Monday, December 3, 2012

Documentary Pre-Production

1. Purpose:
  • To provide insight on a pilot’s life. To show how also private owners benefit from this.
2. Contacts:
  • - My dad’s boss Andy.
  • - Two other pilots that I will search for via Andy. He has pilot friends.
  • - My friend’s dad works at the airport as a mechanic. I will as to see if I can have access to the airport to film tar mak activity.
    The Airplane that my dad's boss has. I think it might
    be a variation. The exact model is a PA-32R Saratoga.

3. Interview Questions:
  • a. How has being a pilot affected the way you live life? The relationship you might have with your family and even your happiness/sadness?
  • b. Is there a connection amongst other pilots? What is it about aviation that pulls you and other pilots together? Is there some sort of club you are a part of?
  • c. What airplane do you fly? How does it suite your needs?
    • i. Which aircraft is ideal for long distance travel?
    • ii. Which aircraft is ideal for short distance travel?
    • iii. Which aircraft is ideal for city to city?
  • d. What problems have you encountered as a pilot in regards to your aircraft/in regards to your personal life?
  • e. I WILL HAVE MORE QUESTIONS ONCE ANDY GIVES ME THE MODEL NUMBER FOR HIS NEW AIRPLANE (it’s some sort of piper instead of a Cesna).
  • I could also have questions for the dad that would give me access to the airport. Such as simple questions that might enforce what the pilots will say in the interview.
4. Shot list:
  • - Whatever B-Roll is shot on day of shooting.
  • - I plan to get access to the side of the runway and film airplanes taking off/ landing.
  • - Filming general taxiing from outside the aircraft.
  • - B-Roll of the general flight I would be part taking in.
  • - Interview will be at desk, in front of an airplane, inside the airplane (for the piper).
  • - Try and get simple B-Roll of the interviewees in their daily lives.

5. General flow
  • - This will be determined by what the content of the interviews are.

6. The Script (does not seem likely yet because I am still trying to put the pieces together).
  • Intro: Something about how the pilots love flying. Maybe a ‘in the prequel of ‘air adventure’ we took a look at Andy’s EXPERIENCE with the Cesna. This documentary aims to examine the LIVES of the pilots this time and in more detail”.
  • Closing: Some sort of awesome quote that one of the interviewees might say. Like the last one I did, Andy said “I wouldn’t have missed it for the world”.

7. Production Schedule
  • - None yet because I am still wondering about the details.
  • - This week planning to establish contact with everyone. Start shooting either Thursday after school or Saturday and Sunday.
  • - Next week begin the edit.