Thursday, 15 May 2008

Individual Project - 'The Egg Theatre'

So I recently completed my Individual project. I decided to do a documentary on The Egg Theatre in Bath. Due to the performances we had filmed their before Easter, we had built up a relationship with the management and it seemed a secure idea to follow.

I decided to base my documentary on the workings of the theatre, keeping the style simple using a mixture of vox pop and interview setup styles. I was taken on a tour of the theatre so have interlaced the interviews with footage in and around the theatre to add depth and reinforce the content of the interviews.

I am pleased with the final result. I think one of the strongest features of the piece is the pace. I incorporated sped up footage of my tour round the theatre and though it is slightly overused, I believe it injects a youthful style and anchors the documentary to its youth based content.

One aspect I would definitely consider changing would be the sound mix. I know I did not spend enough time on the final mix and that is evident when interviewing Lyndsey. I would also change the soundtrack at some point or maybe lose music altogether for the main body of the piece so as to focus the audiences attention on what is being said by the people I am interviewing.

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