First attempts at making a documentary and oral history film

We were asked to go out and practice using the camera. First I devised some basic interview questions to ask my subject.


I used a Flip Ultra HD camera to record the interview. I have used one of these cameras before, they are very simple and easy to use. It has 4 main controls, on/off, playback, record, delete and a arrow keys pad.
We went to the park to film the interview to give an attractive background.



I started off well by setting up the camera in a quiet location where the subject could be heard, however when I got onto the 5th question the subject began to find it hard to keep a straight face, I stopped recording at this point as I found this funny too and didn't want to spoil the interview by laughing.

Once we had composed ourselves we started again, with where we had got up to in the interview, this meant when it came to putting the interview together I had to use software to connect the two pieces, I used imovie to jell them together. I dragged both pieces to the top box to create a new project and put them next to each other. 

It is clear where the interview jumps between both clips, this is firstly because there is a man walking in the background and secondly as when I began filming for the end of the interview, the interviewee had moved closer to the camera. 

Overall I am pleased with this project, it is an accurate record of history. I would like to either complete this interview again as one piece or become more competent with the editing software so to be able to add images to the video and also get rid of the jumping between the different parts of the interview. I could choose a different location where there is no pathway in the background, there is also a cone in the background which I didn't notice whilst filming but it is very distracting on the eye and I would like to remove it. The video would also be better if the location was quieter giving sole attention to the subject.