Progress report

Unfortunately, despite planning to shoot I still have not been able to. The weather has been bad and it is not possible to free-run whilst its wet, it has also begun to get dark around 4 which creates a time restriction. Gary is now injured so I am trying to organise other people to film, I may possibly be able to film on Sunday.

Progress report

Due to Gary having to film out of London every weekend, I have not been able to organise a time he is free to film. On Monday 9th I organised to meet him on the South Bank at 3pm, however he was not able to contact me to tell me he was late. I was able to record some footage of the South Bank towards my documentary and I have now arranged to film Gary on Thursday 12th. It has been a stressful and rather slow several weeks and I am anxious to film Gary in order to make swift progress as the deadline approaches.

I will scan the mock up's I have created for the newspaper ad and double page TV listings tomorrow.

Filming

Unfortunately, I discovered the battery, which was brand new, was not working properly. This meant that I was unable to film on Saturday, so now filming has been moved to next Saturday.

Interview questions

1. Explain to me what Parkour is.
2. Why is Parkour important to you? Why do you do it?
3. How long have you been training for?
4. How does Parkour make you feel when your training?
5. What is the future for Parkour?
6. Will it ever be as big as other urban sports such as skateboarding?
7. Do you ever feel like Parkour is disaproved/frowned upon by people?
8. How does this make you feel?

Progress

I shall begin filming the actuality footage and perhaps some of the "talking heads" footage on Saturday 17th. I shall also be taking photographs for my TV listings and Newspaper advert. I shall post detailed evidence of my planning on Monday 19th. My editing shall therefore commence on w/b 19th.

Institutional Research

The documentaries I studied as part of my product research were distributed on DVD and/or broad casted by channel 4. As my product will be in a similar format to a longer documentary for example Jump Britain, but lasting 5 minutes, there may be some discretions in regards to broadcasting the documentary.

Channel 4 have said the following in their unique institutional model;

1. "Channel 4's output reflects the enduring values- of quality, innovation, diversity and distinctiveness - embodied in its remit."


2. "Channel 4 does more than any other broadcaster to support independent production across the nations and regions."

Channel 4 readily express their support for independent production and "maintains a strong diversity of genres" (from Channel 4's unique institutional model). Their institutional values support my criteria, as my documentary won't be on a mainstream topic. As a result, I feel that they are the most appropriate Institution to broadcast my documentary.

Product research- Radio Times and Time Out (TV Highlights)