The structure of my documentary is in the linear structure. I have stuck to the classic narrative structure of documentary which means that you will see one interviewee on screen at a time who are telling different stories.

It starts with Frank naming iconic attractions in the city then to him talking about the history of the Albert Dock, Frank isn’t seen until the end of the documentary when he is summarising the city and he wraps the whole thing up. This technique of bringing Frank back on to the screen at the end is breaking the linear narrative structure that I originally was originally having but Frank summarised it perfectly because he looked proud and happy whilst boasting about his city. I didn’t know that I was going to use Frank at the end until I did my transcript for his interview and I seen the way he looks and what he says and also mentions people from Liverpool. I could have stuck to the linear narrative right through it by having the voiceover wrapping it up and having a montage over it but I changed my mind because of how well Frank spoke and summarised it in a question without me asking to summarise Liverpool up.

It then goes straight to my grandad who is talking about a whole new thing which is growing up in Anfield then to Paul talking about the music then the voiceover talking about the football culture then Frank bringing the documentary to an end. This part of the documentary until the end is all in linear narrative structure which was my idea from the beginning.

 

In the introduction, I will have a voice over introducing the documentary so it will be explaining what it is about and who it will feature. I need to write the script once I have sorted out the interviews and got what I need. A montage will be played over the voice over of some of the most iconic places in Liverpool like the Liver Building, the cathedrals Mathew Street and the Docks. I will have music playing quietly in the background so its not just the voice over.

The first thing that will come after the introduction will be interviewee who is the historian who will start with talking about the iconic attractions in the city then he goes on to talking about docks and the history of them and then on to the development and then how the development benefitted the city whilst he is speaking, I will have archive and my own footage over so I will be showing the audience the development and how they had changed over the years and how they look now.

The interview will continue to go into the regeneration projects in the city including the Liverpool One and the Anfield Project and how they benefitted the city. Whilst he speaks, I will have cutaways over him then it will keep cutting back to Frank. From there, it will cut straight to my grandad who will be talking about growing up in Anfield and what the conditions were like. He talks about what he did when he went out on weekends and where he went. He also mentions the football, school, what he would do as a child and where he worked. He mentions at the end what Anfield ground and the football has done for Anfield and the money it has done by bringing in tourists. I will have cutaways of the Anfield stadium over it, just shots I filmed around Anfield and also pictures of my grandad when he was younger and when he would go out for drinks at the weekend.

I will then have a voiceover play after the part with my grandad and introduces the music segment of the documentary which will give a fact with cutaways over of The Beatles and Mathew Street. I will then introduce the musician – Paul McDonough. It will then cut to Paul who will begin by talking about how music started in the city and then onto about how the music in the city developed after The Beatles which will have cutaways of the city and Mathew Street after he mentions it. He will then close the interview with talking about the effect of music has had on the city.

After the interview is over, football of the city will be introduced and I won’t have an interview for this part because I will have had three interviews before this so the voiceover will just talk about the football in the city and talk about the effect it has had on the city talking equally as much about both teams rather than being biased and speaking about one team. I have got cutaways of around both football grounds that I knew what to get from when I did my research on the football culture earlier on in the project.

The last big part will be on the art. I will just have the voiceover talking about some of the most famous pieces of art int he city that I did research on. I will put cutaways of the art galleries, buildings and art in the city to put over the voiceover rather than having a blank screen but will also show the audience what is being spoken about and they can see it themselves.

The last part will be the voiceover introducing one of Liverpool’s citizen and they will talk about what they like about living in the city and what the different opportunities are in the city. He speaks about what opportunities there are in the city like for music because it is already well known for the music scene but also places to pay live music and the music colleges and universities. He also mentions the art galleries and colleges which I will have cutaways which relates to what he talks about so I don’t just have him on the screen the whole time.

The interview will close with Frank talking about how great the city is and why he loves it. He mentions some of the greatest places and attractions of the city and will have some shots over it but also cutting back to his interview because he looks so proud when he is talking and I want it to have that effect on the audience when they are watching the documentary.

I have decided to make my documentary linear style which means that it will go in order, starting from the history, going to my grandad talking about him growing up in Anfield and what he did which is also history with archive over. It then goes into talking about the music and football culture and how they developed in the city. It will then go onto the interview with my friend which sort of relates to the culture then it cuts to Frank summarising the documentary at the end.

I have created a visme which is a visual structure of my documentary. This will help me get more of a visual idea of the structure of how my documentary will go.

I arranged with my uncle Dominic to record my voiceover for my production which will be used right throughout the documentary until the end. I wrote the Voiceover Script yesterday which he read today when we recorded it. He read the script from my iPad so that it was easier.

We used the Zoom Microphone to record the voiceover because I was use to this and I knew how to use it because I had used it in the past in previous projects. We filmed in a quiet room so there are no other sounds and you can only hear him speaking.

