10/10/2010
Evaluation
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
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Question 2
How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?
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Question 3
What have you learned from your audience feedback?
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Genre analysis
Themes
- Crime
- Murder
- Religion
- violence
- Gothic
- Morality
Narrative structure
The narrative structure in the devil made me do it is both linear and circular. The narrative is linear because the events are shown in a chronological order however it is shown as circular because of the opening sequence where it talks about the murder of the nun and when it happened followed to why it happened as well as motives for it when they go back to before the event happened. The narrative structure goes from The girls planning the murder, admitting to the murder and then the outcome and sentencing and finally returning to normality.
Camera work
Because there are no visual accounts of the murder in the documentary the editing and camera work have to make up for this when describing what happened. It uses a lot of shots of crosses when talking about the night it happened they use a low angled shot of the cross in the church to make Jesus look superior to everyone including the nun. To add more effect to the police officers they show them in both high and low angled shots. High angles are used when they are talking about the night after it happened, when the police have no idea who did it. this makes them look helpless as they are trying to look for the murderers. High angles are used when they find out who did it, this makes them look superior to have solved the murder. many of these types of angles are used when Marilyn Manson is talking as well. low angles are used to make him look important and powerful when first talking about his concerts whereas low angles are used to make him look guilty when he is being blamed for the murder. As well as this many talking head shots are used as much of the documentary is made up of interviews, giving a clear shot of who it is as well as being able to see what it going on in the background (Marilyn was shown in his concert dressing room which is relevant to the documentary as it is about how the music and concerts effected them). Many hand held shots are used to make it seem as if we are actually there even though no actual shots of the night is shown. Long shots of CCTV footage is used to add effect to the investigative style of the documentary.
Mise-en-scene
Costume and makeup- The majority of the outfits in the devil made me do it are Gothic, this links in the accusation that Marylin Manson was partly to blame, As if many people copy the way he acts then that must mean they copy the way he is, and in his concerts much of this is inappropriate according the the police and observers that aren't fans.
Lighting- The clips of the murder scene are shot at night, in dull streetlamp lighting, this creates tension and makes the audience feel as if they were actually there on the night of the murder. The contrast of the bright but artificial lighting that Manson is shown is makes the audience think if he is actually guilty of the claim, as it is the opposite to his style of black and Gothic clothing and makeup.
props- the props are used to give a religious presence, crosses and statues of Christ are used to link into the nun that was murdered.
Sound
Because there are no visual accounts of the murder, sound and still pictures are used instead. Shocking the audience they use sounds of knives and stones (items that were used to kill the nun) along with hand held camera work of the murder scene. combined these give a realistic account of what happened. before as well as after the murder scene more Non-diegetic sounds were used including a telephone ringing, a heartbeat and people screaming. The dark Gothic music that only the audience hears is another form of this. The two main themes here are in contrast as the dark Gothic music is challenged by the harmonious choir at the start of the documentary. Diegetic sound that is heard are mainly the interviewees dialogue. Another diegetic sound is the what was live Marylin Manson concert music.
Editing
The editing of the documentary always matches the content. This means that when the audience is meant to feel sorry or a sense of passion for the people in the documentary the editing is slow creating emotion. where as when the audience is meant to feel tension or confusion the editing is fast for example Marylin Manson's concerts. Cut aways are used in the documentary for when there are no visual accounts. The do this when they are describing the night of the murder for example, as they cut away to a cross or another significant religious item. As well as this they use cut aways to reconstructions leading up to the murder to make the audience feel like they are actually there. Other editing techniques are used to make it seem like we can see it through the nuns point of view or that were there at the time of the murder such as shot-reverse-shot and match on action.
Archive material
Some examples of archive material that is used are the news clips from after the murder happened, these are used at the start of the documentary describing the murder and makes the audience see it from the police's point of view. CCTV footage is used in scenes that are meant to create tension as well as trial footage which makes the audience consider whether Marylin Manson is in fact partially guilty in the murder and evolves their opinion of the girls who murdered the nun. Music videos and concert footage of Marylin Manson effects their view of him as some of the footage they show may be seen to the audience as shocking from some of the things he does in them. Many of these clips are reused, for example the shot of the murder scene is used several times when the narrator is talking about the scene. Clips from things such as the nuns funeral are to add drama and emotion to the documentary.
