This is the filming schedule (that Bagas made) that will help us organize when and where we plan to film the crime documentary.
Self Reflection:
The filming schedule was meant to helped me stay on track of what to do on a particular day, however, in reality, me and my team went off schedule and didn't do the interview and filming on that date. This is because we were quite busy with other tasks from other subjects, leaving us no time to get together and record the scenes. A solution to this was, communicating through our Whatsapp group to discuss when each of us is free and schedule to meetup then. I contributed by suggesting what day is the most suitable for all of us to meetup so that we could record a certain scene. This helped me improve my time management and negotiation skills (negotiate a period of time to film) and overall made us more organized. In the future, we would be more realistic on what date to record the scenes so that everyone can be present on that day.
In this post, I select 4 locations and determine potential risks that may be involved when filming there.
Location 1
Location 1
Location:
Regents Secondary School (classrooms)
Events in scene:
Interview with Bagus's Friends, happy pictures of Bagus
and his crush
Pros of location:
Easy to access, classroom aren't loud, clean, good lighting
Cons of location:
Some people might go into the classrooms unexpectedly, not all classrooms are empty (teacher might be present)
Alternatives:
Someone's living room
Risk Assessment
Potential hazards:
The projector might fall off randomly and it could hit someone.
Evaluate risks:
If the projector hit someone in the head, it would cause
brain injury and it could lead to memory loss.
Control measures:
We would prevent it by not touching the projector.
Responsibility:
We all will be in charge of the control measure to keep
everyone safe.
Time frame:
We would do the controlmeasure before we shoot the interviews in the classroom.
Other notes:
Location 2
Location 2
Location:
My friend’s house
Events in scene:
Establishing shot of the house and Interviews will be done here
Pros of location:
The house has a dark surrounding with many windows that could be used to create sense of suspense
Cons of location:
The whole family lives there so loud noises aren’t recommended.
Alternatives:
Other friend's house
Risk Assessment
Potential hazards:
Slippery floors, stairs are steep and the second floor is quite high up
Evaluate risks:
People can get injured
Control measures:
Constant checkups just in case and warnings before we enter
Responsibility:
We will all be responsible of ourselves and since its our friend’s house then its mostly on him to keep the location safe
Time frame:
All the time since we'll be in a group and if somebody gets injured, medicine and other first aid kit can be found in the house
Other notes:
Location 3
Location 3
Location:
Kebun Raya Bedugul
Events in scene:
Pictures of Bagus with the girl being happy and then, he
will confess to the girl and get rejected
Pros of location:
It is a beautiful location that is suited for a confession to take place. The location is vast so we could shoot many variations of the scene and take advantage of the different surronding backgrounds (use the leaves for a more romatic mood).
Cons of location:
It is quite crowded at some period of time and it could potentially ruin the shot since some tourist might be in it. Also, Kebun Raya is far away so if we took a shot that we don't like, we would have to go to Kebun Raya again to reshoot.
Alternatives:
Renon Park
Risk Assessment
Potential hazards:
A big branch might fall off from one of the tall
trees and hit someone's head
Evaluate risks:
The concussion could lead to a braininjury and ppotentially causing
lossing consciousness
Control measures:
Stay away from unstable looking trees/tree branches.
Responsibility:
Everyone is in charge for the control measure since everyone is
responsible for their own safety. We could also remind each other of
potential risk that might happen around the environment.
Time frame:
31st Agust 2024
Other notes:
Location 4
Location 4
Location:
Klungkung Red Bridge
Events in scene:
Bagus went out of the car with the girl and he got rejected by her
Pros of location:
Looks unique and aesthetic which it's a suitable location for a confession to take place. It's an open and wide space for us to easily record the scene.
Cons of location:
far from our homes so the way there is very time consuming, we also went past big, high speed traffic roads on the way which is very dangerous. Due to the earthquake threats of Indonesia recently, filming near the bridge will be very dangerous.
Alternatives:
Kebun Raya
Risk Assessment
Potential hazards:
Possible crash on the road, possible
earthquakes and would create a tsunami that would greatly imapact us
since its close to the shore.
Evaluate risks:
A crash could happen and the recording
would have to stop
Control measures:
We prevent these from happening by not recording in busy place.
Responsibility:
We would all be incharge of the control measures and be responsibe
for our own safety. If anyone is doing something dangerous,
we could remind them and discourage them from doing it.
