Documentary: Planning

We were put into randomly chosen groups of three in order for us to experience working with people we might not usually chose to work with. The title given for the documentary was 'Harlow: A Dying Town Centre'. From this title we produced a flowchart, with any ideas and connotations associated with the title. As the title was a 'Dying' town centre, I tried to include negative connotations. I also thought it was a good idea to isolate each word/phrase of the title in order to initiate more ideas.

From the flowchart I produced as a group we decided to concentrate on various aspects we covered. Predominantly the 'Chav' aspect and how we could connect this to crime and the empty derelict shops. We decided we would direct our documentary on how Harlow Town Centre was a exciting, safe area to be but how 'Chavs' - (Council House Assosiated Vermin) have had huge negative impacts on the town centre- empty, derelict shops and crime.

Next we ventured around the town in order to scout accurate locations for filming. We found many empty shops with grafitti and litter nearby also.

I also created a shot list to follow for filming. We follwed the list as close as possible, it was useful to have when filming.

Shots of 'Chavs'- Film medium long shot of chavs in town with some shots where the camera pans, following them. Also shots of groups of chavs. Shots with chavs on their own, main chav in documentary- include close up shots, medium close ups and medium long shots.

Shots of empty shops- medium long shots, where camera pans to create a sweeping shot of many empty shops together

Shots of Watergardens- medium long shots, sweeping shots of row of restaurants