Documentary

My topic for the documentary was open/closed lunch at Blair. At first, I was leaning towards open lunch but after the discussions that we had with the principal and the head of security I have switched my opinion. Taking into account the safety risks for students crossing a busy intersection while rushing is very dangerous. I'm satisfied with the amount that I know about my topic and I have no regrets about what topic we chose. I really liked the freedom that we had in choosing these topics. This process helped me learn why we have a closed lunch policy. I also learned how difficult it is to create a documentary. You can't really write a script for it, so you have to watch all of your interviews and b-roll and cut them in away that will get your point across.

My group's biggest challenge was definitely Final Cut Pro. It would quit a lot or wouldn't open sometimes and occasionally it would delete our work. It also took forever to render which slowed us down. We didn't really "overcome" this issue, we just learned how to deal with it. If I had the chance to create another documentary I would definitely get extra b-roll because my group ended up needing to get more.

I think the only way my teacher could have helped more would have been to come around to our group more often to help with the structure.