Time frame:
1st September 2024
Other notes:
Self Reflection:
During the brainstorm session of thinking for potential ideas for the crime documentary, me and my team originally thought of 3 locations that would be suitable for our documentary. These locations were classrooms, my friend's house, and Kebun Raya. To assess the location futher, the location scout blog post that I made, helped us to evaluate whether if it was the right fit for the scenes and whether there weren't too many factors that could risk the safety of others at the location. After some more discussions and filming, we decided that we wouldn't be able to film at Kebun Raya because it was very far away from everyone. Also, there was an event at Klungkung where me and my team were invited which conveniently was near the Klungkung Red Bridge; so we took advantage of it and film it there instead. Next time, we would choose a location where it wasn't too far away but still suitable for the scenes.
Here is our proposal for the opening of a crime documentary. We all worked together on this.
Self Reflection:
Making the statement of intent helped me to stay focus on the crime documentary sub-genre (romance), and primarly, aid me to target my audience. By identifying the demographics and psycographics of my audience, it made it alot more clearer for me and my team and so we use many different techniques to specifically target them. For example, our audience was 17+ year old Indonesians and foreigners so we use Indonesian teenagers as the actors with the addition of English subtitles to make the audience feel represented. The skills I've developed was learning how to brainstom ideas with my team effectively; improved my skill of identifying a suitable target audience for the documentary and helped me to be more socially active since everyone in my team needs to understand the documentary's even from start to finish. Problems that I encournter was, when I tried to copy paste the statement of intent table, it wouldn't load so to overcome it, I refer back to the technical online skills that I learned when making my magazine statement of intent and followed it step by step. After awhile, I managed to put it in my blog and the guide my friends to do the same.
#1 The Final: Attack on Wembly NETFLIX Documentary (2021)
1) What sub-genre of crime documentary would you categorise this as?
+ sports
+ true crime
2) Who is the target audience?
Demographics:
+ Age 17 - 30 years old because it involves alcohol which created drunk people, involves violence and theuse of drugs.
+ It targets all people around the world but it mainly targets UK citizens because that is were the incident took place.
Psychographics:
+ People that have an interest in sports (specifically football fans)
+ People that want to know more about the incident and the reason behind it
3) What typical documentary conventions were used?
+ survailence of the chaotic location, many policemen at the scene trying to control and maintain authority to prevent anymore tresspassers from entering the stadium, real footage from the people's perspective (through social media), and interviews with the people nearby - asking them what happened
4) Did this opening conform or subvert the conventions for this genre?
+ It conform to the convention because first it highlights that everything was going normal and going as planned then it suddenly switch to a chaotic atmosphere and lead to a downward spiral of many differnet issues which is common in a crime documentary. It also uses suspenseful music to create tension and there's lots of hecticness in the scenes.
5) How does it create suspense using the following:
+ Camera: Random camera movement by being hand held to add realism to the footage and makes the audience feel like they are there at the stadium - experiencing the hectic moment for themselves which creates suspense. Also, the video uses many shots from above to empahsis on the amount of uncontrollable fans that are present at wembly.
+ Sound: Crescendo of people celebrating the England football team to a hectic situation where people punched each other and there obnoxiously loud crowds everywhere). Interviewee saying that there are people getting trampled on which is harmful for people and make the audience feel tense.
+ Mise-en-scene: People drinking alcohol which suggests that there are going to be drunk people in the audience which then makes them unpredictable. This is because drunk people are often insane and lose control of themselves which ultimately creates tension for the viewers. Also people there took coccaine, being violent with one another, and created many smokes and further adds onto the chaos. Additionally, countless amounts of fans with limited police presence to connote that it is impossible to control that many people which made the police seem useless and lack in power - which further create a suspenseful atmoshpere.
+ Edit: fast pace cuts, used a brief analepsis of the fans running to foreshadow the carnage and the mess that was going to happen.
6) What parts of the opening did you find inspiring?
+ Interviews with victims/people nearby to get their prespective on the incident which helps to creates suspense
+ random movement produced by hand held camera to add realism to the footage so that it is more unpredictable and make the audience feel tense.
#2 Worst Roomate Ever NETFLIX Documentary (2022)
1) What sub-genre of crime documentary would you categorise this as?
+ true crime
+ betrayal
+ murder
2) Who is the target audience?
