LO4: Shooting Schedule & Shot List

Date	Scene	Description
19th April 2013	Veronica, Mrs Bruno and Amirah’s interview	During this day we filmed Veronica, Mrs. Bruno and Amirah’s responses to the questions for our interview. We used a variety of medium shots and close ups while recording the responses.
3rd May	Mrs Baruchi, Ms Kar and myself	On this day we filmed the responses to our questions from Mrs Baruchi, Ms Kar and myself. We used a medium long shot while filming Mrs Baruchi, medium shot when filming Mrs Kar and a medium long shot for myself.

LO4: Production Log

Date	Activity
11th January 2013	As a group we started off our treatment by answering questions, which were related to our documentary based on ‘arranged marriages’. In our treatment we had to include the locations, the start, middle and end to our documentary, length of the programme and others things.
18th January 2013	We took two weeks completing our treatment and over view. We could only do this much, due to the school closure on this day at 12.30pm.
25th January 2013	During this week we collected pictures for our mood board, relating to our documentary. We completed our mood board by adding pictures that could be used within the exposition of our documentary.
1st February 2013	Last Friday we were completing a paragraph of writing which will be included in the voice over of our documentary. This paragraph for the voice over will appear in the first minute of our exposition.
8th February 2013	We produced an actor agreement, permission slip, risk assessment and budget plan. Palvi was assigned to the diary log, risk assessment was assigned to Hennah and the budget plan was assigned to Gulshan. Once the tasks were completed we sent them to each other therefore we all have copies of the paperwork. By dividing the tasks it was more efficient for our group.
22nd February 2013	Half term holidays
1st March 2013	In this session our group sat down to discuss the structure of our script. We managed to complete the script during this time period.
8th March 2013	During this session we had an internal observation and hence we worked as a group to decide a director. I was nominated as the director for our group and my role was too pitch our idea to our audience and get their feed back. From the feedback given we made additional adjustments to our idea and the codes and conventions we were going to use. We typed up the codes and conventions we were going to use for our programme and gave examples how we were going to use it. Whilst I was doing this, Gulshan and Palvi were being audiences to other groups and collecting more ideas to improve for our factual programme.
15th March 2013	On this day we completed the questions we were going to ask our interviewees and experts, produced a production schedule for the following two weeks and started filming.
5th April 2013	During this lesson we rang local mosques and churches to see if we could arrange Imams and priests who would contribute to our Arranged Marriages documentary. Gulshan and Palvi went to the Spire House to try and arrange a time with a registrar.
12th April 2013	As I was absent this week, Gulshan and Palvi went to Veronica to arrange an appointment for the following week so that we could record her. After this they  completed any outstanding paperwork.
19th April 2013	During this day we filmed Veronica (school counselor), Mrs. Bruno and Amirah (student) for our documentary. We asked Veronica the expert questions and we asked Mrs. Bruno and Amirah the common individual questions. They answered our questions in full depth.
26th April 2013	Today we put all our work onto the Factual Programming template.
3rd May 2013	On this day we recorded Mrs Baruchi, Mrs Kar and my responses to the questions for our documentary use. We then uploaded the files onto the computer and changed the file format so that it would be compatible with Premier Pro.
10th May 2013	Today we began to edit the clips for our documentary. We also used animoto.com to create our own video, which we would use within our production. After this session we had completed the first 2-3 minutes of our production.
17th May 2013	Me an Gulshan continued to edit the work whereas Palvi was working through any outstanding paperwork.
24th may 2013	This day  we updated our production logs and replaced any incomplete work with finished documents.

LO4: Production Meeting

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Production Schedule:

Date	Activity
15/03/2013	During this day we will have completed any outstanding work until date and have started our filming process. We will be filming our experts; Ms Kaur, Mrs Barruchi & Mr Holt, Mr Ali, Mr Ghag and other members of staff that have secure knowledge about marriage and religion.
22/03/2013	During this day we will be filming externally and this will include recording priest, imams, individuals who have experienced an arranged marriage as well as experts from the local registry office.

