Overall, my experience with TV2 has had it’s ups and downs. At times I’ve felt quite enthusiastic and invested in the documentary, and other times I’ve felt completely detached from it and I just wanted it to be over. I was thinking about my experiences with TV1 and TV2 and I was considering which I’d [...]

I was quite eager to see what the Cheerleader group had to present this week. I’m kind of a fan of their project because I find their central character so fascinating (besides the fact that I know her peripherally). I enjoyed their rough cut quite a bit, and it flowed so well. They didn’t need [...]

The editing sessions with Tom were actually the easiest part. Before this, I found that was having to force myself to feel enthusiastic about the subject. I felt like my levels of interest rose significantly during the editing process. Perhaps I was a little disinterested in the latter stages of pre-production because I couldn’t see [...]

One issue that Tom and I have encountered post-filming is the idea of subtitles. Initially, I was all for subtitles. When we were interviewing Tseker I couldn’t really understand everythig that he was saying because he has a rather thick accent. I was worried that it would somehow be a distraction and that people would [...]

The actual filming of our interview with Tseker was a comedy of errors. Firstly, we’d decided to film it in studio 2, so we had to find an appropriate background. We were thinking a white backdrop would be best because we thought there’d be a great contrast between Tseker’s skin and the bright background. We [...]

I am aware that Tom and I might come across as somewhat gnarly to the rest of the class. I am also aware that we aren’t really that involved with what the rest of the class is doing- we’re sort of just doing our own thing. I’m worried that from the outside, it may look [...]

The part of our documentary that I’m probably engaged the most with is the ‘dreamscapes’, or as Tom and I have been calling it, the ‘images’. I’m still not 100% what the images will be specifically, but I definitely have an idea about the mood I want them to convey. I’ve always dodged directly answering [...]

The dreamscapes (a term we’ve appropriated from Errol Morris) are as crucial in our film as the interview with Tseker. They will provide our film with lustre and serve as a means of enhancing particular elements of Tseker’s story, but will also serve as a creative vehicle for our team as filmmakers, which ties in [...]

We have had to consider how we’ll film these close-ups quite meticulously. The first factor that we’ve had to take into consideration from a logistical point of view is the colour of Tseker’s skin and how it will look on camera. Seeming that his skin is dark, we’ve opted for a light background, which will [...]