Demographics
+ Age o both genders who are 16+ years old
+ Target primarly females as the actors are females but can be enjoyed by both genders
Psychographics
+ People who have trust issues
+ People who have an annoying roommates as they go about their day to day life activities and they want to relate to the documentary (having things in common) - which makes the audience want to watch more.
3) What typical documentary conventions were used?
+ Dark lighting to convey a sense of danger and unknown. In this case it was to highlight the mysterious door that is infront of the house. It also included suspenseful music to add onto the eerie atmosphere and the use colour red to connote muder which makes the audience tense.
4) Did this opening conform or subvert the conventions for this genre?
+ It conform to the convention because first it shows the main character's roommate seem all innocent but then there was a switch up and there was many foreshadowing/hints that her roommate ws attempting to commit a muder. This usually happens in crime documentaries as they tend to show the good in people then hint that there is something wrong with them such as using sketching looking pictures. Also, the video uses discordant sounds which makes the scene eerie and mysterious which are often used in many crime documentaries.
5) How does it create suspense using the following:
+ Camera: Low angle shots of the enterance of the house, to make the door look ominous and threatning which also creates a mystery atmosphere that makes the audience curious about it. This increases the suspense as the audience don't know what on the other side of the door. Another technique used was a zoom in to the picture of the suspicious roomate to connote that there is more than what meets the eye and something hidden about her - making her look mysterious.
+ Sound: Suspenseful music that gradually builds up. This makes the audience anticipate as if something were to happen and makes the audience feel on edge. Futhermore, the non-diegetic eerie sound keeps the audience watching as they want to know what would happen if it reaches the climax.
+ Mise-en-scene: Dimly lit house to create a mysterious mood and highlight that the house is unknown. This makes the house seem dangerous to enter and not open to any visitors Also there are pictures of the women using hospital equipment to emphasis that she almost died and futher highlight on the damage that her roommate did to her in the attempt of muder. The use of hospital equipment makes the audience feel sympathy towards the girl (that got injured) and feel worried of what might happen next to her thus increaing the suspense.
+ Edit: quick cuts of photos to show the past and characters involed which is a way to briefly introduced all of the characters and there would be a scene were the duration was slightly longer than others to connote that the roommate is different from the others and potentially pose a threat in the future.
6) What parts of the opening did you find inspiring?
+ I find the use of pictures of the perpetrator in the past which makes her seem innocent (in a good light) inspiring since my documentary is similar to this concept and I could use it for the actor that acts as the prepetrator.
+ I find the zoom in to create emphasis on a certain person, to be useful and inspiring since it's a simple way to highlight on a particular person and it is an easy way to make someone look suspicious - which is exactly what I want to steal and utlize for my project.
#3 American Nightmare (2024)
1) What sub-genre of crime documentary would you categorise this as?
+ kidnapping
2) Who is the target audience?
+ people who have enjoys watching mystery type videos, both genders, age 16+
3) What typical documentary conventions were used?
+ Suspenseful music, interviewing with victim, police, sirens, cctv footage, dark lighting
4) Did this opening conform or subvert the conventions for this genre?
+ It conform the convention because there are alot of documentary convention used such as police sirens, victims being interviewed, and blood.
5) How does it create suspense using the following:
+ Camera: a high angle of the suspect making them look inferior, medium shot of a subject looking upset/worried
+ Sound: discordant & suspenseful sounds, digetic sound of the people asking questions about the scene
+ Edit: quick cuts of different scenes to emphasis that alot has happened and adding to the tension
6) What parts of the opening did you find inspiring?
+ people asking questions about the scene that makes the audience wonder more about what happened. Such as: Can this get any stranger? Who's really behind all of this? Did we all get this wrong?
+ each cut results to more and more suspense music
#4 The Guilty (2021)
1) What sub-genre of crime documentary would you categorise this as?
+ abducted/kidnapping
2) Who is the target audience?
Demographics
+ Age 16+ years old since it invloves kidnapping and it wouldn't be suited for children as they won't understand as much
+ both genders can enjoy the documentary, however it is more leaning towards targeting the male audience because the 'main character' is a male
Psychographics
+ People who enjoy solving mystery of kidnapping (finding the culprit and catching them red-handed)
+ Peopel who enjoy car chases (potentially a car chase might happen since it revolves around a white van and police tend to chase it and documentary would make a scene about it)
3) What typical documentary conventions were used?