Graphics
not many graphics are used in the documentary the devil made me do it. the only graphics used are the ones in the title sequence as well as names places and dates.
The meth epidemic
Themes
- Drugs
- Crime
- Abuse
- Addiction
Narrative structure
This documentary has two structures to it; first a linear structure with the story being told from the start of the meth epidemic right through to the end. Second the meth epidemic has a parallel structure as all the stories told in the documentary about people who abuse/sold the drug are all linked together by the Crystal meth.
Camera Work
During the documentary the interviewees are shown in a lot of talking head shots, these ensure the audience knows who this person is, for example a police man was shot inside a police station. A lot of the footage used in the documentary was not the productions own camera work, these included CCTV footage from the police showing the drug dealers cooking the meth. it also uses things such as footage of when the police are making the arrests or raiding houses. Many close ups have been used to focus in on the drug when an interviewer is talking about it, this keeps the audiences attention by cutting up the interview into different visual images. over all the documentary has a clean finish as there is a lot of static camera work being used.
Mise-en-scene
During the documentary the lighting is used to create a sense of good and evil. whenever a police man or investigator is shown they are seen in natural bright light creating the good side. where as when ever anyone associated with the drug is shown the lighting is always dull especially during archive material with then creates the evil side. Props such as pill bottles are shown when the documentary is trying to take a dramatic turn, this is meant to shock the audience. as well as this pictures of family's breaking apart are also used to create an emotive effect on the audience.
Sound
The meth epidemic uses sound to ensure it creates specific emotions that the producers wanted it to create. for example it uses depressing non-diegetic music when a past user of the drug is talking about their experiences with it. However It also uses positive more faster paced music when they want to add hope or when the addicts talk about them being clean of the drug. All the sound in the documentary matches the on screen content perfectly for example police sirens when the police are raiding the houses/meth labs.
Editing
During this documentary the pace of the editing matches the content. during shots of raids/arrests the hand held camera and fast editing makes the audience feel like they are there at the actual scene. whereas to create emotion the slow editing and static camera are used when they are talking about things such as loosing children. to emphasise this story one of the last shots is a clip of images of her family on the floor and the wind blowing them away, this then fades to black. It is trying to make the audience feel a sense of compassion for the woman as it represents her children and the past life she had before the drug fading away.
Archive material
There is a lot of archive material used in this documentary, many of these are police reports of the meth epidemic as it was happening, as well as the story's on the previous meth users. it shows the users over a long period of time from when they first got arrested to one of their latest times they were arrested for using the drug.
Graphics
The main use of graphics in this documentary are for the title and the names shown under the talking head shots. another use of graphics is for the charts that are shown. these represent the trends of the meth epidemic Specifically the peaks and troughs of the meth consumption in America at the time and is referenced to a lot during the documentary.
Loose change
Themes
- Government
- conspiracy theories
- c9/11
- politics
- crime
Narrative structure
This documentary doesn't have a specific structure as it is based on facts that are brought together leading to one event. it moves from several stories leading up to the event, then to the event and then back giving more facts. It could be classed as a linear structure as the documentary goes through most facts in chronological order building up to the event. but this documentary goes back in time to give more evidence many times therefore does not have a complete linear structure.
Camera work
There isn't much camera work used in loose change as it is mainly archive material and the documents are shown in more of a slide show style. During the clips showing the actual events most of it is hand held as the public have been filming it. however shots from CCTV and other sources are also used giving a wide shot of the actual event. during these, close ups are used to give little details of evidence that viewers might have missed. During interviews loose change once again uses talking head shots.
Mise-en-scene
there is not a lot of mise-en-scene that can be shown in loose change as the majority of the documentary is still images showing documents that are used as evidence. However it uses light to highlight parts of the documents that the audience needs to focus on to get the full idea of that the narrator is talking about.
