Sync Assembly | Development

Our edit before the sync assembly had all of the elements we wanted in it, but we hadn't cleaned up the sound or the colour correcting so it was quite a rough edit. We had all the clips in the places that we wanted them to be, and we had added our new footage from our shoot day where we re-shot some of the interviews.

Feedback

Here is the feedback we got from Helen when showing her the rough cut of our documentary:

• Add more commentary at the beginning of the documentary and throughout it during the sequences.
• We need to introduce our documentary, and this needs to be done through the commentary. We need to explain where we are and where we're going to make the audience feel more involved.
• With the other pieces of commentary, we need to link all the interviews together by adding some more information in the commentary.
• Get Carol arriving at the farm in three shots.
• The opening sequence is too long, so it needs to be shortened down. We will delete some of the shots that aren't needed to make it shorter and we will cut it down slightly to make the cuts neater.
• Introduce Carol.
• In the original edit, Carol introduces herself by talking to the camera, however Helen said, due to the sound being dodgy, we should re-record it as commentary to keep the opening sequence moving and to help move quickly into the first interview.
• Check the continuity.
• Get rid of some of the shots that seem forced, and don't give anything else to the video.
• Cut out the questions of the interviews and go straight into John's answer.
• The shots need to match the list.
• This was for the shot where John lists the numerous amounts of wildlife that are on the farm. We need to make sure our shots match his list.
• Add cutaways of what he is talking about.
• This will be done to make the audience more aware and involved in what he is discussing with Carol.
• Rearrange some of the cutaway shots.
• Need to see more of their faces in the bluebell interview.
• Put the audio of the quadbikes earlier in the interview to introduce that segment of the documentary.
• Cut down some of the interviews, and make them tighter.
• The 'National Farmer Union' needs to be clearer and quicker.
• We will cut down some of the commentary for this and make the shot shorter.
• Get rid of everything that isn't in the narrative.
• We had added shots of ducks to make it interesting, but it doesn't really go with our narrative so it will be quite confusing for the audience.
• Cut Carol back and add more John.
• Helen wanted to see more of John, so we will add more of his interview talk into the documentary while being aware of the not needed dialogue.
• Great sequencing.
• Liked the natural chats between Carol and John.
• The bird shots are really nice.

We have taken on board everything that Carol has said, and we will change our documentary to suit her  changes.