I used Creative Commons to get one copyright free image of the Anfield gates that says ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone,’ because I didn’t get one when Filming around Anfield and I didn’t manage to get back out and get shots again in time for me to finish my edit. I have done some research on what it is and what it does.

Creative Commons allows people to share their work legally. They provides free, easy to use copyright licenses to make a simple and standardised way to give public permission to share and use your creative work on conditions of your choice.

Creative Commons. (2019). What we do – Creative Commons. [online] Available at: https://creativecommons.org/about/ [Accessed 6 Jun. 2019].

I searched on the website ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ and the shot came right up so I saved it and put it onto the software.

This is a still image so to make it move, I will have to use an editing technique called Ken Burns so it moves up or down and zooms a little, this is on the Final Cut Pro software.

I have done some research on cutaways and why they are needed and so important in documentary. I will be using lots of cutaways in my work over the voiceover and the interviews which gives my audience visual representation. They are so important in documentaries and a huge technique used in expository documentaries.

Cutaways helps when jumping from one part of an interview to another, this hides jump cuts.

Cutaways are individual shots of anything that is relevant to the interviews and the locations. They can be close up, medium and wide shots. They can be anything that captures the character of the location, says something related to the topic or communicates more information about the scene or helps tell a story more effectively, this makes a good cutaway. Getting as many cutaways as possible, even if they don’t seem to help to tell the story, because something will always be needed to cut away to in editing.

I used a book written by Anthony Q. Artis, called The Shut up and Shoot documentary Guide.

Google Books. (2019). The Shut Up and Shoot Documentary Guide. [online] Available at: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=yJ4TAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT262&dq=cutaways+in+documentary&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjIxouZ9OHiAhV-RBUIHToXDh0Q6AEIMDAB#v=onepage&q=cutaways%20in%20documentary&f=false [Accessed 18 May 2019].

In my interviews, there are a lot of irrelevant parts and where they say ‘erm’ throughout them so I will cut them out which means there will be a lot of jump cuts, I know this from the transcripts I did for each interview, especially with my Grandad’s interview, he pauses a lot and he says erm a lot as well as rambling on so in my Transcript – Grandad interview, I have cut it right down so he is only speaking for about 45 seconds. I will have to use a lot of cutaways throughout his interview because there are so many jump cuts. When doing some research on the importance of cutaways in documentaries, I have discovered that they are used to solve these problems which helps it look continuous and has no pauses.

Lights Film School. (2019). How to Film a Documentary Interview | Lights Film School. [online] Available at: https://www.lightsfilmschool.com/blog/documentary-interview [Accessed 18 May 2019].

Cutaways are used as a bridge intercut shot between two shots for the same subject. It is also used to avoid a jump cut and used as a shortcut for the passing of time.

Visual-memory.co.uk. (2019). The Grammar of TV and Film. [online] Available at: http://visual-memory.co.uk/daniel/Documents/short/gramtv.html [Accessed 18 May 2019].

The voiceover and the interviewees who also act as a voiceover when they aren’t on screen that is the narrative baseline of the documentary and they are the commentators and the cutaways are used to back up what they are saying. I found a book called Issues in Contemporary Documentary to back up my point and took a screenshot of it that gives more detail as to why cutaways are important and used to go with the narration.

In my documentary, I am going to use cutaways to anchor the meaning by using visuals that match the audio underneath for example, when Frank Carlyle talks about the iconic attractions like Mathew Street, I will need include the cutaways that I have shot to go over the audio in the edit to allow the audience to see what he is talking about as a visual representation.

Google Books. (2019). Issues in Contemporary Documentary. [online] Available at: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HzcPuN6XCQIC&pg=PA107&lpg=PA107&dq=anchorage+of+meaning+in+film+cutaways&source=bl&ots=wLIMRFXN6g&sig=ACfU3U2WxWjyNZ5-lLSx2sh5G7J8RQkFvw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjekOb47PLiAhW3SEEAHabNB2YQ6AEwHnoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=anchorage%20of%20meaning%20in%20film%20cutaways&f=false [Accessed 18 May 2019].

I have looked into some twitter accounts who are Liverpool related which are mainly Liverpool culture accounts. I have looked at them and I can use them to  share my youtube account when I create one before I post on there so I already have my subscribers.

The first account I have found is called Culture Liverpool. Their header says ‘Music, Art, Food and more’ which most of them things are included in my production. To get them to share my video I will have to direct message them and ask if they would share the link. I will message them today.

