AS Filming

When filming our documentary, we found that a simple format of filming our participant with a medium close up would be the most effective. We also found that by filming some shots from behind the participant would mean that the audience's attention would be captured.

One problem we came across when filming was the answers the participant gave; as she did not answer in full sentences, it became a problem when editing. Therefore, when filming the main documentary, I will assure that when we ask participants questions, they answer in full sentences, as if they are just chatting about their day. This will mean that we can use different clips in different places, and not have to include one of the filmmakers asking the questions, as this can seem quite amateur when showing the documentary.

When filming, we chose a participant that we felt would fit the stereotype of 'mobile phone addicted'. Therefore we chose a teenage girl, at our college, who answered our questions honestly.

We then filmed some cutaways which included pictures of mobile phones and shots of other people using their mobiles. We felt this was effective, as the target audience for our documentary was mobile phone users around our age group. We felt that this would make the viewer feel less alienated; mobile phone usage is common in teenagers, and is growing more every year.