Master Shot Role

For this project I was assigned to do sound/sound editing. I plan to use the H4N to record with. I am very familiar with the H4N because I used to record sound for interviews during an internship. Since the focus of the script is the dialogue I will be recording the sound of the people as they speak with each other. Our stage position for the actors currently is seated side by side, or perhaps back to back. This will make my job easier, since hopefully all I will have to do is move the direction of the mic towards the speaker as they deliver their lines. Other than that I plan to record room tone and the sounds of actions such as lighting candles or the grinding of a mortar and pestle. I am looking forward to doing sound on this project because I haven't had a lot of experience with sound. What I love about film is that every person in the room is an artist who has the ability to express themselves creatively. As our idea develops more I plan to think of how I can use my creativity in sound recording.

Vox Pop/Interview Reflection

In high school I was part of a student produced t.v. show. Every week we would do a segment called "Question of the Week" where we walked around doing vox pops with students. So this project was very familiar to me. The main difference was that this time my group and I were outside in downtown Wilmington. There were different issues we had while filming such as wind (at 23mph), bright sunlight and building shadows, and heavy traffic. We used umbrellas to deflect a lot of the wind and it seemed to work really well. What I learned from the vox pops, and what I tried to carry over into the interview was the importance of taking your time setting up.

I'm really excited about out expert interview. We ended up interviewing Ron, the owner of The Wayfarer Deli downtown. The setting was perfect and Ron was very gracious and answered all of our questions thoroughly. We really lucked out, especially when you consider that I called Ron thinking he was someone else and he agreed to be interviewed without knowing who I was or what I was doing. We took our time and got a shot that, in my opinion, looked really nice. The expert interview set the tone for the rest of the documentary.

Change of Plans

Unfortunately, our endeavor into the land of comics was unsuccessful. We have since changed the topic of our documentary completely. Our new topic is "What is the perfect sandwich?".

Here is the new set of questions:

Expert: Dee Russell, Manager at Subway, Wrightsville Beach, NC

Shoot Location: Dee's house

Tone: Tongue-in-cheek 

Questions:

1. How long have you been creating sandwiches professionally?

2. In your opinion, what constitutes a superior quality sandwich?

3. What steps do you take personally to ensure that the customer gets the best sandwich possible?

4. Have you ever had a happy customer do any thing extraordinary because of how you made their sandwich? Explain.

5. Have you ever had an unhappy customer lash out because of their sandwich? Explain.

6. What is the strangest request you've ever had for a sandwich?

7. How specific do some customers get about their orders?

8. How non-specific do some customers get about their orders?

9. How confident do you feel in your sandwich making abilities?

10. What is YOUR perfect sandwich? Why?

Vox-Pop:

1. In your opinion, what makes the perfect sandwich?

2. Which component is most important?

3. Describe a sandwich that made you want to die and go to heaven.

Here is the production schedule:

Monday 11th-

1pm - Arrive at Kenan to pick-up equipment

1:05 - Leave for shoot location

1:30 - Arrive at shoot location

1:35 - Begin set up (Lighting and Camera)

1:50 - Start interview (Producer takes notes for b-roll)

2:20 - End interview, Start tearing down equipment

2:45 - Thank Dee and head out to shoot b-roll

This first picture is of our projected overheads, and the next is the storyboard for our interview.