Once it came time to start planning our documentary, my group and I met up and started to brainstorm different ideas, topics, and subjects we would like to focus on for our piece. We came up with a bunch of different ideas: a documentary on the process of putting on a theatre production (at Inside Out Theatre Company), a student investigative on being overworked, a student investigative on high school lifestyles (Cypress Bay High School), etc. Finally, one of our group members, Nati Szabo, told us about her grandmother's tough immigrant journey.
As she explained and told us a brief background of her grandmother's story, we all agreed that we wanted to pursue the goal of capturing this story. My group and I began to plan the structure of our documentary. We assigned roles, came up with a list of B-roll shots, developed interview questions, and structured the pacing of the story.
From there, we made sure we got everything approved and received feedback on how to make our interview questions better. Once we were given the approval to create our piece, we began to plan days when we could meet with Nati's grandma and interview her for our documentary. We gathered as a group and started discussing dates when we would all be able to attend. Finally, we made our schedule and gave ourselves one main filming day, a backup filming day just in case, and the rest of the week to edit.
As our filming day was nearing, we continued to prepare to take on this project. We wanted our piece to be visually pleasing and have a high camera quality. Therefore, the day before our filming day, my group member Mya and I, went to BeaconTV and checked out some filming equipment. We got all the necessary equipment we needed: camera, audio, lights, etc. After gathering and finalizing everything we needed, it was time to film our documentary.
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