Sound
The drums and piano at the start of the documentary builds tension and matches the pace of the narrator when describing the documentary. the main sound is the narrators voice who is heard all the way through. as well as the narrators voice, so the audience have someone to look at and keep their interest, they also use interviewers this is so the audience doesn't get bored of looking at still images. We also hear things such as telephone or radio conversations during the actual event. the only diegetic sounds that are used at the planes hitting the world trade centre during the public's footage.
Editing
Because there is so much to take in during loose change and a lot is hard to keep track of at first, detailed editing would just distract the audience of the actual information given, therefore only simple editing styles such as cuts and cross fades are used. This keeps the audience interested as well as up to date and not confused with the evidence that's given at the time.
Archive material
Loose change is based completely on archive material. The clips shown are from newspapers, websites, still images and privet documents. Radio transmissions and telephone calls from planes etc are also heard on the documentary. These are shown in front of graphics of things such as a voice detector to keep the audience's attention whilst listening. Footage from the public as well as CCTV is used to back up the directors claims as he has used close ups to point out little details that can be used at evidence.
Graphics
Many graphics are used in this documentary. Dates, names, places and times are shown in a typewriter font to give the effect that it is a secret document. Reconstructions are the main example of the graphics that are used, They show what was meant to have happened in the situations as well as what would have actually happened if this were true (e.g a plane crashing is shown, he suggests that it would have left a bigger destruction site and reconstructs what he thinks it would have actually looked like if it did happen). He uses things such as a target sign to show explosive points in the tower when it is collapsing to make the audience focus in on that point. as well as this he uses highlighters to focus us in on parts of documents we should be looking at and dulls the rest making our attention go directly to that point.
Grizzly man
Themes
- Danger
- Wildlife
- Bears
- Challenges
Narrative structure
This documentaries narrative could be classes as linear or circular. We can class it as circular as throughout the documentary it returns to when Timothy Treadwell died alongside his girlfriend Amie Huguenard whilst the interviews are being show. However it can also be classed as linear as it shows the footage of timothy which he filmed himself in order as the days went along.
camera work
Most of the camera work which is seen on the documentary was filmed by timothy himself during the time he was out on his expeditions. Although it is filmed by himself he still considers where he is talking on the shot creating a talking head however he also talks into the camera which is unconventional for a documentary. close ups and full shots are used to see the bears in detail or to show them in their dailey lives e.g fighting.
Mise-en-scene
Throughout the documentary mise-en-scene is carefully considered when it came to both interviews aswell as when timothy was talking in his video diary. Examples of these are when timothy is talking about the bears fighting and he has carefully positioned himself infront of the camera so that you can still see the bears fighting behind him. another is when the helecopter piolet is talking about finding the bear that killed timothy and his girlfriend and when he flew back over there, a helecopter was placed in the background.
sound
Most of the music used in the documentary was slow emotive music so that the audience would sympathise with the interviewees who have some relation to timothy. A voice over was heard along with the interviewees and timothy on his video diary. some of the questions could be heard that the interviewer was asking This person was the person doing the voiceover also.
editing
During Grizzly Man there are not many different types of editing techniques used however there are long shots used which have been filmed by timothy when he is recording his video diary. aswell as this fades are used between the interviews and some of the footage that timothy has recorded. jump cuts are also used between interviews and the video diary
archive material
The documentary grizzly man focuses heavely on archive footage that timothy treadwell filmed during his video diarys of his days out with the bears. Other sources of archive material are tose of when he was back in his home town talking in schools about his experiences etc.
graphics
Not many graphics are used throughout the documentary grizzly man the graphics which were used were mainly the white bold titles and when it introcuced people which were being interviewed in the documenary.
Comparison of two documentaries - The Trial of Amanda Knox and The Last American Freak Show
The two documentaries i have decided to compare are the trial of Amanda Knox and the last American freak show. The trial of Amanda Knox is a crime documentary where as the last American freak show is more investigating into the lives of the people there.
