Crit-a-Crit

I made, what images I could, larger. The challenge, though, was keeping the within the image safe zone. I still need to improve the layout of the images. I'm still not a fan of the jump cuts. I keep wanting to put in the dissolves. I did do a re-shoot, but certain parts didn't have the impact that the original had.

Mid-Term Edit

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Revised Pitch

Rebecca, Brittany, and Amanda
Final Project

Demystifying our concept of what life is like for a family with a handicap adult child.

The Monfort's Story:

*The B-Roll will show two days (or more) of following the Monfort family, then lead to the third day of interviewing the family.

*Questions: (more to come when following the family so we can get a more better understand of them first)

1. What do you remember with Leeann birth? Good or bad, tell me more about it.

2. When did you know something was wrong with Leeann?

3. From what you remember, when did Leeann situation get worse? How, has she always been this way, and how was she as a child growing up?

4. Has this situation affected your social life? Are there other situations affecting it? How?

5. What does the family plan to do when you are no longer able to care for your child?

6. If you could wish one thing for Leeann what would it be?

7. (For Kevin Monfort, the younger brother) Tell me about having an older sister that is handicap.  How is it no different than anyone else? How is it different?
8. Why did you make the decision to keep Leeann at home? Why not out-of-home care?

Story Board:

B-Roll:

-Start off with Louann getting the day started and Ms. Dorothy walking into the Monfort's home (at 8am) to prepare for the day.

Wideshot:

- switch to the parents. Ask the parents, Jimmy Monfort and Louann Monfort, what do they remember from Leeann birth

B-Roll:

-(While the parents are still going on continuing with the question) Photographs of Leeann from when she was a baby will be shown.

Medium Bust Shot:

 (Medium bust shot of one of the parents will be on camera, while talking)

B-Roll:

-Louann and Ms Dorthy enteracting with Leeann.

Medium Bust Shot:

-Whole family (Jimmy, Louann, & Kevin) couple of seconds with one or two members of the family) Questions related to: "what you remember, when did Leeann situation get worse? Ect.

B-Roll:

-Kevin, the younger brother, doing what he normally does. Questions.

B-Roll:

-Following Ms. Dorothy and Leeann; ask Ms. Dorothy a couple questions during some B-Roll of how long she has been around the Monfort family, what she does for Leeann, and what Leeann likes and dislikes. Ect.

Medium Bust Shot:

-Interview with Ms. Dorothy.

Wideshot:

-Whole family. Questions about their social life.

(During this question we focus more on the family one on one interview)

Wideshot:

-Whole family. Questions related to their future plans. (focus on one or two members of the family interview)

Headshots:

-Interviews.

B-Roll:

-Ms. Dorothy shift is over (at 5pm). Parents take turns taking care of Leeann.

Wideshot:

-Whole Family.

Headshot:

-Question of their hopes for Leeann.

B-Roll:

-Parents put Leeann to bed.

Medium Bust Shot:

-Parents.

Crit-a-Crit

I chose to use a simple title header this time. I think it's too simple. I'll have to go back and rework my font choice and probably add a picture of Jewell to it like the original. I'm still adjusting the flow of the video. I'm not a big fan of the abrupt changes of scenes; I prefer to fade to the next scenes but I'm trying the cut scenes.

Mid-Term Rework

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Mid-Term

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Crit-a-Crit

Rebecca
Mid-term Project

This project was a challenge, especially in editing. Some of the footage taken had too much background noise or too much movement in the background. Both couldn't be helped since they couldn't be caught until after filming, but most of my footage was fine. I tried cutting some of the "uhms" and "I remember" out, but then my footage became too cutty. So, I decided to keep some of them in and cut others. I didn't account for the wind to move my equipment! And that was when the wind wasn't strong. So, there was no editing around that. Next time I'll need a second pair of eyes. I had to use a title card before one segment since I couldn't edit it in a way that the audience knew what was being  talked about. I tried to put other title parts up, so that it didn't seem random. I still have mixed feelings on using them.
Next time I would like to do some of the interview at the sites, but I would have to have a second person with me since they tend to be high traffic and noisey areas.

I had a hard time finding archival footage, which didn't surprise me. But, I was surprised how few pictures and information was online, and most came from a newspaper. I tried filming some of the sites, but they just didn't fit, so I stuck with the photos. The hard parts of that was going through dusty books to find them, deciding what captions to put, how long to have them on screen, which ones should she talk through and which ones not to. I still need to tweek that more.