Our
documentary going to focus on the talent within the AcoUstiKats, as well as the process to become a member of the group. The
first three to four minutes are going to focus on the broader topic of who
exactly the AcoUstiKats are and why they are important to the community. The
rest of the documentary is going to focus on the members themselves and interviews
of themselves speaking about their individual experiences and how they became
apart of this selective group. In our podcast, we briefly talked about how one
becomes a member of the group and how selective process is. We plan to conduct
interviews with some of the older members of the group to learn their story
about how they became a part of the AcoUstiKats and how this group has affected
their lives. In addition to talking to the older members we also plan to talk
to the two newest members of the group, Charlie and Tanner, to see their point
of the view of the selection process, their goals for over the next few years,
and why they joined the AcoUstiKats. Our main audience for the documentary is
going to be students and faculty who are involved around campus and also people
who have interacted with the AcoUstiKats in some way.
We want to
have an informational tone without making it to news like. We do not plan on
using any harsh filters or effects, we want it to feel like they are telling us
their stories rather than us interviewing each of the members. One introduction
shot that we are considering is a panning shot of their faces as they sing. We
plan to use close up or medium shots when we do interviews. We want to get
shots for a variety of different environments as well, whether it is from a
group practice or a performance. For the transitions we plan to get footage
from different venues that they perform at such as sorority houses, Keenland,
Singletary Center, and Memorial Hall. The majority of our audio we want to
include some voiceover, interviews and songs recorded by the AcoUstiKats. We
want to incorporate the emotions of some of the members to show how becoming a
member of this group is important to each member in a different way. In the
beginning, it will be more informational as we focus on who the AcoUstiKats are
as a group, but then evolve into something more meaningful as we pick apart the
group and transition from focusing on the group as a whole to individual
interviews. In the beginning we want to focus on who the AcoUstiKats are to
inform viewers who do not know about the group. We plan to use some of the
interviews from our podcast and having interviews to ask about what other ways
they are involved. We will really focus on how to become a member of such a
selective group in the beginning as well. Then in the interviews we plan to ask
about their individual experiences on how they became apart of the group and
how the group as affected their college experience or even their future. We
want to ask the newest members about their recent auditions and what they think
of the group so far. Then we also want to ask some of the oldest members about
what they remember about going through the selection process and how the group
has affected them. For the conclusion we want to elaborate on their goals to
get their name out and the upcoming audition, leaving the audience questioning
what the AcoUstiKats have in store for the coming year. We want our final shot
to be a performance.
Each member of
our group will take on different jobs. We picked each person’s job based on his
or her individual strengths. When considering filming we have decided that we need
to cameramen to get multiple angles. Muhannad and Jenna will be in charge of all
the filming. We chose Charlie and Katie to do the interviews because Katie has
had previously observed the group for the essay project. We hope to get honest
and candied interviews, so we decided that Charlie would be a good interviewer
since he is a member of the group and they will already feel comfortable
talking to him. Chloe will be in charge of editing because she has previous
experience in working with iMovie. We plan to divide this project into a three
week long segments. Week one we plan to get the majority of filming and
interviews done. Week two will be to begin cutting up our shots to see what we
still need to get. Week three we will get last minute details and put the final
documentary together.
