Production for Documentary

    Alright, the day to film our documentary has arrived. My group and I met up at the destination requested by our subject and began to set up the equipment. We picked Nati to ask the questions so that our subject would feel the most comfortable. Due to a weather inconvenience, we asked Diana Szabo, our second interviewee, to also join us for the filming day. 

    We wanted to interview our main subject, Susana, first so that we remain focused on our main topic. Mya was in charge of the main camera and audio, Yoav was in charge of the second camera, and I was taking notes and translating what our subject was saying since we wanted her to talk to us as comfortably as she wanted. She spoke in Spanish, so I took a whole bunch of notes about what she was saying so that

I could give them to Mya, our editor, who is not as fluent in Spanish. 

    Nati conducted the interview very well and made sure to capture every essence of the story through Susana's responses. Once Susana was done telling us about her beautiful and tough journey, we began to capture B-roll shots of her flipping through a photo album. We asked her to tell us about each picture and help us visualize the story more deeply.

The shots of the photo album really tie the piece together while also serving as our B-roll. Susana finished guiding us through her photos, and it was time to conduct our next interview. While Nati interviewed our second interviewee, Yoav was in charge of the main camera. At the same time, Mya and I took turns using the second camera to get clips and different angles of items that highlighted her home. 

    Nati finalized the interview with Diana Szabo and we began to wrap up our filming day. We made sure got everything we needed, thanked both of our subjects, and concluded the production of our documentary. We were very satisfied and excited to start putting it together.