DOCUMENTARY UNIT: IDEAS LAB

The second part of today was a bout brainstorming and getting feedback on our idea thus far.

Here is an article I just found about the statistical increase in recent years of concussion, however I would look at this and say that It could just be because of people being unaware of the issues. This is one of the main issues we would like to focus on in our Documentary:

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/feb/11/rugby-concussion-tripled-three-years

As far as ideas and structure for our project goes:

Interviewees:

• Director of rugby at Sevenoaks Rugby club Roger McKerlie 
• 1 of 3 physio's who work at the club
• Someone who has had first hand experience with concussion

Footage:

• General rugby footage
• Use of Go Pro as ref cam and on a scrum machine to show effects of a rugby hit. 
• Interview footage (and their surroundings during the interview

We will hopefully be working from one persons story about first hand concussion, and then have views from the other people interviewed.


I would also really like to campaign for the use of a DSLR in our shoot, as I think I will be doing a considerable amount of the shooting. There are certain reasons why I feel it would be more appropriate than the Sony: 

1. I'm more use to it as a camera.
2. It is much more mobile and I think this would be an advantage especially for use on Rugby footage and for general getting around. 
3. It's much much better quality and I prefer that as I would like to produce things that are powerful, but also striking in the way they look.
4. There is more versatility in terms of lens use, as I myself have a Canon with lenses as well as the lens on the 7D.

I have been looking into slow motion and the use of the programme 'Twixtor' to create this effect, as I believe this would be a good way to go when taking footage of action sports. However this is all still in the pipeline and I will continue to work on ideas and developments as we go along.