Faversham Trip

Faversham Trip

Date: April 8, 2016

Location: Faversham

Objective: Experience Documentary filming on location with consent of the general public and market stalls.

The Faversham trip was a documentary unit trip in which we students were broken up into groups of 3s and 2s. I was grouped with Jack nix for this Exercise and were stationed at the market during the morning half of the exercise. We were instructed to film around the town centre where the local market was open and where the local populace was bustling.

The purpose of the exercise is to understand the challenges involved when filming for a documentary, where consent to film and interview is paramount. Though there weren't any consent related difficulties from the group I was assigned to, there were slight difficulties when setting up to film in a fairly crowded area. For most parts of the town we have filmed without use of the tripod due to crowded areas. The only 3 areas in town we have used the tripod was the town square, where there was more space, the end of the markets where it was less crowded and more open and lastly by a local butchers just outside the market square.

What I had learned from this experience is that when filming for a documentary, you won't have the luxury of shutting down roads to film like the television and film industries meaning you'll have to find a way to film without disturbing the public and without affecting your production, you will also have to have consent from the owner/s of the location/s in which you intend to film before you start filming otherwise you'll be facing problems with the authorities and the owner/s and finally when filming, that you must keep a keen eye out for oppertunities in which you can add extra content in benefot to your production.



Faversham video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IY7lOg53f8