I listened back to it and the audio is loud and clear so when I go to college tomorrow I can put it into Final Cut Pro so that I can begin to put it into my edit with my interviews.

I did research into the importance of voiceovers and did some contextual analysis of voiceovers in documentaries in Idea Development – voiceover and where and how I will use it in my own work.

Throughout my whole project, I had to go out to film cutaways and interviews so I had to make call sheets for my teachers for the teachers for the days I will be out filming. The call sheet informs them where and when I will be out filming. It also includes of who else will be in it so in interviews, it will have the directors name and the interviewees.

I have put each call sheet I have sent in order.

 

 

I have written my voice over script before I film tomorrow. I have highlighted what the voiceover will say.

I did some research on voiceovers in documentaries and what they are there for and what they say, I also watched some documentaries and looked at examples of different voice overs.

The first thing I did was write my introduction by starting with the word Liverpool so I am letting the audience what the documentary will be about and I have stated that Liverpool is a city with a variety of cultures and a place of unfolding history.

I then introduced who was starring in it which was the historian, someone from Anfield, a musician and someone young living in Liverpool. I introduce it by saying what will be talked about and the in the documentary. I have gone through the interview with Frank to see what parts I want to have which are the most important points made like for Frank I have decided I only want him talking about the most iconic attractions which I will start his interview with then he will go on to talking about the docks opening in 1846 and what the benefits the docks have made for the city. I will play footage over the introduction in the voice over that I have filmed myself around Liverpool, I did research on where I was going to film so for Frank, he speaks about the docks and the history and the Anfield and Liverpool One generation so when I did research on that I knew I was going to go out and film different places in Liverpool One and Anfield as well as the Albert Dock.

I put into the script what was happening next so that I knew what order it was going in and how the voice over would fit into the different segments in the production.

There was no voiceover introducing my grandad because when Frank speaks about the Anfield Project it then goes straight to my grandad one what it was like when growing up in Liverpool. I introduced him in the introduction as ‘Anfield’s own’ so the audience already know who it is. I didn’t introduce him because the voiceover would’ve interrupted the part between Frank’s part and my grandads and when my grandad speaks it smoothly runs into his part because they are both on the same subject. I have done some filming around Anfield so that I can use cutaways over his interview so that the audience know what he is talking about.

I then wrote a piece after the interview with my grandad to introduce the music section in the documentary and the musician who I interviewed. I introduced the music by saying talking about its success and mentioning The Beatles then introducing the musician so that the audience know who is about to come on screen talking about the music of the city. I put some context in the script for the music part so that when the interviewee comes in so that he doesn’t have to give a whole introduction of the music in the city and because he doesn’t do this, the audience will find it easier to follow because of the context the voiceover has already given them which I spoke about in Reception Theory.

From the research I did on the music of Liverpool and watching the documentary with Paul, I went out and got shots of the music scene in Liverpool which was mainly Mathew Street and Seal Street but then of the M&S Arena in town which I will use as cutaways over the voiceover and the interview with Paul rather than have nothing on the screen or just having the whole interview of Paul on the screen.

I then put under the voiceover for the music part what will happen after the voiceover stops speaking which is going straight to the musician’s interview.

After the music segment, it then goes to the topic of the football culture in the city which is a huge part in the documentary because there is so much history on it. In the voiceover, I state that football in the city is a religion because it is so important and plays a huge role in the city. We give some history on the football that I have gotten due to research that I did at the beginning which will help me when it came to writing my voice over script. I used what I had researched and used it in this voice over and also to help me when I was going out filming around both football grounds which I did and then when it comes to editing my product, I can use the cutaways over the voice over of both grounds which will also show the audience what they are talking about.

The last big part of the voiceover is the art and culture of the city which is the information I got when I did research on it so when I was writing my script I referred back to my research and used that. I stated that Liverpool is well known for its rich history in regards to architecture, paintings and sculptures. I have mentioned some of the most famous pieces of art within the city and when I did research on this, I knew I was going to mention these so I went out and got footage of the art and also of the art galleries so I can use them shots as cutaways for when I begin editing and put them over the voiceover.

After this, I gave an introduction for theist interviewee who talks about what they. like about living in Liverpool and they discuss the different opportunities within the city. I got some more shots after having this interview, I will use them cutaways such as the art colleges, galleries and Mathew street so that the interviewee isn’t just on the screen.

I didn’t get the voiceover to bring the documentary, I am using Frank who explains of how great of a city Liverpool is and describes some of the iconic places in the city, he is happy in it and I decided that I wanted to use that at the end rather using a voiceover again but also have more than one Frank appearance.

Putting the script together wasn’t hard because I knew exactly what was being said in the interviews and I knew what each segment was about and using my research helped a lot especially when writing the part for the football and art parts.

I used this website to plan and type up my voiceover script:

Videomaker. (2019). Writing Effective Narration – Videomaker. [online] Available at: https://www.videomaker.com/article/f5/7356-writing-effective-narration [Accessed 18 May 2019].