+ 911 emergency call to create a sense of urgency and panic which are commen in crime documentaries. The dim lighting in the office to suggest that it is a serious job which adds onto atmosphere and the suspense. Also, weapons and white vans are involved which are typical for a crime documentary.
4) Did this opening conform or subvert the conventions for this genre?
+ It conform to the convention because the genre is kidnapping and the conventions is that it has a white van to kidnap people, invloves the police (particularly the emergency call of 911) and the victim being in a state of panic and panting heavily.
5) How does it create suspense using the following:
+ Camera: Close up of subject's face looking worried to highlight that there is nothing he can do except giving insttructions so that the women gets out of danger fast and return back to safety. This further emphasis that the guy who answer the 911 call seemed to be determined to find a way to save the women that has been abducted but is uncertain of exactly of how he is going to achieve that which makes the audience tense up.
+ Sound: Women in the call was about to cry and is seeking for desperate help. This makes her the victim of the documentary and makes the audience feel sympathy towards her. The words "I'm gonna die" that is stated by the women at the end of the call, means that it is unpredictable to know what is going to happen to that women so then the audience feels more worried about her which makes the scene more suspenseful.
+ Mise-en-scene: The man listening to the victim carefully to extract as much information as he can to analyse the danger that the victim is in so that he could save her. This suggests that the women is in a dire situation and needs help immedietly which creates suspense. Also the use of the black screen makes the audience focus more on the audio which decreases the amount of information that the audience can get thus them having limited information; and results in being more worried about the women. Not only that, the suspense then continues to increases and intensify, when the victim started to gasp heavily which connote that she is preparing to do something risky so that she can escape to safety.
+ Edit: Long duration of texts to highlight the message and the audience have time to take the information in. This leads to the audience have more context on the story which then they could follow and feel as though they are right there solving the case which adds that sense of realism and helps to to create tension.
6) What parts of the opening did you find inspiring?
+ I find the man knocking down a table lamp to be inpiring as I could use it in my documentary when someone feels frustrated that they didn't get what they want and I can show this by them throwing a rampage such as knocking down items from a desk.
+ I also find the use of black screen to be inspiring as I could utilize it for a pause in my documentary to act as a chance for the audience to take in the information and let their imagination run so that they can create an image of how the interaction would look like inside their head. This would make the documentary flow more smoothly and the audience gets to understand the message of video.
#5 Black Bird (2022)
1) What sub-genre of crime documentary would you categorise this as?
+ murder
2) Who is the target audience?
+ both genders, age 16+, likes watching the prison atmoshpere, more male viewers since more male actors involved.
3) What typical documentary conventions were used?
+ police, handcuff, jail, inmates
4) Did this opening conform or subvert the conventions for this genre?
+ It conform the convention because there are murder involved, jail, prisoners, and police which all suggests that it's a crime documentary.
5) How does it create suspense using the following:
+ Camera: long shot of the jail cells, close up of face to show reaction
+ Sound: eerie voice of the 'killer's' voice, discordant sounding women singing in the background
+ Edit: insert and cutaway to show reactions of what the other people say (ex: when the women said 'for freedom' and it cuts to the main character's face)
6) What parts of the opening did you find inspiring?
+ the camera is behind jail bars coupled with the edit of the text 'inspired b true events.'
+ use blocking technique to emphasis on a key character.
key words to use: ominus, anticipation, faster/slow pace, more on edge, tension, drawing attention to, analepsis
Self Reflection:
The research helped me to analyse many different sub-genres of crime documentary to highlight the types of camera angles, camera movements, mise-en-scene, sound and edit used in it. This made me know the conventions that are implemented in these documentaries and simultaneously think of way to subvert from it (to make keep it new and interesting). I also listed down the aspects of the documentary that I found inspiring thus I could steal it and use it for my own. Problems that I encounter when doing the research was having difficulties finding crime documentary openings in youtube for free and even if I found a few, it is often very limited unlike Netflix. Also, after watching the first few openings, I was not sure what to type about, which leads to having not so detailed research and thus having to rewatch it serveral times - which was very time consuming. To solve it, my friends told me to find it in other websites so that I have more options to watch and analyse. Futhermore, I would take notes while watching rather than doing it seperately, inorder to save time and I could focus more on the research.