The main themes in the two documentaries are crime, drugs and murder in the trial of Amanda Knox, reflecting on why it happened and what the results from this were and in the last American freak show is disability, how they cope with being put on show voluntarily. The circular narrative in the first documentary presents the audience with the murder first then goes back to investigate what happens. The last American freak show is different to this, here it has a linear structure for the narrative where you discover how the freak show started and it tells their story from the beginning.
The camera work in both documentaries have their many similarities as well as differences. Both have clips from events whether it be a police camera going into the scene of the crime showing visual accounts of what the murder scene looked like when they actually found the body to one of the first shows that the freak show actually performed. Both have clips from before the event, The trial of Amanda Knox shows clips and images of the murder victim, and the three suspects before it happened. They did this via Facebook videos and images as well as youtube footage that the suspects have uploaded themselves. The last American freak show shows footage of the performers before they became part of the act for example childhood competitions where one of the participants learnt what she now uses in her act. In the trial of Amanda Knox they use many hand held cameras to re trace the murderers footsteps, reenacting what they believed happened. They often show the people on trial in high angled shots making them look vulnerable whereas many low angle shots are used in the freak show to make them look superior as the main aim of the documentary is to show that they are exactly the same as other people and they shouldn't be ashamed of their disabilities. There are many talking head shots used when interviewing either police/experts in first documentary and the participants/audience in the second. Both use points of view shots either from the suspects or the participants in the freak show, this shows the audience what they see the situation like.
The archive material used in the first documentary is mainly from the crime scene itself. It uses trial footage as well as police reports of the suspects. It shows news footage of the murder victim and personal pictures/videos from all of the people involved. The second documentary only has archive material from personal videos of the past, showing what the participants were like before they got involved.
In the last American freak show it uses a lot of makeup and costumes to emphasise what they are trying to show whereas uniforms from police etc are the only ones we see in the first documentary.
The sound in the documentaries uses a lot of diagetic audio clips to match the visuals for example using police sirens in the background noise for the murder scene. They don't use a lot of actual music in the first documentary however in the second they use it to play on emotions, whether it be the happy, energetic music when they are actually performing to the more slow paced music when they are thinking about the past. The editing in the documentaries both show fast pace when either talking about the murder scene/trials or the shows and slow paced when talking about the victim/events in the past. Both paces of editing in the documentaries match the content.
The only graphics used in both documentaries are at the start of the documentary or at the end, showing the titles and end credits.
Brainstorming ideas
Our first 10 ideas were:
- Shopping
- Diet/Exercise
- Beauty products
- Dance
- Sports
- Public Transport
- Teaching
- Warrington/North West
- Hairdressing
- Wild Animals/Zoo's
Our top 3 ideas were
- Sports
- Teaching
- Beauty products
The original idea we had for the sports documentary was to explore the different sports in Warrington schools and colleges as well as the official Warrington team for things such as rugby. We were going to focus on more alternative sports such as Free running/Parkour and Rowing. During brainstorming this idea we also decided we would combine Diet/Exercise and dance into the sporting category as well considering that dieting is a big part of sport as well as dancing being another form of alternative exercise.
Idea that was combined-
For the teaching documentary we decided to focus on opinions of students and teachers as well as looking into PTA meetings. we thought we could look at the different teaching age range from newly trained teachers to them that have been teaching for many years. we thought interviewing the head teacher as well as parents of the students would benefit the documentary.
This would be aired on BBC 2 and 6AM
Whilst brainstorming the Beauty products idea we thought that interviewing experts and members of the public on their favourite brand/beauty product would be a good idea as well as getting volunteers to test a highly rated product for a week to see if they had any real effects. we could also research into stores such as boots and superdrug who sell these type of products and have their own beauty consultants.
This would be aired on channel 4 at 8PM
Target audience research
1. Male ___ Female ___
2. Under 16 ___ 16 – 20 ___ 21 + ___
3. What is your favourite television channel?
BBC1 ___ BBC2 ___ ITV1 ___ Channel 4 ___ Five
Other …………………………..
