Documentary Production: Critical Analysis

Critical Analysis 

This short documentary is one of the most difficult tasks that we been given, due to many reasons. In order to produce this documentary, we have traveling around London and also to Brighton to filmed. In this documentary project most of the team members work so hard in order to produce the best documentary ever.

This documentary has using the materiality documentary mode in presenting the main character, because we believe that object always say something or mean something to the owner. For this character camera and anything that related to the camera is an object that very important and meaningful, this is why camera always appear in many scenes with the main character. For the main character camera is not only a tool, camera is a passion and friend that helping him to reaching his destination.

Another concept of this documentary is to break point of view in stereotype of the Eastern European in the perspective our audience who is Western European, because people often thinking that the Eastern European can only be a labour worker or something that not related to creativity. This documentary has breaking this stereotype and ideology, we want to make people realise that those people can be more than just a labour worker and use him as an inspirational character for other people.

In relation to the materiality this is why the documentary is beginning with introducing the main character together with his camera. The opening scene of this documentary has been designed very well, because it has included many elements and object that meaning something to the main character such a camera that he is holding in his hand and the location that shooting the opening scene also meaning something to the main character. 

The outcome of the documentary is very good in my opinion, but it still not the best. If the production team have more time or a chance to re-work on this documentary there is few things that could be improve. The improvement that the documentary should re-work on is the lighting and of the interview scene, in this particular scene the main character face is quite dark due to the camera is facing directly to the light. If the production team have a chance to go back in film this documentary against this should be fix. 

Documentary Production: Post-production progression

Post-production progression 

Post-production is one of the most important stages of film making due to this stage is a stage that the film or documentary is been more visual. During this stage, the director of photography, editor and me who is the director of the documentary and director of the team have met and had a look on assembling of the footage for the first time. In post-production on stage I, the director of the documentary and director of the team together with the director of photography have listened to a feedback from the editor about what kind of short that we need more and what need to be improved. 

At this stage every team member who must contribute in work of post-production has done their best to make this documentary coming out as good as possible. During the post-production stage me as the director of the team has discussed with the editor about the footage that I have filmed together with the director of photography, on what need to be improved and what kind of short that the editor wants more such as, a Broll short, cutaway short and etc. During this stage, I also discuss with the producer on arranging some more shooting date with the character regard to the feedback from the editor about extra short that she need to have for the editing. 

During the post-production stage we have meet and discuss on everything to make this documentary coming as good as possible, everyone has done their best to make this project be the best project of the year for us.

Film Theories: Franchise Film

Franchise film

Franchise film is one of the most popular type of film now a day, it is a truth that cannot be denied that in the modern cinema franchise is a type of film that can create a huge income to a studio due to the fan culture. In the modern cinema we can see many studios try to produce much franchise film as possible as they can, such as The Avenger franchise of Marvel Cinematic Universe, Harry Potter from Warner&Bro AVP of the 20 Century and many more franchise, but there is not every franchise film will always success. There some franchise that not really success even it is staring by a top star like the Dark Universe of the Universal studio. 

In today blog I will be analyses one of the most success franchise film in the franchise film history. My chosen franchise is Pirate of the Caribbean. Pirate of the Caribbean, one of the most success franchise due to many reasons, in this blog I will analyse on why this franchise so success and two main attraction method that it uses.  

Pirate of the Caribbean is first introduced in 2003 under the name of Pirate of the Caribbean: The curse of black peal staring by Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley and Geoffrey Rush. This film is the most success film out of another Pirate of the Caribbean due to the fact Curse of black peal is the lowest in budget out of 5 film but the profit that this film made worldwide is very close to other Pirate of the Caribbean film that used 2 or 3 time budget more.  
When this movie first introduces, studio have used many attractions' method to make people interest in watching this movie such as the attraction of stars and the fact that this film is fulfil many people dream. Pirate of the curse of black peal is not the first pirate movies in the history of cinema but it is the first pirate movies that touching the story of fantasy and adventure of the pirate that many only experiences in reading. Pirate of the Caribbean the curse of black peal is an opening chapter of the new style of adventure when cinema is taking people out to the space with Alien franchise, Pirate of the Caribbean is talking audience back to the good old day when they used to be a kids and dreaming of hunting for a treasure on a lost island, these movies has fulfil many people dream and imagination, this is the franchise first attraction. 

Pirate of the Caribbean and the use of attraction of star, it a truth that con not be denied that to make people interest in watching a new movies is not easy and rely on story only is not enough, so the use of top star and well know stars is the answer of promoting a movie. It’s a truth that cannot be denied that Johnny Depp is one of many reasons that make Pirate of the Caribbean franchise become one of the most success franchise movies.

