The documentary filmmakers decided to set their documentary in a school in order to find a variety of couples to interview and because they had limited filming time. They filmed in locations around the school like classrooms and the playground that were appropriate for the ages of the couples. Realistic lighting and costumes were used to add authenticity. A variety of camera shots and slow, intimate editing style aimed to reveal the truth about love over time through observational documentary.

1. Love Over Time

2.  We decided to set our documentary in school. Partly
because we didn’t have much time to film but we could also
find the variety of couples we needed.
 The section we filmed for the extract bellow is all done in the
common room. This is age appropriate for the couples we
filmed. However, for the full documentary we would be
filming a wider age range and therefore would choose
different locations dependent on the age of the couple.
 Some examples of other settings in the school include the
classrooms, in an office and on the playground. The
playground would be a good setting for a younger, year 7
couple as it suggests youth.
 All the couples would be dressed and have their makeup as
they naturally would to make their interviews are realistic as
possible.
 The lighting is also natural daylight to add realism and an
everyday setting.

3.  We used a variety of camera angles in our
extract including two shots to suggesting the
relationship and intimacy between the two
people being interviewed, close ups and
extreme close ups to capture emotions and
wide shots and long shots to set the scene.
The camera was mainly still for interviewing to
allow the audience to focus on what is being
said. However we did use the zoom when we
wanted the focus to be on one person out of
the two.

4.  We used slow editing to suggest intimacy. We
achieved this through slowing down clips and
using long, fading transitions.
 The slow editing creates the appropriate
mood and tone for a documentary about love.

5.  For our extract we struggled to find some
appropriate music on i-movie in the time we
had so our extract has no sound besides the
dialogue.
 If we made the whole documentary we would
use a well known love song such as She’s so
lovely by Scouting for girls to set the mood.
 Interviews would remain silent, because we
wouldn’t want to distract from what's being
said.

6.  This
documentary is expository and
observational as it reveals the truth about
couples and interviews are not scripted.

7.  The documentary maker remains anonymous
and is not part of the documentary.
 We hear but never see the interviewer as the
questions are asked from behind the camera
to keep the focus on the couple being
questioned.