Solving Problems
Theoretical problems I may encounter?
Getting false information from an unreliable
website.
Not knowing what the situation will be like
when it’s time to film.
Not receiving enough survey responses.
Running out of time to complete the
documentary.
Having an interviewee back out at the last
minute.
Not being able to film because of the
Coronavirus.
Bad weather when filming.
Road works or building works on location.
Practical problems I may encounter?
Bad lighting when doing the interviews.
How will I resolve these problems?
If I find some useful information that I could
use for my documentary, then I will double
check it on another website to see if the
information is correct.
I might not know what the lockdown situation
will be when I am planning so I will need to
plan for all situations and have back up plans
that still work for the documentary.
To ensure I get enough responses I will send it
out to more people and ask them to send it to
their friends. I will also put it on my social
media accounts.
I have printed out my production schedule
also that I complete all tasks for each week. If I
do this then I will be on track to finish by the
deadline.
To make sure this doesn’t affect me too much
I will prepare for multiple interviews so that if
one person cannot continue it won’t impact
the documentary too much.
I will do interviews via zoom. I will
communicate with my interviewees before
and tell them how to set up the camera and
what to wear etc… I will need to do some
extra b-roll to make up for the bad interviews.
I will have back up days to film in case there is
bad weather so that I am still able to film. I will
make sure everyone is available on the back
up days in case they are needed.
When I am finding my locations, I will also
have a backup location in case for any reason
the original place is busy or has problems. I
will check these places out before the filming
days to make sure they will work for my
documentary.
How will I resolve these problems?
If I am doing them in person, I will do a
location recce before and check if the lighting
is ok. I will most likely film near a window so
 Solving Problems
Bad sound quality for interviews.
Run out of storage on my camera.
that I have natural light. If I am doing them on
zoom, I will ask them to do it near a window or
in a bright place.
I will check the quality on my camera if it is not
good and I am able to I will borrow a
microphone from college. If I have to do
interviews over zoom there isn’t much I can do
to help apart from get them to sit near their
computer.
Before I begin the filming process, I am going
to buy a new memory card to make sure I
don’t run out of space when filming long
interviews.