Vox Pops: 3

On Friday 15th November, 2013 travelled to Liscard to finish off our vox pops. This time we managed to get a lot more people to answer our questions. As a result we finished all our needed vox pops and so did not require any extra filming.

Vox Pops: 2

On Wednesday 13th November, we all went to Liscard to have another go at doing our vox pops. Again we had many people who declined us in answering our questions. However, we were able to get a few more people than our first attempt at doing the vox pops, but due technical difficulties we have to go out and record them again.

Vox Pops: 1

These were the questions asked:

Do you read?
If not, why don't you read?
If yes, favourite book?
Favourite Author?
Kindle or Book?
Where do you keep your books?
Where do you read?
When do you read?
Why do you read?

On Sunday 3rd November, all three of us went to Birkenhead to do our vox pops. We spent one hour there, and after asking people only two would answer our questions in relation to books and kindles on camera. As a result we have to go out and do them again.

Interview 4: Liz Folan - Film and Book Enthusiast

On 11th November 2013 we planned and carried out an interview with a film and book enthusiast Liz Folan. Prior to the interview we set up a mise-en-scene of a number of posters of films that had been adapted into screenplays of books as that was the topic of the questions.

These are the questions that we asked Liz:

Do you prefer to read an eBook or physical book?

Do you prefer to read a book or watch a film?

Do you think films involving books will ever be driven by Kindles?

Do you think films will lose their magic if the physical books where to be replaced by eBooks?

After watching a film adaptation of a book that you haven't read, do you then go and read the book?

If you could pick any book that you have read that has been adapted into a film that felt that you gave the book justice, what was it and how did the film achieve this?

If you could pick any book you have read that has been adapted into a film that you felt didn't give the book justice, what was it and how do the film achieve this?

Can you name any films where books are the narrative drive?

In early film depicting the future, characters would read from devices like Kindles, but we don't often see them in films today. Why do you think this is?

What kind of narrative genre would you most associate with books?

Interview 3: Christine Walton - English Literature Teacher

On the 30th October 2013 we conducted an interview with Christine Walton, an english literature teacher at Weatherhead High School. We conducted the interview in the school library as to ensure the mise-en-scene was numerous shelves of books:

These were the questions we asked:

Why did you decide to teach English Literature?

Do you prefer physical books or eBooks?

Where do you store your books?

Do you own a Kindle/eBook?

How do you feel about the transition from books to eBooks?

Do you think schools should embrace the use of Kindles and eBooks?

What do you think are the benefits of eBooks?

What do you think are the disadvantages of eBooks?

What possibilities do you think eBooks could offer within English Literature?

What is your favourite book?

Interview 2: Julie Mann - Librarian

On Tuesday 22nd October, 2013 we set everything up so that we could interview Principle Librarian Julie Mann, at 2pm. This took place at Greasby Library so that the mise-en-scene was relevant to our documentary, which is Books vs.Kindles. The interview lasted 5minutes and 52seconds. We were also able to get cutaways of various books contained in the library, as well as somebody reading a book.

These were the questions asked:

Why did you become a librarian?

What is your favourite book?

Do you have a collection at home?

Can you explain the dewy decimal system?

Do you prefer eBooks or physical books?

What effects have eBooks had on this library and the surrounding libraries?

Would you say the the amount of visitors have decreased due to the eBooks?

Do you think libraries will become providers of eBooks?

How does eBook lending work?

Do you think that the availability of books as downloads have affected childrens reading?

Interview 1: Kate Maryon - Author

We conducted an interview with the author, Kate Maryon on 11th October 2013 during a visit she conducted to the school during author week.

What inspired you to become an author?

Do you prefer physical books or eBooks?

What prompted you to make you books available online?

How do you feel about the transition from books to eBooks?

What effects have eBooks had on your book sales?

Do you think the availability of eBooks have affected childrens reading?

Book Piracy?

What effect do you think eBooks have had on bookstores and libraries?

What is the effects of eBooks on first editions?

Filming

Storyboard for Opening Sequence

This was the storyboard that we used to plan our opening sequence. It involves the concept of moving to reflect our title "Moving Foreword" while sopmeobody takes a book to read in a library.

Storyboard of Interviews

We storyboarded one shot of each interview we planned to film to see what framing we were going to use and to assess the mise-en-scene. Each of the quick sketches we did showed where the interviewee was going to be sat and a brief idea of what the mise en scene was going to be like.

Running Order

This is the running order we formed for our documentary.

Running Order

Primary Research

These were the arrangements we made for each interview and the details of interviews we tried to get for our documentary but were unsuccessful.

Documentary arrangements from Belladog55

The locations for the interviews we did shoot successfully were as follows:

• Christine Walton - Weatherhead High School Library
• Kate Maryon - Weatherhead High School Staff Social Room
• Liz Folan - Film and Media Department at Weatherhead High School
• Julie Mann - Greasby Library