Gathering materials & preparing for filming

Today Anouchka and I completed the final steps of pre-filming preparation for our performance. We have booked a video camera as well as a still picture camera to use for our documentary, and we will be using these tomorrow when filming begins. We have now managed to come up with a concrete plan and concept for what our documentary will be like, and we have been thinking about what we want each shot to look like. Here is a detailed plan of what we plan to include:

Short interviews with students about how well they think the library is run, and how well they could cope without it: We want this to be the first section of the interview to support our point of view that students don't actually know much about how the library is run on a daily basis and what the staff members do to make it function properly. This sets up the rest of the documentary.

Staff interviews about their jobs: Here are some of the questions we plan to ask the staff members on camera:

What is your job role?

How long have you worked here?

What are some of the ups and downs of the job?

Have you ever experienced any rude or disrespectful behavior from students?

Do you feel appreciated and recognized for what you do? Are students aware?

What is the most rewarding part of the job?

The staff interviews will make up the main body of the documentary, and hopefully these will be strong enough to put our point across and raise awareness.

We have emailed our first two staff members (Lisa and Cath) these questions for them to look over before filming begins.