Sometimes what you perceive as enough, just isn't quite enough.
While editing the film you have is when you can truly tell whether or not you have missing areas to fill in. Sometimes it may seem that you have enough b-roll, but that's not always the case.
Most of us in the IA have had to go out a few extra times specifically for filming b-roll. Today, Karen and I did that. We took the morning to film around the nicer areas of Lima, focusing on brighter looking houses so it can give contrast to the impoverished houses which seem to have no color other than a brown tone.
So, what did we do?
We grabbed a camera and the monopod and headed out into the streets of Lima. We took still shots and rolling shots of houses of the nicer areas of Lima. For that, we went to Las Lagunas and La Estancia; we filmed the lagoon, houses and the roads. Once we were done there we were thinking of other places we could go, we remembered that by the derby there was construction, so we headed over there to film the construction representing the growth of Lima. Headed back to school we decided to get one more shot of the city. We went to a friends apartment to film from the garage, club house and from the elevator on the way up.
B-roll seems to be easy to film, but we always had to keep in mind that everything we put into our documentary has to have purpose, so we had to put purpose into what we filmed; we had to be smart and technical about what we were doing. Also it's important to keep in mind that while you are filming b-roll you are either in motion or doing still shots, so it's important to always keep in mind the motion of the camera. While filming b-roll from the window of the car we noticed that the camera would start moving a lot, especially since in enclosed housing areas there are a lot of speed bumps. We did our best to keep the monopod as steady as possibly as well as going by slowly with the car, instead of going at a normal speed.
Today's b-roll was in my opinion extremely useful. We got a lot of footage that we will use through out the video which will help us make the contrast between the rich and the poor.
Within two hours and a half we went to three districts to film. All of which were a success, the footage that we got was filmed in really cool ways, and we chose to b-roll in great areas, which helped of course.
Within two hours and a half we went to three districts to film. All of which were a success, the footage that we got was filmed in really cool ways, and we chose to b-roll in great areas, which helped of course.
So, what's next?
-Continue editing the film we have sorted out
-Finish sorting out the film footage (both b-roll and interviews)
-Finish the documentary
-POL
-Finish sorting out the film footage (both b-roll and interviews)
-Finish the documentary
-POL