9th September - 4th October 2009

I filmed the two interviews within this period at a time that suited both interviewees. I had formulated preliminary questions on both subjects but would allow myself to ask questions openly when I felt it was necasary to add a more 'real' feel to the interviews. I then edited them and filmed the last section of documentary at a different time.
I then produced a power point about reasons I chose this perticular subject, why I had changed from the previous one and my role in it's creation. I showed it to the class and got relativley good feedback. Improvements suggested were that I could have shown images of clothes while the textiles student talked about these items and some peopel though a lot of time was wasted on a portion of the documentary on the World War Two side of it. Admittedly the file for my title I had created in LiveType had been corrupted so this also did not work as planned.

7th June - 23rd July 2009

During this time I filmed the links between interviews or other segments and placed them into iMovie as a starting point. I then found a clip of the comedian Billy Connolly talking about life in the 60's and how rock n' roll changed a lot of people's views on life I also found an orignal Elvis clip that will fit in nicley to this clip, both off youtube. I spent a lot of my time in lessons after this finding images and editing their lenghts and the directory of the Ken Burns effect in time with Vera Lynn - We'll Meet Again for the World War Two segment and various images synominous with youth culture for the opening credits in time with The Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant. I spent a lot of time trying to get the timing right and using the right images as I saw this as important to the aesthetics of the peice.

21st April - 28th May 2009

I spent a lot of my time during this period going through various ideas for scripts, or more specifically deleting and changin elements of the existing script until I was entirley happy with it. I then story boarded roughly, using only the frame changes in interview to the narrator speaking about a topic to a video clip or picture. I am happy witht he script as I enjoy script writing very much.

Monday 19th April 2009

After much considerationa dn a meeting held with my media teacher I decided to change the theme of my documentary, after alot of research I find my self witha lot of research and nothing to do with it. I couldn't see where to go with the documentary jsut based on vintage clothing, it could be potentially very boring and didn't really say anything. The discussion with my media teacher opted for a change away from tjust vintage clothing to look at youth culture as a whole, this links in well with my already existing research on fashion through periods in time and is potentially more interesting, potentially linking modern youth culture to post modernity, how youth culture can not get any more modern or shocking. This could include a history of youth culture, say starting from the second world war and the baby boom. This would be an interesting topic as it is something that interests me deeply.

February 23rd 2009 - April 1st 2009

We received our new brief for the Creative & Media Diploma in the form of an extended project, we had to research the codes and conventions of a documentary, the history of a documentary and how they are presented.
This information will be useful when it comes to making my documentary, such as the use of vox pops or the sometimes shaky handheld camera angles, this information is all in my portfolio.
I also lookeda t the history of documentaries, such as their orgin as "Actuality Films" near the dawn of film, as well as innovations in the genre such as the film "Trawler Men" and the rise of mockumentaries like "Spinal Tap" or "Man Bites Dog", a more in depth history is also in my portfolio.