Pre production - final documentary

My ideas for the final documentary fall under the expository documentary category with my goal of making the audience think about the information given along with being more informed about areas the live in and comparison's to that - 

Themes -

• Travel 
• City life vs country life
• Standard of living and quality of life
• Norms of places, what it's overall like

Locations - 

• London - Soho, Embankment, Canary Wharf - visually pleasing areas at night
• Hainault Forest Country Park  - wide areas of land with public members. In outer London therefore easy o access under our time frame whilst looking successful. 

Filming - 

• Ask a few people about whether they would prefer living in a city or countryside in the country park. 
• Possibly film someone our age in London - use question examples
• Still shot of the a train station 
• Cinematic moving and still shots in London, experiment with ending the clip with a movement to the ' next clip  ' to make dramatic cuts in editing - moving from one location to the other. 
• Film a central London shop compared to the shop in the country park
• People in a hurry vs those walking casually
• Shot between being in a car and being on a train
• Shot between walking on road and concrete compared to on grass
• Shots of people walking - only their feet compared to one or two people walking in a field
• Contrast voice over thoughts e.g is someone says they don't like busy roads to footage of busy roads. Contrast audio with what's on screen

Filmmaker examples - 

Looking at examples of filmmakers has broadened my understanding of themes surrounding my documentary, for example, the whole travel theme 

Question examples -

• What's your view on the central city life within London? ( mostly positive, negative etc. )
• Do you prefer the city life or countryside life?
• Do you like living in a city, if so, why?
• What part of the city do you like the most?
• Do you prefer more social things around you or a a more quiet atmosphere?
• Did you grow up in the city or country?
• Do you like the idea of living in the countryside, if so, why?
• If you grew up in a different environment, do you feel that your life would be different, e.g the norms you've learnt?
• Where's the trendiest area you know of? 
• If you could live in any area, where would you live?

Edit -

• Sound effects through cutting movements
• Voice over facts about prices, quality of life and standard of living from both areas
• Fade both music and shot when interview footage approaches
• Music in the background over some cinematic shots, in times of no voice over or dialogue and attempt to cut on beat.
• Starts with the aesthetic shots, music goes quiet and information about both places is given. Interview shots included here etc

Music -
- ' words ' by pools
-  Petit Biscuit - Problems instrumental

Treatment -
The outline of my film idea includes the following -
I would like to create a documentary showing the differences between living in the city and in a quiter, country place. I would like to get public views of this by asking people how they feel in both places and comparing these with each other, along with comparing things such as house pricing and quality of life. The end message should be in the audiences head of whether they think living in a city is better than maybe the countryside rather than the filmmaker, myself, having an input. I will therefore make sure that footage, statistics, answers to questions etc are balanced on both ends, giving some advantages to city life and disadvantages, vice versa, 
The target audience includes any age, with a slightly younger vibe to it as the typical age for these documentaries would be older. 
The length of the film will aim around 4/5mins.
Techniques will be explored in the cinematography, as there will be various cinematic shots of both the city and countryside locations contrasting with each other. The pace of the documentary will vary between having fast pace cuts on beat with music showing a location, to other shots just showing the environment and voiceovers of myself giving information and voices of those i'm asking questions to. 
The people involved will be those present and willing to answer questions when in central London and in the Essex area, hopefully asking as many people as possible to gain some audio voice footage and visual footage so the documentary does not seem boring from only location shots. The production schedule includes filming when dark in the city to make the footage more visually footage, therefore any day in the evening and the country park / Essex to be filmed on the weekend during the day. So the visuals match, there will also be shots of London during the day as the sun sets and shots of Essex whilst the sun rises.

Shot list -