Behind The Music SceneRecord Junkee Documentary

Critical Appraisal

• Learned from first use of dolly shots.• First real experience with interviews.• High responsibility with legal forms, etc.• Use of subtle style and editing for desired effect.• ∙Working around real people

Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths: Good team dynamic, lots of collaboration. Support between one another. Multiple ideas used/considered. Nice style to the filming location. Detailed and entertaining interviews. Generally helpful interviewees. Weaknesses: Difficult planning and organisation among staff. Last minute decisions we had to work around. Difficulty planning around everyone in the group occasionally.

However, through all the hard work and several step-backs we’ve encountered, the film ultimately is well done and a product we are proud of.

Inspirations

The Archive by Sean Dunne due to it’s subject matter and shots used, such at tracking and establishing shots.

New Music Cities by Jose Gonzalez because of it’s poetic form and the cut away images are very well shot, also music is used throughout and goes well with the images on screen, which is something we also wanted to do.

Skateistan: To Live and Skate Kabul by Orlando Von Einsiedel because of the poetic form again, we wanted to do a mix between poetic and traditional and the use of just voice and cutaways over the top within this documentary is what inspired us.

Teamwork

Producer – Andrew CromptonDirector – Molly ByeCinematographer – Nick BrettSound Recordist – Charlotte FrenchEditor – Brooke CattellSound Designer – Laura Briscoe

We worked well as a team, had a group chat to organise things all together and to discuss ideas in. We all fully contributed and took on our roles. Producer organised schedules for everyone that we kept to.