I selected these people to be my team because one, they are my close friends and I know that they are capable of doing this project. I also know their strengths and thus we can all cover for each other weaknesses. Such as Bagas is skilled in editing and shooting the scenes; Nicho and Bagus were great actors; while my strong point was brainstorming potential ideas for the crime documentary and help finish incomplete blog posts such as a part orf the statement of intent, location scout, and storyboard. Not only that, I also came up with the twist to make the opening documentary more engaging to the audience. Problems that we encounter was that we kept delaying to film because we were all busy with many assignments and projects from other subjects. This then made us feel rushed at the end of week 7 and 8 and I felt slightly overwhelmed. The solution to resolve this was to delegate each blog posts to a team member to lighten up the burden. Then at the end, I copy their blog posts and paste it to mines and state how I contributed in the self reflection. Next time, I would like to start encouraging my team to start filming as early as possible to get feedback early on (from my teacher and my friends) so that the end result would be the best version and we all wouldn't feel as overburdened by the unfinished tasks.
Research into documentary openings of the same genre
W4
W3
5 August
Plan
5
Statement of Intent
Plan for the product
W4
6
Storyboard
Scene by scene storyboard
W5
7
Location Scout & Risk Assessment
Possible shooting locations, risk assessment table
W5
W4
12 August
W5
19 August
Production
Produce
8
Behind the Scenes
Images of the shoot
W8
9
Social Media (Research & Development)
Research into similar social media pages. Development of own ideas.
W9
10
Thumbnail (Research & Development)
Research into similar thumbnails. Development of own ideas.
W9
W6
26 August
W7
2 September
Post Production
Edit/Reflection
10
Editing Process
How did you edit? Challenges, solutions
W9
11
Self Reflection
Self Reflection Essay
W9
W8
9 September
Edit
W9
16 September
Submission
12
Final
Final doc, social media page, thumbnail
W9
Week 1
During the first week of school, I got introduced on this year's syllabus.
Week 2
On this week, I researched and anlayse the camera, mise-en-scene, sound, and edit used in crime documentaries. I watched a video of how to create suspense and tension in cinematography (utlize stakes, time and uncertainty). By learning these knowledge, I could then apply them to making my project (producing the opening for a crime docummentary) so that my end result would be suspenseful and intriguing for the audience.
Week 3
Me and my team started to work on the statement of intent. At first, we didn't know what sub-genre of crime documentary we are planning to make but after some futher discussion, we decided on a romance at the begining and then become a murder crime scene for the twist.
To-do list
1) Finish Statement of Intent
2) Watch more openings of crime documentaries
Week 4
I was absent on this day so I ask my friends what we did this week to refresh my memory.
This week I create storyboad, script, and location scout blog posts. My teacher wasn't in class because he had to attend a meeting but even so, me and my team continued to do our work. We need to start our storyboard to get the main ideas of the crime documentary. We will have to start recording soon and take practice shoots so my teacher can give me feedback. Finally, me and my team divide ourselves to do different tasks to save all of us time.
To do list:
+ Start filming
+ Finish the Script
+ Start on the storyboard
Week 5
This week my teacher tasked us to create a filming schedule for our blogs.
To-do list:
+ Finish filming
+ Finish script
+ Start on storyboard
Week 6
My Teacher introduced us to the critical self reflection for our project, he gave me guidelines and I took note on how to answer the questions.
To-do list:
+ Finish filming
+ Finish script
+ Start on storyboard
Week 7
My teacher gave me and my team feedback on the shortclip during the editing process. Also my teacher, told us to start our thumbnail research and development which Bagus is in charge of it.
To-do list:
+ Finish filming
+ Finish script
+ Start thumbnail research
Week 8
This week we only had project lessons to finish up our project. During this time, me and my team asked as much feedback as possible to finalize it and make it the best version as we can before it is due.
To-do list:
+ Complete all unfinished blog posts (behind the scenes, editing, thumbnail research + development, critical reflection, and final documentary.
Self Reflection:
The weekly progress blog helped me to stay organized throughout creating the crime documentary. It includes a to-do list to keep me focus on the upcoming tasks so that I'm up to date. Not only this, it also serves as a summary of what I did each week and how its useful for my project. Such as I got feedback from my teacher about what to improve on and me and my team fixed it. I develeoped my time management skill sover time so that I'm not overwhelemed with pilling assignments and a skill of recalling information. I also then encountered many probelms like me being absent for a day or 2 and had no idea what I did for the week. To overcome this, I asked my friends what they did and typed it down in the blog.