4. What time do you normally watch television?
Before 4pm ___ 4 – 6pm ___ 6 – 8pm ___ 8 – 10pm ___ After 10pm ___
5. How often do you watch documentaries?
Regularly ___ Weekly ___ Every few weeks ___ Once a month ___ Yearly ___ Never ___
Other …………………………..
6. Do you exercise?
Yes ___ No
7. How often do you exercise?
Daily ___ Once a week ___ Less than once a week ___ Never ___ Other …………………………..
8. What do you do to exercise?
…………………………………………………………………
9. Would you be interested in alternative sports?
Yes ___ No ___ Maybe ___
10. Are you aware of the concept of Free Running/Parkour?
Very well ___ Well ___ Slightly ___ Not sure ___ Not at all ___
11. Would you be interested to learn about it?
Yes ___ No ___ Maybe ___
12. Do you or anyone you know participate in this?
Yourself ___ Family ___ Friend ___ None ___
This pie chart shows the gender of the people we asked for the questionnaire. it is important to ask both genders to get reliable feedback from them so that isn't biased towards one gender. the pie chart shows that 17 males participated and 13 females.
This pie chart shows us the different ages which were chosen to be asked in the questionnaires, it is important to know the age of the person as it allows us to pick our target audience. 21 out of 30 were filled in by 16-20 year old's, this therefore is the target audience we have chosen to pick. To generalise our research 2 under 16's have answered our questionnaire and 7 people who are over 21. This therefore allows us to also see what the older population thinks of our documentary subject.
This question is important to know exactly which channel to schedule our documentary on. from the pie chart you can see that 4 people preferred BBC1, 3 people chose BBC2, 6 people chose ITV1, 9 people chose Channel 4, 1 person chose Channel 5 and 7 people chose others such as Dave or E4. These results also linked into the results of the next question as we found that the majority of people watching channel 4 (the highest chosen channel) and E4 another popular channel was during the time when the majority of people watched TV (8-10pm) this helped us decide when we would schedule the programme as well as what channel.
This was important to find out how many times each age range watched documentaries, we found the results were - 7 people watched them regularly, 10 people watched them weekly, 5 people watched them every few weeks, 4 people said they normally watch them once a month and 5 people said they watch them yearly. The majority of people who said they watch them regularly/weekly were between 16-21 therefore this is our target audience.
This was an important question as it told us if doing a documentary about exercise/sport was a good idea. the results showed that 22 people exercised compared to 8 that didn't. this showed that the majority of people who did exercise may be interested in this topic of documentary.
This question showed us how active the people who exercised were. the results were- 10 people exercised daily, 5 exercised once a week, 3 people exercised once a week, 8 people never exercised and 4 people said they didn't have a specific amount of times they exercised in a week.
This pie chart showed us how the people who exercise do this. it was important to ask this question as it gives us an idea of the types of people that would be interested in this documentary for example it uses a lot of gymnastics and running therefore people who do gymnastics as well as running/jogging may find this documentary interesting. the results were- 5 people run, 2 people jog, 3 people swim 8 people walk, 1 person does gymnastics, 3 people use the treadmill as well as the 8 in the questionnaires that don't do exercise.
This question was vital to see if the chosen topic for the documentary was a good choice. Free running is seen as an alternative sport or way to exercise this meant that if a lot of people were keen on the idea of alternative sports then we could appeal the documentary to them. the pie chart shows that 14 people said they would be interested (the highest number), 6 people said they wouldn't be (all of these were the people that said they didn't exercise) and 10 people said they would maybe consider it (including the other 2 people who said they didn't exercise).
Initial plans
Brainstorm of content for documentary
Having thought about all the different alternative sports we could choose from, we have decided to do our documentary on one of the sections on the above mind map; Free running. we chose this because it is an alternative sport that is not very well known, so a documentary on this could investigate elements such as the training, possible injuries that could be caused and the safety that is required. we thought about who we could interview and decided ton attempting to interview experts as well as members of free running teams and the trainers. one idea was to follow or shadow one of the members to gain a true insight into this alternative sport.
