On Tuesday the 11th of October 2015, we were informed by our Tutor that the Alzheimer's support group had allowed for us to interview two members of staff, while the other half of the group filmed around with someone with Alzheimer's going out with a service volunteer.
We were picked by one of the staff members and on the way to one of the centres, we enquired about suitable questions (my self and another peer volunteered to interview the staff members) to ask. We came up with questions including what is your role here, what does it entail and how does it make a difference for people with Alzheimer's.
To ensure we remembered the questions down, we wrote them on a piece of paper, to which I then gave to my peer who would be asking the questions, while I angled the camera for the interview and worked the microphone.
Angling of the camera for interview and why?
I decided to angle the camera so the interviewee was at the left hand side of the frame and the compute she worked at could be seen at the right hand side of the frame.
As well as establishing this to be where the staff work, it would also give visual intrigue, as the audience have more than one thing to focus on.
Promotional video production session 2
On Monday the 30th of October 2015, we were informed by our Tutor that the Dementia support group have arranged for our class to interview a person with dementia and to go around filming and interviewing another person with dementia and a voluntary carer going shopping with him.
Shortly after we were picked up.
We were very kindly given a table with a list of desired questions to ask both people as well as the service staff member who picked us up.
We met up with a man named Alan and his carer Phil. We both drove to a shop they commonly go to.
My peer and I decided to ask questions around what was happening (I.e. shopping), so as to obtain a casual vibe and to underlie the different places and things the service enables for people and their carers to do. We also decided to apply a handheld camera technique, so as to give a more realistic and casual tone to the scene, enforcing a more loosened and free will kind of vibe to the organization. Whereas a tripod would give of a more formal structure, implementing a slightly serious and plain vibe to the support group.
I asked questions including what they were doing at the moment as well as how many times they go to the shop.
I approached them, by firstly asking if they would be ok to answer some questions, to make sure they were aware. Although one time, I asked Alan the question, forgetting to ask if he would be ok to answer some questions firstly.
I asked other questions (in accordance to the table sheet given earlier), such as what they get up to, what they have in common with each other and what they like about the service.
My peer worked the microphone, while I filmed.
Next we interviewed the service staff member, who very kindly opted for an interview before hand.
I worked the camera, while my peer worked the microphone. I asked the questions according to the table sheet.
I took some additional footage of the fruit outside of the shop market, to add for visual appeal.