Hazzard Assessment

I have completed the hazard assessment for each of the locations we want to film at. There was not alot of risk involved which I could think of apart from people triping over wires and I have put this under control by making sure someone is cable bashing at all times.

I have also been through the script and made the few little changes that Helen asked for to make it more presentable and understandable.

Shooting Schedule

Today we looked through our script and came up with a very in depth shooting schedule so we know exactly what we are shooting, where and when. We printed all of the schedules out and then we gave Rita a call to confirm dates. We have confirmed with her to shoot the evening sequences, the home GVs and her and Ari's interview on Wednesday 9th November at 6:30pm onwards. On Saturday 12th we will shoot Skyla doing fundraising outside Tesco and on Tuesday 15th we will be shooting Rita and the children's early morning school day routine.

Helen had a look at what we had come up with and she liked what we had done, she also gave us feed back on our script and there are a few little things we need to change but nothing to major. We have been given the go ahead to film when we need to as Helen is pleased with our script and preparation.

Tonight I will edit the little bits in the script we need to and I will also make sure I complete a risk assessment for Rita and Ari's house so that we are already to film on Wednesday.

Questions for Renee

The script is coming together, I've put in some commentary, what questions we may ask Renee and what we expect the answers to be, and Rita and Ari's story. Tomorrow, we're going to see Rita to get her side of the story so we can fill in the gaps in the script. The research into visuals that Hennie came up with have been added to the script and I've also thought about some more visuals we're going to see, but they need more development.

We then need to get our filming dates together for the interviews and sequences and possibly recce the location for Renee beforehand to see what we can use as a background; perhaps a projected image behind her. 

Here are some of the questions Jane and I went through in the week, putting them into the script and using Hennie's research, in keeping with what answers we expect to fit in with the story:

• What was apartheid?
• How did the apartheid affect South Africa? Economy? People?
• When was apartheid abolished?
• What is it like for South African's now? Economy?
• Was there an increase in crime? How has this affected South Africans?
• How has the rate of immigration to the UK changed? And what is the cause of this?

Footage of South African Police

South African police putting men in the back of a police van, with violence. We could use footage like this when Ari talks about how the police arrived and arrested people when Ari was kidnapped and taken to the bank.or to demonstrate what the "fake policemen" would have been wearing.

Interview Set-ups & Reconstruction Shots Ideas

Taken from 'Exposure: Gaddafi & The IRA' on ITV1. Examples of how to set-up the interviews with the expert, using projected images and lighting techniques. And for reconstruction when Rita and Ari talk about his kidnapping; we can use extreme close-ups of guns, telephones, driving shots (steering wheel and the road), possibly a form with a dotted line and writing "help", and we could also made a map to illustrate where he went.

Using objects in the frame out of focus

A simpler lighting set-up

Questions To Ask

I've had a think of what questions we could ask our expert so that we get the information we want from her but at the same time let her be completely objective because we don't want our film to be considered racist.

1. What does apartheid mean and what was it?
2. How were people effect after and during apartheid?
3. How did apartheid effect the economy?
4. When and why was apartheid abolished?
5. Can you tell us anything you know about the diamond industry 

Visuals

I've been trying to think of visuals which will be interesting for the viewer to see and will fit in with the sound.
I think we should keep the opening as archive of Nelson Mandela being elected president and I think the end shot should be Ari and Rita leaving the house with the children and walking down the road so that we have a shot of them "Leaving Home".
I've thought of a few things we could film to cover edits:

• South African art/objects in the experts office or in Rita and Ari's house
• Family photos in frames from when they lived in South Africa
• Diamonds twinkling 

I've also had a think about what Rita and Ari could be doing in the shots so that they are not just sitting there having an interview:

• Feeding the baby
• Brushing child's hair
• Cooking
• Looking at diamonds
• Playing with the kids
• Looking at photos from when they lived back in South Africa
• Watching home videos

When the family leave South Africa and arrive in the UK there should be shots of an airplane taking off and the image of the South African flag and then a plane lading and the image of the United Jack.

I was trying to think of how we could show the trauma Ari went through and the only thing I could think of was having a blurry reconstruction of 2 men dressed as policemen being aggressive.

I also think that parts of the interviews need to be covered with archive so that the viewer can fully understand what the person is talking about.

Thats what i've come up with so far I will try and think of some more visuals which will be interesting to put in the documentary and full explain the point we are trying to make.