This would be aired on channel 4 at 8PM
Our idea for the documentary-
Formal proposal
Topic
the topic of our documentary will be alternative sports focusing on free running. We chose to do this topic as it is relevant to our age group and is becoming more popular in the recent years. There is not much familiarity with the sport currently therefore we feel that informing people on this topic would increase awareness and hence forth increasing popularity in all age groups.
Type of documentary
It will be an investigative documentary as our genre analysis research allowed us to realise that most documentaries were of an investigative form. We will investigate what Free Running is and where it started. We will include interviews with experts, trainers and the athletes themselves. Therefore it will also be a mixed documentary as it will include interviews, voice overs and observations of the sport.
Style of documentary
The style of the documentary we are planning to create will be informal due to the fact that we are aiming it at teenagers and the people who participate in the sport are of the same age group. The editing will be fast paced and clean cut due to the sport being energetic, therefore, the editing will match the content of the documentary.
Channel and scheduling
The channel for the documentary will be Channel 4. This is because our target audience research, the majority of our target audience said that their favourite channel was Channel 4 above any others. The programme will be aired between 8pm and 10pm as this was when the majority of people, from all age groups, watch television, as we found out from our questionnaire results.
Target audience
As briefly mentioned, the target audience will be both males and females aged between 16 and 20. This is due to Free Running appealing to mainly people of this age group. however, the documentary may also be watched by people of older age groups.
Primary research needed
Our primary research includes giving a questionnaire, related to the subject of alternative sports, to groups of people of all ages allowing us to determine a target audience, channel and schedule. As well as this, other research includes interviews with our target audience.
Secondary research needed
We will use information from Free running websites, such as www.urbanfreeflow.com , to gain more knowledge of the subject including different levels and competitions as well as stunts and movements performed. We will also research into the differences between Free Running and Parkour.
Narrative structure
The narrative structure will be linear. It will begin with a voice over explaining some main facts about Free Running and where it started. The images will be archive footage of Sébastien Foucan and other Free Running groups performing tricks. The middle will focus on public opinions and interviews with the experts, trainers and athletes. The end of the documentary will investigate how free running is becoming a new alternative sport of the future, appealing to the younger, athletic audience.
Outline of content
The beginning of the documentary will focus on the evaluation of Free Running from where it started with Parkour to how it is seen today. It will include interviews with participants of the sport as well as public opinions and hopefully interviews with the police and what they think about the sport, does it disturb local residents? Is it classed as vandalism? The next section will be filmed in the gym (popular for young Free Runners) focusing on the training needed to be able to perform certain sports. It will talk about safety and how because it is constantly younger generation starting, the safety aspects of the sport have increased with only being able to train in the gym, under the surveillance of an instructor until they reach a certain level and are able to train outside. The end of the five minute section we are filming will be centered around the aspect of Free Running becoming a new and popular alternative sport for the younger generation.
Resource requirements
- Camera
- Microphone
- Permit to film in the gym and training
- Archive footage of Free Running clips
- voice recorder
- Editing equiptment
Research for documentary
What is Free Running?
Free Running is a form of urban acrobatics that is performed outside. Free runners use structures in the city or rural landscapes to create their movements. through combining moves from Parkour and other acrobatics and stunts, an energetic and pleasing way of moving is created. It can be practiced either in gyms or outside in urban areas where there are many obstacles that can be used. Although there are some similarities between Free Running and Parkour, they are two separate sports with Parkour being heavily disciplined and Free Running explores the freedom of movement. However, it is obvious that free running was inspired by Parkour.
Who created Free Running?
Sébastien Foucan was the creator of Free Running. He defines Free Running as "discipline to self development, following your own way." He created Free Running as he felt that Parkour was too disciplined lacking creativity and self expression. He has appeared in the James Bond film, Casino Royale, performing Free Running stunts at the beginning of the film.