Documentary Production: Career Aspiration

My career aspiration  

In year time where I will be? What I will doing? This is a question that I have asked myself for long time, it is a question that I think I could not answer it because no one can predict a future and sometime thing is not happened right what we expect it to be. In ten years' time one thing that I quite sure of is I will be somewhere in Thailand, but for the career am still not sure what it will be.  

From expectation there are many careers that I would like to do such, and I think that can do it for many reasons, first type of career that I might see my doing in the next ten-year time is a university lecturer in South East Asia history and culture due to the reason that I will do a master degree on this subject and I have an older sister who teach in this course. My next careers that I might see my elf doing in the ten years' time is working in the Ministry of Foreign affair in Thailand or at the Royal Thai Embassy somewhere abroad due to the reason that my parent have a friend who work in this area.  

This is just an expectation that I am expected to see myself in ten-year, but who it might not happen or it might happen. Just let it be. 

Approach To Narrative: Contemporary TV Series: The Goblin

Contemporary TV Series: The Goblin

In today blog I will be writing about a contemporary TV Series describing about the use and development of character in relation to the narrative of the series. My chosen TV Series for today blog is a South Korean TV Series call Guardian: The Lonely and Great God, but mostly knowing in Asia as the Goblin.  

This TV Series is one of the best of South Korean TV Series, were staring by Gong Yoo as a Goblin or Kim Shin, Kim Go-eun as Ji Eun-tak, Lee Dong Wook as Wang Yeo or the unnamed grim reaper, Yoo In-na as Kim Sun or Sunny together with Yook Sungjae as Yoo Deok-hwa. The Goblin is TV Series that running with 5 main difference character that very important to the narrative and stories of the series. In the Goblin we have 5 main character but only 4 of them that their character are developed throughout the series, which is the character of Kim shin or Goblin, Unnamed grim reaper, Sunny and Ji Eun-tak, but in today blog am not going to talk on all 4 character on how each of them develop throughout the series. I will pick just one character to talk about in this blog post.  

The character that am chosen to talk about in this blog post is the character of Kim Shin or the Goblin that staring by Gong Yoo. The narrative of Kim shin is developed along with the development of the series, at the beginning of the series we don’t know much about the Goblin not even his real name. At the beginning his narrative only informing an audience with a basic information of him, such as the Goblin he used to be an army general back in history of Korean, he was executed by the king because he was slandered. Kim Shin has begging to the god for a revenge on the king, god has agreed to him, but in order to get a revenge he has live in an immortal life that will not end until he found the legendary Goblin’s bride that could end his life.  

Throughout the time in story the character of Kim Shin has developed his emotion from a character that don’t care about anything into a character that thinking of another person. The narrative of Kim Shin has since he meets with Ji Eun-tak a young high school girl who could be a legendary Goblin’s bride. After both characters were met, we can the development in the character of Kim Shin such he doesn’t want to die any more and he is falling in love with Ji Eun-tak.  

The expansion of time in this story has serving the character of Kim Shin in allowing his character to develop from a character who want to end his own life and a cold blood into a character that more caring about other and learn to live with other people. Time is very important to this character, because this character is a character that must use time in development due to this character have to be mysterious both for us the audience and other character in the series. 

Film Theories: Experience of co-writing

Experience of co-writing 

Film theories is a module that given an opportunity to experience co- writing essay. I have been in education for the rest in my life, but I never done or experience anything like co-writing essay before.  

When I first know that I must co-writing essay with someone in a pair I am so worry due to the reason that am not good at working with someone that I don’t know, and this work is the work that I am grading I even more worry, but for this module I was lucky enough to work with my friend that I know for a year so it like a relieve for me to work with him.  

The benefit of co-writing essay first thing is I don’t have to every research by myself, there is some who can help me. Seconded benefit is we can share an idea and discuss the best way of producing work. Third benefit is I don’t have to write a so much because we in pair we can share a good deal of writing, so I don’t have to write all 2000 words essay by myself.  

For co-writing essay there is not only the benefit that I see, in this module I also see the drawback of co-writing essay which is, if the person that you are paring with is lack of responsibility it will be a problem. For example, one of my friends she was pairing with a person who have lack of responsibility, so she ends up with writing 2000 words essay by herself, but I am so lucky because my co-writer is so reliable, and he is care about the work.  

One thing that have learned from co-writing essay is to choose the right person to work with if not you will end up in a bad situation.