Documentary Production 4

The editing process- so tedious :(

We didn't have as much time as we hoped to edit our documentary as my group members managed to get our b-roll only a day before this was meant to be finished by. But!!! All of our b-roll came out really crisp and fit into the production well. He wasn't as mic'd up as he was in the actual interview when he was speaking in the b-roll and explaining his art, but I think it really went with the documentary as it felt more in the moment and we could see his passion speaking about his art. I do really wish we got more b-roll of his personal art and the whole process he has to go through, but I understood that he was very secluded about what he wanted to be filmed.

 I think we could have solved this problem by coming up with different staged shots just involving Kyle, either struggling with art block or 'laughing with friends'. I think in the future I am definitely going to over shoot b-roll so the editing process is easier with the difference of shots and especially to cover up the jump cuts in interviews. I also really liked how our group member colored the production, it felt very involved in the world of graffiti and really brought the cinematic look together.  The background music I found was upbeat Brazilian pop as his work takes on the Brazilian inspiration from his home, and I think it blended very well into the production. We did have a confliction with the use of the second angle in the interview, I personally would not have included it despite us going through all the effort to film it, as it felt very jarring within the production, but it ended up having a couple shots in the production. Overall, I think our editing came out very good and managed to seamlessly intricate the theme of the documentary, but I do wish we spent a little more time with b-roll and over shooting!