What movements are included?
Specific Free Running movements are difficult to identify as they are a combination of Parkour movements and street stunts. Street stunts are performed off a high level building or wall or on flat surfaces depending on where it is being practiced. Free Running focuses on the freedom to move and make it look graceful involving movements off obstacles, moving from one place to another. There is no limit to the moves that a Free Runner can perform and the interpretation of the movement can change too depending on the person who is observing.
Some basic movements which are associated with Free Running rather than Parkour include:
- Reverse Kong Vault - Instead of vaulting over a railing with a Monkey Vault, which may be the most efficient way, the athlete adds a 360 degree spin along the horizontal axis to make the movement more aesthetically pleasing, as well as increasing their coordination.
- Diving Frontflip/ Eagle Flip - A frontflip is executed over a wall or other obstacle, usually with a large drop on the other side. It is referred to as a diving frontflip (or dive front) because the athlete is required to dive over the obstacle before initiation the tuck.
- 360 Wallrun - This is similar to the Wallrun in Parkour, in which the athlete runs at a tall wall and pushes against the wall with their foot to propel themselves up the wall. The only difference between this movement and the 360 Wallrun is that the 360 degree spin is carried out after kicking opp the wall and before grabbing the top of the wall.
- Wall Spin - This is an advanced form of the Palm Spin. The athlete runs to a wall, jumps places both hands on the wall, and vertically rotates 360 degrees while remaining in contact with the wall. Pushing off with one hand helps the rotation.
- Wing Spin - This is basically a one handed wall spin. The non-contact hand and arm is spread away from the wall, much like a wing.
- Wall Flip - The athlete runs to a wall, places a foot on it, and does a back flip off the wall.
- Broken Arm Spin - This is a wall spin in which the athlete rotates around the top arm, or arm closest to the wall. Essentially a Wing Spin done with the opposite arm rotating in a backwards motion rather than a forward one.
For videos of the above movements and more information, visit http://www.urbanfreeflow.com/
extract taken from http://uk.msn.com/
Object
Parkour aims for speed and efficiency. A practitioner of Parkour (traceur for male, traceuse for female) trains to develop skills that will allow them to traverse efficiently and overcome obstacles, urban or rural. A traceur's goal is to move effectively in any situation, which means that Parkour can be readily applied to life-threatening situations
This archive shot shows that Free Running can go wrong and if it does then it can be seriously dangerous. This clip is not very good quality however, so we will probably not be able to use it.
This clip from the ITV show, Britain's Got Talent, was filmed in 2007. Programmes like this as well as films, are contributing to the rise in popularity for Free Running.
TOP GEAR FREE RUNNING RACE:
The BBC programme, Top Gear, is another example of Free Running becoming more popular, especially in the world of media. This extract from a 2006 episode and sees two Free Runners, Danial Ilabaca and John 'Kerbie' Kerr, racing through Liverpool to reach the Liver Building first. The programme shows the Free Runners winning the race, however, according to Free Running Wiki (www.streetstunts.net/wiki), the race did not actually take part and was filmed in sections with the use of crash mats for the Ilabaca and Kerr
DAMIEN WALTERS FOOTAGE:
Damien Walters is a stuntman, gymnastics coach and free runner rom Derby. He has been ranked as 4th best in the world at one point and won the World Championships with the Great Britain tumbling team as well as the European Championships. He first became interested in gymnastic at the age of 4 or 5 meaning he has had about 25 years training. It is suggested that he is currently training for up to 4 hours a day to stay at this high standard. As described in the news report above, it was Walters' 2007 showreel which Jackie Chan's agent saw which started his career as a stuntman.
SEBASTIEN FOUCAN:
This is the clip from Casino Royale, as mentioned before.
This is video is an interview in a documentary style with Sebastien Foucan that is off the UrbanFreeflow.com channel on YouTube. It explains what Free Running/Parkour is and talks to Foucan about what he feels when he performs the movements and teaching people to get into th sport. It is based in Paris where it first began so is very relevant for our topic for the documentary.
