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1. P R O D U C T I O N
D I A R Y
B 2 – S U N D E R L A N D D O C U M E N T A R Y

2. D E S I G N I N G T H E S E T
• The set I used to film my monologue sequence of the
documentary was built by my dad in his studio, he
constructed the walls and mounted the TV. I dressed
the set for my documentary however, it was important
to me that the backdrop was themed to suit the theme
of my documentary, so I chose to decorated with all my
Sunderland AFC memorabilia. I draped the flag and
scarves over the shelf, securing the scarf with tape and
kept the scarfs secure with a Styrofoam mannequin
head that I also dressed in a Sunderland themed
bucket hat. I also utilised the TV by streaming a picture
of the documentary’s thumbnail to it, I am pleased with
the way it looked and think it does a great job of
creating an environment for the video.

3. F I L M I N G T H E
M O N O L O G U E
• To film my monologue, I used my dad’s studio and camera set
up as well as his boom mic, which was positioned just out of
frame in this photo. This set up was helpful as it is exactly
how I pictured the set and cameras looking when I wrote the
script. I read the script from a teleprompter that was
positioned just underneath the camera, so I didn’t have to look
away to read the script. Filming my monologue was difficult as
I had to adjust to using a teleprompter for the first time; filming
the whole script took approximately 3 hours including brakes
and set-up. During filming, we had no technical issues
however physical exhaustion was certainly a problem to
overcome so to combat this I took regular breaks between
different sections of the script. This was the only day that I
shot any footage, and I am grateful that I managed to film
everything that I needed to in one day.

4. E Q U I P M E N T S E T
U P
• In the filming process I used different equipment to
create my documentary. Firstly, I used a canon DSLR
camera to film myself, I also attached a teleprompter to
the camera to make it easier to read the script. The
teleprompter was an app on an iPad which was placed
in a configuration such as the one on the right.
Afterwards I set up the lighting, rig, I used a bright
overhead light (such as the one on the right) to make
sure the shot wasn’t too dim, and my face was lit to the
proper lighting. This is the only equipment that I used
for the production part of my documentary.
DSLR camera with a teleprompter
Lighting rig similar to what I used

5. E X P E R I M E N TAT I O N D U R I N G F I L M I N G
• During the filming of my documentary, I experimented with different camera angles and
changing the position of my set and myself in the shot. Before the shoot, I tested how it
would look on camera if I were to move the chair to different spots around the set, so I set
the camera up facing directly at the set and moved the chair into 3 or 4 different locations to
see which was best, Eventually I landed on the seating position that you see in the video.
Next, I moved the shirts in the background to get them on camera in the best possible angle,
I also changed the order of the shirts a few times before filming. Finally, and most
significantly was the experimentation with lighting, it was my dad who helped with this as I
had to sit in the chair so he could adjust the lamps to light up my face properly, there was
some experimentation as to how I lit up my face and weather it would better to make my face
brighter or darker and at some point, when adjusting the lights, we found a middle point
which worked well.

6. B E H I N D T H E
S C E N E S
• This is the only photo I
have from behind the
scenes, it is a picture
of the camera on
which I filmed my
documentary on. This
was taken during the
shoot by my dad, who
was the camera man
for me while I read out
the script.