an interview with my doctor to cover for this as I will be able to ask doctors questions as to how people can deal with stress and how it affects them in short/long term.

What technical challenges did you face this week and how did you overcome them?

The day I went to film my opening shots it began to rain which was causing problems as I was not able to film in the rain and had to wait for the rain to stop. During that time I decided to go eat as it was lunch time and thereafter filmed when the rain stopped. When I began to edit the iMac. I was using had technical difficulties as the sound was not working and this caused problems. I overcame this by not using headphones and editing; by next lesson my teacher had my computer fixed as I had informed my teacher.

What targets do you aim to achieve before your next entry?

My aim is to be able to film vox pops as this is a section in my documentary. I also want to finish editing the first interview and get the beginning of my documentary in place. I also want to record any voice overs which I will need in my documentary. I am hoping to receive a reply from the doctors and be given permission to film.