Screen shots of the Website where we learned about the different moves
Planning
Final draft of the story board
Interviews
In our documentary we are planning to use two main people to interview. These are going to be a professional free runner who has competed in many championships as well as a free runner who is attempting to become professional. we are also going to quickly interview 5 other members of the public on their views on free running. these are going to be short 5-10 second clips asking simply what is your opinion on the sport.
The two main interviews we are going to conduct are going to be a mixture of outside and inside.
The first interview will take place outside in a typical free running scene. we are planning to have the interviewee on the in the for ground on the left of the shot with the rest of the team training in the background.
Interview questions for the fist interview
- how did you get into the sport?
- What age were you when you first discovered it?
- Who introduced you into the sport?
- Why do you think the sport is increasing in popularity?
The second interview will take place inside Liverpool gym. This is where many famous free running experts go to train; we are planning to interview one of these. The interviewee will once again be in the for ground of the shot on the left with the different levels of people training in the background.
Interview questions for the second interview
- how did you get into the sport?
- How old were you when you started free running professionally?
- What do you think of the younger generations starting free running?
- do you think the sport will grow in popularity now there are more young people taking it on?
Filming
Today was the first day of filming, we went into town to film vox pops. We found 3 16-18 year olds to be filmed talking about free running and their opinions on the sport. After this we went to get footage of the free runners however the wether conditions made it hard to film so we decided to rechedual.
Saturday 23rd October 2010
Today i organised a group free running jam in Warrington town. i met up with the founders of the free running team PKI and filmed a series of wall scales, and tumbles. Due to the weather once again being not a good condition to film in we had to end the filming early.
Monday 25th October 2010
We met in town so that we could film some more vox pops, however unfortunatly we were unable to get a permit to film in Golden Square as there was an event taking place here all week therefore we decieded to go and film in Stockton Heath. In stockton heath we found a police station that handles the issues in just the stockton heath area and managed to speak with a free PCSO about Free Running and the problems it raises in the community. However unfortunately he had never dealt with any problems involving Free Running as most of the free runners stay within the local town and dont normally go to this village therefore he hadnt encountered them. Instead i gave him my details and he said that he would get in touch with the PCSO's in the town centre and get back to us.
Thursday 28th October 2010
Today i organised a group PKI jam (the group of Free runners that our documentary is following). I filmed them training and learning new flips over Warrington, i decided to shadow them and followed them around for the day. I filmed every trick and scale they did as there would be alot of footage to choose from when it came to composing the documentary. I also filmed a series of interviews in different places which included the free runners of different ages/teams; two with PKTwist (the younger Free Runners), one with Chris and one with Rupert (Two of the older Free Runners and founding members of PKI).
Friday 29th October 2010
We both went to one of their outdoor group jam's in Warrington. We staged some flips and other tricks for them to perform and we also filmed them messing around, having fun and doing some tricks that they wanted to do. We followed them again to their favourite places to train starting by Warrington Town Hall and then moving to where MFI used to be. It then started to get dark and was trying to rain so we stopped filming.
Wednesday 3rd November 2010
Tonight we went to Liverpool so that we could get some footage of the Free Runners indoor training at the gym where they train alongside professionals. The session is a gymnastic session where they practice flips on trampolines and into foam pits before attempting to do the tricks outside. They also practice their tumbling moves on the special floor mats that are in the gym. We filmed one of the girls, Zee, practice her tricks as well as getting general footage from the gym with full shots of the whole room with all of the different stunts in the different areas of thegym being shown.
Sunday 21st november
Today emily filmed some more vox pops. she filmed people of different age groups, both male and females to get an opinion which could be generalised for the public. She asked whether they knew about the sport and then what their opinion is of it.
Monday 13th december
Today we filmed some more vox pops to replace most of them which had been filmed earlier. These were for a mixture of reasons; the framing was off on a couple aswell as the answers not being detailed enough or lacking the exiting feel we were trying to aim for. We filmed it against a metal container to get the urban feel which the sport is associated with.