week 3

DP and sound

Form and Style

            The narrative arc of our documentary, and overall structure, will be firmly rooted in the building progression of the two breweries and their respective owners relationship. The beer, the politics, and the economics will all come secondary to these pillars, as they will provide the foundation of the documentary.  They will be touched on in tangents from the main narrative but will not be explored in detail. We don’t want this film to be so much of a informative piece, but more observational, with information sprinkled throughout, of two men and their creations; their similarities and their differences. We will follow both John and Mike in their pursuit of creating and opening breweries this semester. We want to document their friendship, their struggles and hopefully their successes. In terms of image, it is going to be very simple. I want the characters being documented and the people filling each shot to tell the story, not extreme camera movements or excessive editing. In terms of lighting, we will use all natural light with the exception of in the interviews if it is needed. Very simple framing of shots with simple camera movements, but with an array of perspectives, shot distances, and angles. The feel and look of the film will be very ‘earthy” with lots of browns, ambers, and greens. The tone will be very light, with comedy sewn into the narrative throughout.  Sound mixing will be very interesting, as there will be a mix of A-roll interview, music, crowd noise, and people mic’d within crowds. How these will mix and interweave will become clearer in post.

Equipment needs:

Sony NEX VG20 Doc Kit

Manfrotto 509 tripod

Slate

Shotgun Mic

Lav Mic

H4n Field Recorder

XLR Cable

Headphones