Hi Peter,
Firstly, thanks so much for taking the time to watch the film and to sit and write your critique. I really do appreciate it.
It's good to hear that people are seeing the same faults/issues with the film, gives me something to look at.
In answer to your points;
1) The idea of using various cameras was purely from a practical point of view as i only had a Sony 8mm camera that could do the Night Vision work. Then i had my own MiniDV camera for the PTC stuff, and to be used where the light was good enough. I also borrowed clips from the teams involved to grab what i could. So all in all, it was full of various different ratio's and resolutions... but from a film making point of view, i found this quite interesting, and hoped it would add a more documentary feel to it.
2) As for scripting, maybe i'm a documentary film maker novice, but i don't like the idea of telling the people i'm watching what to say. I shot the film as an observer with no preconceptions as to what was going to happen. I guess a voice over would help, and this is something i need to take another look at.
3) The sequence you refer to, i totally agree to. The problem was that i really liked what the guy was saying but i wasn't in a position to film him. So i made the decision to have people listening to him instead. Wish i could have recorded his face, because his speech was quite long and really creepy!
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4) As for lighting, i would agree if i was making a feature film or something, but my intention was never to impose myself or the camera... i wanted them to not notice me at all whilst i was filming.
I do think the film needs a thorough good going over... i think when i get some spare time i shall give it another go and take everyone's comments on board. May take a while though...
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