LO3: Budget Plan

LO3: Recce Photos of Location

LO3: Risk Assessment

LO3: Voiceover & Script

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Narrator:

Do people really understand the meaning of an arranged marriage, or is the media demonizing cultural practices; fearing of what we don’t understand despite 55% of all marriages across the world are arranged.

Arranged marriages have originated from the Victorian times but has time created a misconception about this?

In this episode we will reveal the truth about how easily arranged marriages can be seen as forced.  We will follow the lives of individuals leading lives within an arranged marriage.

[Audio only in sync with collage of images]

Narrator:

Questions for Common Individuals

o   How would you define the term-arranged marriages?

[Interviewee responses]

o   How arranged are arranged marriages?

[Interviewee responses]

o   In your opinion are arranged marriages successful?

[Interviewee responses]

o   What makes an arranged marriage successful?

[Interviewee responses]

o   What issues can be the cause of an unsuccessful arranged marriage?

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o   Would you prefer your parents to help you with decision-making regarding marriage?

[Interviewee responses]

o   How do you feel having an arranged marriage?

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Do factors such as religion and culture affect your choice of partner? If so, how?
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o   Do you think that some individuals interpret the term-arranged marriages as being forced?

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o   Have you experienced any downfall in your arranged marriage?

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o   If you could choose between love and arranged, which one would you choose and why?

[Interviewee responses]

Questions for Experts

o   Do you think that some individuals interpret the term-arranged marriages as being forced?

[Interviewee responses]

o   Do you think arranged marriages produce better relationships in the long run?

[Interviewee responses]

o   Do factors such as religion and culture affect people’s choice of partner? If so, how?

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o   How common are arranged marriages?

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o   Are arranged marriages carefully considered?

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LO3: Interviewee Questions

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Questions for Common Individuals

Define the term-arranged marriages? (Dictionary definition)
What makes a successful marriage? Can arranged marriages do that?
What causes an unsuccessful arranged marriage?
Would you consider an arrange marriage and why?
How does religion and culture affect your choice of partner?
How much say do you have regarding your choice of partner?
Is it old fashioned that parents should still be arranging our marriages?
Can we be trusted to do it on our own?

Questions for Experts

What is an arranged marriage?
Why do arranged marriages produce better relationships?
What factors do you consider when you are arranging a marriage?
How common are arranged marriages?

LO3: Treatment & Overview

Introduction:

Our documentary is based upon arranged marriages within the UK. As a group we decided to make this the topic of our documentary because it is an issue that people are unaware of and can be confused with the term ‘force’ marriage. In modern society, marriages are categorized under two main headings; love or forced. Hence we will be creating this documentary which will allow individuals to understand the term ‘arrange’ properly and hopefully we will clarify that arrange marriages are quite common among different backgrounds.

This documentary show both advantages and disadvantages of arranged marriages so that it is balanced and impartial and will allow the audience to make a final decision. However it will emphasise on the success behind arranged marriages. The question that will hook the audience is: “How arranged are arranged marriages?” This documentary will create a contract with the viewer within the first minute of the documentary because it is based on real life stories; making it more believable as well as making people aware of the situation. Nevertheless it is also quite common amongst most people hence people will be able to involve and attach themselves to the experiences shown to them.

Audience:

The target audience for our documentary is teenagers and mature adults as well as people who are single, married or have gone through a similar phase. Thirteen to fifty year olds is the pitch audience for our documentary because individuals under this age will not be able to view this documentary from a sensible and mature viewpoint and may be interpreted wrongly. Whereas, this type of documentary may not interest individuals above our age range but that does not mean that they are not entitled to watch it.

Some reasons for which our audience will want to watch our documentary, some are as follows:

§  Arranged marriages is a real life issue which people can relate to, hence they will feel interested by it because it will create a sense of belonging for them and will not feel like they are the odd individual. Also if this issue is clarified then it will also make others more confident to speak up about this.

§  Individuals can also learn the benefits of arranged marriages through watching this documentary, as it will hopefully look at people from different cultures and backgrounds that are or have experienced such situations. This is because some religions believe that arranged marriages are more successful and blessed, hence we will be looking at arranged marriages from a balanced viewpoint.

