Supporting piece Research- Advertising Pack

As a group, we researched into different billboards, posters that advertise CCTV for some inspiration and ideas towards our supporting piece of an advertisement pack.

The image below was one that caught our eye as it is interactive so therefore attracts the viewers attention more.
We are exploring some different ideas which are simular and to make the audience feel uneasy about 'being watched' by CCTV 24/7. We must also make sure that we are advertising our documentary as well as informing people about being surveilled in general.

Opening- 1st Draft

This is our first draft of the opening. We still have a few small changes and improvements to adjust but its almost complete.

Music and Voiceover for Opening

Music

As a group, we explored different types of music and sound effects for our opening and comtemplated of whether to layer background noise with music or music with voiceover or background noise with displaying text etc...

We experimented in different ways which resulted us to choosing an upbeat, fast track to play over our 'voice of god'.We created our soundtrack by using Garageband which allowed us to mix different beats to create our desired music.

We were able to transfer our music to iMovie via Garageband and edited it into our opening making sure it started as soon as the clip starts till the end where it fades out before the titles appear, to ensure the opening seemed proffesional.

Voiceover

To complete our opening, we had to record our voiceover but before recording, we created a script of which had to be engaging for the viewers. This is important in order for viewers to want to watch the rest of the documentary and stay in interest.

We made sure it introduces our CCTV topic by presenting some shocking facts and statistics about cctv and summarise what the documentary will be about to make it as exciting as possible for viewers to want more.

We decided to use Cissie to be our 'voice of god' as she had the more clearer and presentable voice out of our group. We were able to record the voiceover in a quiet room using a proffesional microphone to ensure the clearest quality.

After some practise, we were able to perfect the lines of our opening then edited the recording straight into iMovie, making sure the balance between the background music and voiceover was adjusted by making the voiceover slightly louder.

Editing Opening

We had selected the best shots of which we had filmed in London and have edited them for our opening of our CCTV Documentary using Apples iMovie.

It was important that we edit the opening right to give the audience a good first impression and an idea of what the documentary is about so we wanted it to look fast paced, engaging,exciting and straight to the point. We we able to do this by changing the speed of the clips and increasing it to 70% as well as stabilising the motion so the clips seemed more steady to make the opening seem proffesional.

One of the shots that we wanted to use for the finishing of the opening turned out a bit too shaky so we decided to retake the clip at weybridge train station, where there was an appropriate surveillance camera which moved facing the screen, making the audience feel uneasy and as if they were being 'watched'.

The opening titles were edited by using one of iMovies background effects of which we could edit onto a clip. We chose a transition called 'Lens flare', which was perfect for the ending then fades to black to display the name of our documentary- 'Caught on Camera'.

Shoot One: Filming in London 5/12/10

For our first shooting day, we decided to film in London as it is a very busy city where surveillance cameras are placed in every corner of every street.

We were able to get various shots to help our documentary opening, which was our first task to complete.

Our first location was Oxford street. We wanted to use oxford street as a place to shoot a couple of crowd shots from different angles. We were able to do this by attatching the camera to a tripod and placing it on a flat surface on which the camera overlooked the crowds.

Whilst in London, we took a look at Abbey road crossing of which a live stream footage captures peoples every movement and is shown on the internet for anyone to view.

When walking along oxford street, We came across a 'Mobile CCTV' Van of which police monitor peoples movements from inside the vehicle. We got the chance to look inside the van but unfortunatly were not allowed to film for legal reasons. The van monitored all the streets and crowds in oxford street to help prevent crime.

Interview Techniques

As Preperation for filming our Documentary, we have done some practise shots of a short style documentary based on CCTV in school.
The shots are shaky and unstabilised as we did not use a tripod but we think we have explored the different interview techniques that are used in a documentary by looking at Formal Interviews, Anonymous Interviews and a Participatory Interview.

Research on CCTV

We have explored different ways to research our topic of surveillance and this has really helped us with some ideas of what we can include in our Documentary.

Websites we have looked at:

http://tech.blorge.com/structure:%20/2010/10/05/internet-eyes-allows-home-cctv-spying/%20/2010/10/05/internet-eyes-allows-home-cctv-spying/ying/



This website link argues and raises the issues of how watching cctv over the interent can be a way of fighting crime and how it can be voyeristic.

This is an example of a live steam website which is available for anyone to watch a Crossing located in London over the internet.
http://www.abbeyroad.com/visit/

Visits:
I took a trip to the tate modern exhibition- Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera.
This has helped give ideas towards our documentary and how we can expand on the topic further.

Research through Newspapers:
I have looked through the local newspaper and found this report of how the powers of The Regulation of Investigatory Powers act, have caused Controversy since their inception of 2000, with many critics accusing councils of using the legislation to 'spy' on people.
This is a serious topic we can explore for our Documentary as it is interesting yet intriguing as it is based in a local area.

[insert scan of newspaper cutting]


Photographic Research:
We went out to see what type of Closed Circuit Television is used around our school and where they are located.