Research

For our research we have emailed Penny Williams from the guide dog association. She is willing to do the interview and we are now making final arrangements as to where the interview will take place. We then decided to look at the guide dog association website and used google maps to find out its exact location and what it looked like. This helped us make the decision to do the interview and arrange how to get to and from the interview.

Capturing the Beggining Sequence Footagee

Today we captured the footage me and Charlotte filmed yesterday however we experienced problems. The focus on the camera was set to manual therefore some shot where blurred. We will film the shots we can not use again.

Capturing the Filming of the Title Sequence

Me, Charlotte and Ashleigh caputred the footage from yesterday and believe the footage is good and can be used in the documentary.

Research for the documentary - Specsavers Opticians

Today Charlotte received a phone call from Specsavers informing her that the opticians were not willing to take part in out documentary.

Filming - more voxpops

Today me and Charlotte filmed our Vox Pops in Liverpool asking people their favourite/worse, smell, sight, touch, taste and sound.

Filming - Interview with penny williams

Today me and Chalotte filmed the interview with Penny Williams. The mise en scen was hard to get right but Penny provided us with a banner which worked well as a background. We then filmed stock footage to use as cut aways.

Filming - shots for the beginning sequence and capturing

Today me, Charlotte and Ashleigh filmed more clips for the beginning sequence such as hands and nose wrinkling.

Filming - Main Sequence

Today me and Charlotte filmed the cutaways for the beginning sequence. This included shots such as somebody sneezing and listening to music.

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Filming - Capturing The Title Sequence

Today me, Charlotte and Ashleigh took the camera around school and asked people to be in our cutaways for the opening sequence. Shots such as extreme close ups of eyes, ears and a nose where included.

Filming - Capturing Vox Pop Footage

Today me and Ashleigh captured the footage me and Charlotte previously filmed. The footage we got was good and will be used in the documentary.

Filming - Capturing the interviews

Today me, Charlotte and Ashleigh captured the footage me and Charlotte had filmed, including interviews of Margaret Ross and Penny Williams.

Filming - Capturing Margaret and Jim Ross Interview

Today we captured on the computer the interview. however whilst doing this we realised that the framing and mise-en-scen of the interview was not right. the main focus of the interview should have been her eyes therefore the shot we used did not work. We have rescheduled the interview for another time so we can improve.

Filming - Vox pop's

Today me and Charlotte went to film some Vox pops. They include questions such as, favorite and worse, smell, taste, sight, touch and sound. Also while we where out we filmed for our beginning sequence where the camera is hand held and walking down the street for the beginning of our Margaret Ross interview. We decided to shoot two shots to see which we prefer.

Filming - Capturing Margaret + Jim Ross Interview

Today me and Charlotte went to interview Margaret Ross at her house. However Ashleigh could not attend because she was ill. We also filmed the cutaways for the interview and a cutaway for the opening sequence, of stoking a dog.The interview went well and decided to interview Jim Ross, her husband to gain additional opinions. These are the questions we used for Jim ross:

1) How has it affected your life since Margret lost her sight?

2) Do you find it hard to keep on top of housework and activities in your daily life?

3) How is your eye site?

4) Tell me about the help and support you would like to further receive?

Planning - Cut Aways

Margeret Ross interview

• Magnifying glass
• Card
• Writing aid
• Hearing aid
• Glasses
• Talking watch
• Audio books
• Stick
• Signature card
• Family photos

Guide Dog trainers

• Guide dogs training
• Equipment
• Toys
• Treats
• Kennels
• Posters
• Leaflets

Training area

Planning - Story Board

These are the images of the story board we drew for the opening sequence.

Planning - Title

This is our idea for the title

Running Order

Vox pop – ask questions about senses (only show the answers)
20 SECONDS

5 questions about the 5 sense (white writing) Zoom into the 5 senses as the questions appear
20 SECONDS (each sense 4 seconds)

Black background and creative text with features of purple which was the most popular colour & how much do we depend on our senses?
5 SECONDS

Close up of a lot of hands (touch) Voice over introducing topic
4 SECONDS

Medium close up of someone sneezing
4 SECONDS

Extreme close up of eyes (eyes and glasses) track along multiple eyes
4 SECONDS

POV of food
4 SECONDS

Mid shot of someone putting in a hearing
4 SECONDS

POV down street – looking around surroundings, goes black, keep street sound & the interviewee voice
30 SECONDS

Interview with Margret where she tells where she tells us about being blind
1 MINUTE

Blind fold someone showing them getting around a room. Margret’s interview over it telling us how hard it is to be blind and how hard it is to get around.
1 MINUTE

Interview with Lennie and Lyn talking about training guide dogs
2 MINUTE

Guide dog stories in the papers piling on top of each other. Birds eye view. Have a dog come in and sniff the paper.
30 SECONDS

Vox pop of favourite and worst taste
15 SECONDS

Cut to an interview about curry and cut between pictures of the curry as he says it.
1 MINUTE 30 SECONDS

Clip of big brother chilli tasting with voice over about dangers of eating chilli’s and how to cool the taste.
1 MINUTE

Chilli on a chopping board – cutting between chilli being cut until it disappears.
15 SECONDS

The king is dead clip of Dappy unable to use his hands
30 SECONDS

Statistic of “9 out of 30 people said they could live without touch”
4 SECONDS

Blind game with different angles and count down tune
30 SECONDS

Cut between answers
10 SECONDS

Questioning of each person about how hard they found it
2 MINUTES (30 seconds for each person)

