Working title: For now I want to call this project ‘nostalgji’ which is nostalgia in albanian.
Shooting schedule:
In this shooting schedule I have basically divided up the documentary in the topics I would like to cover. I feel that each topic shown below is relevant and essential to what I am trying to cover and portray through my father’s story. In the treatment, I wanted to base the documentary on the idea and concept of ‘nostalgia’. This was essentially down to the fact that I was going to implement the use of vhs footage filmed by my father aswell as archival footage of the war in kosovo. Furthermore my father’s story is personal to him and also myself.
Though, because a refugee’s story is broad and there are so many aspects of their story that can be covered, I slightly lost focus on what my treatment was actually about as I am trying to cover too many topics within 3 minutes. From the feedback I received on my shooting schedule, I recognised that I wasn’t focusing on the the concept of ‘nostalgia’ but I was mostly thinking about a linear structure and wanting to cover many topics; this was not what I was aiming to create as I want this to show a sense of reminiscing.
The shooting schedule below shows a re think of what I want to cover and what fits with the concept of nostalgia, the sound and visuals of the documentary. Even though there are still many topics to cover in the second shooting schedule I plan to take the most relevant points made for the edit and make the effort to create a short version for the submission aswell as a longer version for my personal portfolio .
In terms of sound, I want to implement the idea of albanian folk music as it is very traditional and it is the type of music that my father was surrounded by. This will create a way for the audience to delve into the kosovan culture and also understand how the nostalgia plays in the documentary. Though I will also look into using conventional type of documentary music to note down and decide on which sounds are appropriate for the documentary during the edit.
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This is great work as always with you! I like the outline or the narrative of your shooting script. I think it’s going to be a very emotionally charged documentary, one that’s going to be educational from both a political standpoint but also an emotional one. I don’t have any suggestions or modifications to your shooting script I think that it sounds very logical and I can’t wait to see the finished results! Great work!
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