Pre - Production

Documentary Narrative - 

  1. Personal Introduction 
  2. "day 1" title card
  3. Fitness intro montage
  4. Interview Introduction
  5. backstory
  6. meal plan
  7. 'the problem' - braces
  8. 'the resolution' - Whey Protein
  9. "day 15" title card
  10. contrast from backstory to now
  11. brief overview of workouts
  12. progress review
  13. "day 30" title card
  14. Final progress review and overall thoughts
Budget -
The weekly shopping for the project will come to £90.
As I am only earning £30 a week from furlough, I will need to search for a second job to support the projects budget.

£90 per week for a month is £360 total. 

Equipment : 
weight bench - £100
barbell - £30
pull-up bar - £20
yoga mat - £5
dumbbell set - £35
punching bag -  £30

Overall Equipment cost is £220
Excess expenses - £14.50

Total Budget - £594.50

Filming equipment
I want to make sure that the entire lighting/camera setup could be setup to roll at any moment.
To achieve this, I will charge 2 of the 4 camera batteries every night and wipe the SD cards at the end of every week. I do not want my camera to die on me, or run out of space mid shoot. Keeping organized and knowing where everything is will help me get footage faster.
On days where dialogue is needed, I must charge my phone as it is the portable recorder used with the LAV mic.

I will shoot the documentary in 1080p 60fps on my Canon DSLR.. 60fps captures movement in real time, and plays it back in the closest form to this that our eyes can see. It is a very common trait in documentary style filmmaking. However, I am using it for the possibility that I may need to slow a clip down in post later on.
The camera will always have a quick release plate attached so that I have easy access to both handheld and locked shots. This will be achieved by the legs that own.
Audio will be kept exclusively to the Lav mic, and will record into my phone as an MP3 file.
I have 2 lights that I intend to use. The first is the dimmable ring light, and the second is the harsh table lamp.

Shooting schedule -
Jan 25th - Feb 24th
Shooting will last 30 minutes every morning and hour every afternoon, daily for the entire duration of the shoot.

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