§  Lastly, the purpose of this documentary will also be to remove any false stereotypes and labellings regarding arranged marriages. People usually confuse them self with arranged and forced marriages whereas others see arranged marriages as an embarrassing topic to talk about among friends, therefore this documentary will try to resolve this issue.

Beginning:

During the beginning of the documentary the expositional information that will appear are statistics and facts collected from international sources to strengthen the purpose of this documentary. We will include facts and figures from a large scale, representative bodies and use it is as secondary research within the exposition. Also within the opening of the sequence we will show highlights of interviews from the main documentary are more attention seeking than others, to create impact. Nevertheless there will also be images representing the different types of marriages (love, arranged and forced) so that the audience knows we have focused on other areas too.

The big hook question will also appear within the early minutes of the opening sequence, which will follow the titles and credits.

Climax:

At the point of climax the audience will be confronted with two very bold opinions and arguments, one argument for arranged marriages and the other against. This will confuse the audiences’ thoughts and to clear the air they will have to watch further. Also there will be a different storyline/twist that will show two sides of the same story. The audience will not know which one to support and hence the ending will clarify everything.

End:

In the end we see an emphasis on the positive view on arranged marriages, which will be supported by evidences’ such as statistics, reports and experts in favour of it. By the end of this program the audience can learn the benefits of arranged marriages as well being able to understand the differences between arranged and forced marriages. Our argument will be supported by official statistics, experts as well as individuals who have experienced an arrange marriage. Arrange marriages is common on a worldwide scale however different ethnicities take a different approach to it, therefore it can be seen as negative rather than a positive element to society.

Length of Program:

The program itself will be split into a beginning, middle and end. Each section of the program will appear on screen for the following lengths:

The beginning to our factual program will be 10 minutes long that will include titles, expositions, highlights and snippets of the overall program and the opening to our program. In the opening the audience will be introduced to the main outline of the program through the hook question.

During the middle of the program there will be a variety of elements, varying from interviews, reconstruction and opinions. This part of the program will be approximately 15 minutes long.

Finally at the end of the program we will have a quick summary of an overall conclusion within 5 minutes. The ending will include credits, names, expert opinion and advice as well as a positive outlook, which will answer our big hook question.

Locations, Interviewees:

The list of locations and types of people we are going to interview or include in our factual program are as follows:

We will be filming at Subway/Food Court and any other food shops, this is because most couples or dates take place at café and food shops around lunch times. Hence we will be able to get a representative sample of individuals, which hold different viewpoints. We will also be trying to film people who are in an arranged marriage or have been through a point of an arranged marriage. In reflection to this we will also interviews parents and guardians who will also give their thoughts upon marriages.

The types of experts, which we will try to interview, are SHADOW representatives, religious leaders (for example, priest and imams), staff and students. We will try to film these types of peoples at mosque, churches and other professional buildings.

Nevertheless other people whom we will film are staff and students at Sidney Stringer Academy, Coventry University and City College as these are locations within our reach. Finally, another location would be outside/inside a registry office so that we can see a view on marriages from a different angle.

Open Ended Questions:

1. How arranged do you think arranged marriages be?

2. Describe what type of marriage suits you well?

3. Who would you rely on to help you with decision-making regarding marriage and why?

4. What things do you see in a person, which makes you want to marry them?

5. What things in your marriage make you happy or sad?

6. If you could press a button and change your marriage, how would it change?

7. How would you describe your communication with your partner?

8. Why do you think you have struggled as a couple?

9. How do you feel about your relationship?

LO3: Synopsis

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Synopsis

Our documentary is based on arranged marriages; it will be 9 minutes long. The main purpose of our documentary is to clear the misconception of forced and arranged marriages. Also, individual’s views are going to give my group an idea of how this documentary is going to be put together.  The target audience that this documentary targets is 13 to 50 year olds.  We are going to have a climax in our documentary and this will show both negative and positive sides holding a balanced view.