Mise en Scene

For our documentary we had to consider the 5 key things as part of Mise en Scene. This wasn't something we could put much planning into which is why i am analysing it so late on. Due to the fact it is a documentary its not as if we had to build up atmosphere using these things, whatever was in out footage was there to observe and compare, everything was naturally done to enable us to look at the real life in the schools.
Costume- The obvious for this section is the uniform. It is easy to compare the quality of the uniforms from public schools to private schools and it is also obvious which is which due to the way the students wear it.

Lighting- This is all natural lighting too, however in some of the clips we will have to adjust the brightness to make it easier to see the action.

Acting- There is no acting in our documentary and nothing was scripted because it would have seemed more fake and things could have gone wrong.
Make-up - No make up was needed because we weren't trying to create anything funny/scary it is an expository documentary on real life in public and private schools.

Props - There was no need for props either, we filmed what was already on show.
Settings - Reeds School was setting 1 and Heathside school was setting 2, these two will be compared throughout the documentary looking at exam results too.

Target Audience

We decided as soon as we planned the documentary that the target audience would be very wide spread, it is suitable for most ages and categories of people in society so it was easy to aim the documentary at anyone. This meant the footage and editing didn't have to be made to suit a certain group of people.

We asked a few class members to watch what we had done and comment on who and why they think the target audience is. This helped us get an idea of who would prefer the documentary out of the target audience.

Filming Around Heathside

We needed footage from around the public school that we are all currently students in Heathside School, we have already taken and uploaded location shots and the next step was to get interviews and footage from around the building including students and facilities. We managed to get interviews with a girl student, boy student and a few teachers but will only include a few of these.

Too Poor for Posh School (Existing Documentary)

Renowned for producing the finest statesmen, including Churchill and Nehru; writers like Richard Curtis and Anthony Trollope; and numerous captains of industry, Harrow is one of the last remaining all-boys boarding schools in Britain and one steeped in history.
Yet access into a world seen as the preserve of the super-rich really does come at a price: over a whopping £28,000 a year in school fees. But for those who can't afford the fees there's another way in. Each year, two boys from far less wealthy families are offered the chance of a scholarship.
The Peter Beckwith Scholarship is targeted specifically at families who'd never be able to pay for such a privileged education at a boarding school. The means-tested scholarship can pay up to full fees for a boy's entire career at Harrow, and two years at a prep school before they join Harrow at 13 years old. All in all it's worth close to £200,000.
The scholarship was founded and is funded by multi-millionaire businessman Peter Beckwith, himself a Harrovian and the father of former It Girl Tamara Beckwith. So far he's paid for 37 boys to go to Harrow.
In autumn 2009 Harrow granted Cutting Edge access - for the first time - to film the annual selection contest. It all happens on a single day in November.
The documentary follows the journey of three of the 11 shortlisted boys as they undergo a relentless day of tests and interviews. The parents of 10-year-old Krishan and 11-year-olds Numhan and Tumi can only wait in hope as their sons compete for a prize that will change their lives forever.

Filming at Reeds

Due to a misunderstanding in the group I was the only member who missed out on a day of filming at the other location that is Reeds School. This was a huge shame and occurred as a lack of communication causing complications between the rest of my group and myself.

This would have been a good opportunity for me to input my ideas, however because I didn't go with them to get the footage I am hoping to help out when it comes to editing. I trust my group to have got some really good quality filming and am looking forward to start the editing process and getting more footage from around Heathside School that I can join in with.

Practice Interview

Meg and Nick practising the interview techniques.

Here is a still shot from a video our group took a few weeks back in order to get good experience on the type of questions and compositions that we can use for the final thing. The positioning of both interviewees works well as it created a good two shot allowing the audience to see clearly what is going on / being said. Hopefully we will all gain more experience as we film the interviews for the final documentary and all of us will develop further skills in filming and editing.

Adam and myself did the filming for this while Meg and Nick volunteered to be in the footage.

Decided Location

We have managed to find a place to replace St. Georges and as a group we ae happy with the change. We are going to be filming at Reeds School in Cobham.

As you can see the school grounds are extremely spread out. We will only have the oppurtunity to focus on the sixth form area however we will be making sure we gain as much footage and information about the school itself when we go there to take location shots and film for the final documentary.

The school isnt as local as St.Georges so this will make it more difficult for us to arrange dates to film however we will make sure we get it done in time leaving vital time for editing and producing.