There are so many things to remember when shooting on scene that certain parts of the process can be missed out. As part of the film we needed to record various shots of Hannah for continuity and storyline purposes.
Our main problem was that unfortunately during some filming, sound wasn’t recorded in the cutaways. We decided that we would have to shoot them again. As Hannah is the link character in our documentary, we needed to shoot her coming in and out of shot in Bath and her walking in and out of shot in the Rob Mears interview. We also had to remember continuity of wearing the same clothes.
It has been a great learning point for the group that it is important to record more footage than you need even they are pointless cutaways of shop fronts.
At first I believed that you didn’t always need sound for cutaways. Now thinking about the editing process, I think it could be beneficial even if the sound is not needed to include this in the filming. Including sound provides the finished film not only with continuity but also vital atmosphere if needed. This allows for a smooth seamless transfer between sections, without great pauses to panic the viewer.
My collection of newspaper cuttings and articles need to be worked into our completed film. We will do this in the publishing lab by photographing them and editing this into our final cut. Sourcing archive footage is also proving to be quite a problem. It is difficult to gain permission as people who have obtained and uploaded the videos to the internet often don't know where they have obtained the footage. I am not sure how much of our research material we will be able to use but am hopeful we could include as much as possible to create a more varied and interesting documentary.
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