Vox pop of sound (favourite or worst)
15 SECONDS

Interview with a drummer
1 MINUTE

Concert footage
15 SECONDS

Film ipods with voice over including statistics (“The most frequent volume of an mp3 player is 75%”). Information about headphones.
30 SECONDS

Close up of hearing aid changing settings
10 SECONDS

Interview with a hearing dog trainer
1 MINUTE

Clip of a hearing dog working with a voice over
1 MINUTE

Vox pop of favourite and worst smell
15 SECONDS

Interview with somebody who works in a sensory garden
1 MINUTE

POV hand held showing sensory garden
1 MINUTE

Guess the smell and interview about game
2 MINUTE

Statistics over the picture of the smell
30 SECONDS

Black background with creative writing
20 SEONCDS

Establishing sensory images with credits over
20 SEONCDS

Research for documentary - Primary - Sketch of the interview with Margeret Ross

Research for documentary - Secondary - Facts and figures

Here is the secondary research i have conducted which we may use in our documentary in the section about sight:

• Worldwide, about 314 million people are visually impaired. Of these, approximately 14% (45 million) are blind.

• Most people (87%) who are visually impaired live in developing countries. In developing countries, cataracts (a cloudy area that forms in the lens of the eye) are responsible for most cases of blindness (48%).

• With the right treatment, about 85% of visual impairment cases are avoidable, and approximately 75% of all blindness can be treated or prevented.

• Due to improved public health, the number of people who become blind after having an infectious disease has fallen over recent years. However, age-related visual impairment is increasing.

• Visual impairment usually affects older people. Globally, women are more at risk than men.

(http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Visual-impairment/Pages/Introduction.aspx)

• The guide dog service costs the guide dog owner a nominal fee of just 50 pence to ensure equality for all in the UK

• There are currently 4,500 working guide dog partnerships in the UK

• The full lifetime cost of a guide dog from birth to retirement is £48,500

(http://www.guidedogs.org.uk/)

Here are some stories in the news about guide dogs which we could use:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7835357/Guide-dogs-being-attacked-by-fighting-pitbull-types.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2539859/Blind-man-refused-guide-dog-because-he-walks-too-slowly.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5897234/Blind-border-collie-gets-his-own-guide-dog.html

Here is some useful information about visual impairment and some examples which we could use:

http://www.kent.gov.uk/adult_social_services/your_social_services/services_and_support/sensory_disabilities/deafblind_information/types_of_visual_impairment.aspx

Here is some information which may be useful with things such as voice overs

• Drink a cup of milk, holding the milk in your mouth for five second intervals. Milk, unlike cold water, has been known to actually subdue the effects of spicy food as opposed to covering up the symptoms for a short period of time.
• Place an ice cube in your mouth. An ice cube is much colder than the ice water people normally reach for when their mouth is hot but an ice cube is colder and lasts for a long time in your mouth.
• Eat a piece of bread. The bread will soak up the chemicals on your tongue that is causing the burning sensation.
• Swish ice water around in your mouth and repeatedly spit it out. The motion of the water on your tongue will help lift the chemicals that create the burning sensation in your mouth. When you spit the water out, you will also be eliminating the chemicals from your mouth.

(http://www.ehow.com/how_4525095_cool-mouth-after-eating-spicy.html)

This website (www.chilliworld.com) features a chilli heat scale (http://www.chilliworld.com/factfile/scoville-scale-of-hot-sauces.asp). There is also some other relevant information featured on the site such as the FAQ page which has many questions and answers about chilli's (http://www.chilliworld.com/factfile/chilli-peppers-FAQ.asp).

Research for Documentary - Primary - Interviews

Interviews:

• Margret Ross (Jess's Grandma) who is both blind and deaf. We will be interviewing her about what it is like being blind and how she manages.
  Margret will be interviewed in her house, sitting in 'her chair' in her living room. This is because this is where Margret is most comfortable.
  
• Lennie and Lyn who train guide dogs. We will be asking them questions such as what they do to train the dogs, how long they have them, how difficult/ rewarding it is.
  We will also be interviewing Lennie and Lyn in their house - as this is where the training takes place.
  (If they are training a dog at the point of the interview then we will film the training of the dogs to use as archive.)
  
• Indian restaurant owner in his restaurant talking about which curry's people order most and which curry they prefer.
  
• Sensory garden worker with the sensory garden as a back ground. We will ask them about what it is like to work in a sensory garden & what qualifications are needs.
  
• People who played the blind fold game at the table they played it on. We will ask them about the task and how they found it.
  
• Interview with Margret Wright about being deaf. The location of her interview will be in her home.
  
• Interview with a hearing dog trainer. We will interview them in the environment in which they train the dogs and will ask them about the dogs and how they train them.

Research for documentary - Primary - emailing penny williams

Today we received an email from Penny Williams enquiring about what type of questions will be asked and replied.

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Research for documentary - Primary - Penny Williams interview

Today we emailed Penny Williams who works at the Guide Dog Association. We believe that an interview with her would be very beneficial towards our interview.

Reseach for documentary - Primary - Margaret Interview Questions

1) Tell me about how and when you lost your sight?

2) How did you adjust to losing your sight?

3) Are you happy with the amount of help & support you have received?

4) What happens at your hospital check ups?

5) How has it affected your daily life?

6) How have you changed your surroundings to accommodate your loss of sight?

7) Do you miss anything about being able to see? (if appropriate)

8) What do you enjoy doing in your spare time?

9) Do you have any gadgets or technologies to make your life easier?

10) What would make your life better/easier?

11) Do you think that a guide dog would be beneficial?

12) Are there any benefits to losing your sight?

13) Tell me about talking books?

Some of the questions we asked where closed questions however we believed we could get a lot of information from them.