Planning

Interview/Doc planning

Task 1: Preliminary Research

• Source archive and stock footage from youtube for montage
• Conduct research into what exiting opinions and investigations have been done into your topic (Vox Pops)
• Facts and stats

Conclusion - how will this affect the questions you ask?

Task 2: Background Research

Look into the credibility and background of your contributor, annotate how can you factor this into your questions

Task 3: Proposal & Questions

Having had your Interviews Format and Topic agreed complete your full proposal for your interviews ready to be signed off/agreed by the Commissioning Editor of Factual Programming (Me)

Include:

• Format of your production (doc, news, studio, panel)
• Outline of your interview proposal/question 
• Who your expert will be (name, job/role and contact details)
• What they will be able to contribute/opinion/expert or specialist knowledge & experience
• Locations that will establish the credibility/relevance of the contributor
• A summary of research into the subject matter - stats and facts, previous studies/docs etc
• 10 proposed questions based on your research for your contributor

Annotate your 10 questions into a structure and comment on why you will use open or closed

Task 4: Contact (Building Rapport, Courtesy email)

Contact your contributor by telephone (record this by playing the conversation on speakerphone and have another phone record the vocal memo or use the camera) This will go onto your portfolio

• Introduce your topic/format and student non-broadcast project
• Why you think they would be suitable
• Agree availability of time, date and place
• Follow up with courtesy email with your 10 questions & release form.
• If you get any resistance remind them that they will have the right of editorial (over final edit)

Lucy, Melissa, Michelle Preproduction Paperwork to produce 1 segment

*Producer  

+Director  

-D.O.P.

·    Journalist/production log Update the log showing changes you have made to your film and why.

·    +Script of your segment introduction (V/O), link to interview & wind up in correct format

·    - Detailed storyboard, including camera shots/angle/movement and editing/sound and lighting of your segment, including introduction and presentation for BBC3 doc-format.

·    *Produce an equipment list detailing which equipment you will need, where you will get it from etc (cameras, lighting, sound etc).

·    *Location information – carry out a recce on your planned locations. Include detailed information of this and add photos. This should include health and safety information and a risk assessment.

·    *Production schedule – this should include realistic deadlines and time scales of when all activities will take place.

·    *Call Sheets – produce for each day of filming.

·    +Contingency plans – produce back up plans which explain what will happen if your locations/actors etc are not available.

·    *Budgets Outline your finances and the cost of each item you will need to pay for.

·    +Personnel Outline the personnel you will need and their job roles – include your contributor’s background research and contact & release form