The document discusses improvements that could be made to a documentary called "Hope FM: Life Changing Radio". It identifies several issues that occurred during filming, such as forgetting equipment and scheduling conflicts. It also notes problems that arose from changing audio equipment mid-production and from an unclear narrative. The document proposes solutions like being better organized, using the same audio equipment throughout, clarifying roles, fixing audio syncing issues, and improving graphic transitions between interviews.

1. By Victoria Emerson

2. The Hope FM logo is a recurring
piece of iconography in the
Documentary – as it not only appears
at the forefront in the beginning of
the Documentary – but also makes
several more subtle appearances in
the background of shots, too.
Figure 1:A leaflet, shown in the
introductory section of the Documentary.

4. The colours red, blue and yellow are
shown throughout the entire
Documentary – in various
unexpected places. Red, blue and
yellow are the only primary colours
in the rainbow, therefore implying
that they are simple and not too
complicated. These colours are also
bold, which perhaps means that they
welcome a variety of people into
their own community. I chose to
emphasise these colours because I
felt that a strong motif would
reinforce the opinions that I wanted
to express.

5. Figure 1: The keys in the corner of the shot contain red, blue and yellow plastic tags. This
makes another reference to the colour scheme. Also, the time table in the very upper left corner
contains elements of red, blue and yellow, much like the logo.

7. To amend my work, I must first look
at the problems I encountered.
Firstly, when dealing with
technology, human error is bound to
be a factor. There had been a few
times where plans were made and
one of us had forgotten various
important items such as tripods, SD
cards or camera batteries. Also,
considering that there were various
interviews and two crew members, it
was difficult to arrange a time and
date that would suit all of us at the
same time, and occasionally
appointments we had made had to
be cancelled at the last minute.

8. To ensure that this happened less
frequently if I were to remake the
entire Documentary, I would be
more organised when arranging
interviews, and keep the date, time
and interviewee name written down,
along with the required equipment,
so I would not forget. I would also
make sure that the SD card had
enough space on it before bringing
it, and check the battery, charging it
the night before if necessary.

9. Halfway through the creation of
Hope FM: Life Changing Radio, we
decided it would be beneficial to use
a higher quality external
microphone, which we would sync
with the video during editing.
However, this caused issues because
we did not use this device
throughout the entire filming
process.

10. I would use the external sound
recording device (Tascam IM2) from
the beginning, or re-record the
sections which did not include the
new device.

11. Other than the previously stated
problems, there were a few
Amendments to be made, which
have since been corrected. An
example of this was the involvement
of Paige Van-Der-Zee, the
Documentarian. In the rough copies,
we fail to distinguish her role clearly,
misleading the audience by showing
her at the very beginning, and using
voiceovers throughout, but not
giving her character/role a resolution
at the end. To solve this, I simply
took out the video footage from the
beginning, whilst keeping the
voiceovers, meaning that now the
mode is more Expository than it was
before, and refraining the
Documentary from misleading the
audience.

12. In the rough versions, the audio was
out of sync, which disorientated and
irritated the audience. In order to
correct this, I spent more time
editing the audio, until it was entirely
in sync. Also, I improved the
narrative device from the first rough
cut, making the upcoming
interviewee look more distinct than
the others. This was a huge
improvement from the prototype, as
it is also animated, reinforcing the
flow of the overall Documentary.