I have looked at the posts that they upload and they are both images and videos of everything that happens in Liverpool including festivals, events, arts and more. They get more than five likes on each post and the odd retweet on each post. They have 28.9k followers which means that if they do post my link on their twitter then there is a chance that 28.9k people will see it and the link will get likes and retweets because they get them on every post.

I have looked at their followers and some of them are Liverpool related but also some of them are younger male and female and some of them look in their thirties and older. If I got my link tweeted by these then they may like or retweet it and their followers would see them who are most probably the same age as them.

I have found another account on twitter I could use which is called Scouse Scene which is an account dedicated to Liverpool and post things to do with the news, culture, history and nightlife. I could also message them and ask them to tweet the link so their followers can like and retweet it and maybe subscribe to my channel.

They post only Liverpool related stuff like events and culture stuff and anything to celebrate the city. I have looked at their likes and retweets they get and some of their tweets have over one hundred likes and retweets but some only get three and four likes. They have 25.3k followers which is less than the other account which means there may be more of a chance they will see my message because they have less followers and their page might not be as busy. If I get my link tweeted on here it means there is a chance that I might have 25.3k people see the link and like or retweet the link so that their followers will also be able to see my youtube account being tweeted about.

I have looked at the types of platforms that I can upload my documentary to. I will be able to upload them so I can get feedback from different people.

The first thing I have looked at is Facebook which I have joined two different groups on there which one was a history of Liverpool account and the other one is Liverpool home.  I will have to message the administrators to ask if they will upload my product to their page because its not my page to upload myself.

The Liverpool home page has 24,186 members which means if I upload my product onto that page then there is a chance I will get 124,186 views, likes and comments. In the Liverpool History group, there are 11,271 members which means if I do upload my documentary onto this group then there is a chance I will get 11,271 views, likes and comments for my feedback. I will most likely upload it to the one with the least members because the administrators will most likely see my message.

I have had a look of the types of things that the Liverpool history page posts which are all Liverpool related which is mainly architecture which is historical and modern  pictures of buildings. On their posts they get over one hundred likes and they get commented on all the time. I have looked at the people who are active and like and comment on their pictures and there are both males and females but also a lot of them are quite old which would be my platform target audience. Their members ages varies because some of them are as young as being in their twenties but there are also people who look a lot older between their seventies so their audience is very  mixed.

I have looked through the Liverpool home page and they post pictures of the water front, architecture, historical pictures of the city and more. They get sixty likes and more which means that people are active and see all of their posts. I  have looked at their members and they are both equally male and female and their ages also vary between twenties and seventies and eighties. I went through their posts and had a look at who liked them and the comments and the people were quite old starting from around their forties and over. This would be my audience if I posted my product onto this account.

I interviewed a historian who I could ask to post my product on, he has 2,671 friends on there and if I ask if he would post it on his page, he will most likely say yes. He is a well known historian and radio presenter in Liverpool. If I got my video posted on his page then I would most likely get my video recognised by him sharing it with his friends and then they might share it.

His friends are quite old but there are some younger people which means if they share it and like it then their friends who are the same ages will like and share it and that means that I will have lots of feedback from my platforms target audiences of all different ages and genders.

I have looked on youtube to see if there are any accounts to do with Liverpool and the culture and I found an account called Culture Liverpool and they post videos about everything that goes on in the city like 209 Women Exhibition Launch and they went out and filmed it and interviewed women in there. They also have videos that is about the whole culture in Liverpool, they have videos of everything that goes on in the city. They get low views in the twenties but they have one that over two hundred and fifty likes views which means they are known. They only have seventy three subscribers but if I asked if I could get my documentary up means there is a chance I get over twenty views on top of using facebook and getting feedback from there as well.

I could either get the account to post my product or I could create my own account that looks official and get some subscribers and call it something relating to Liverpool and the culture and post it myself rather than waiting on a response on another account. To get it noticed I could ask twitter and facebook account that is related to Liverpool culture and ask if they could tweet and share my youtube channel and get people to have a look at my video and that way I can get my responses.

Another platform I could use would be a small film festival which is an event that shows films and documentaries. Many students and unknown filmmakers enter their films into them and let many people who attend the event watch them. I have looked at some of the different film festivals that I could enter mine into which would have to be a British film festival because this is based in Liverpool. I have looked at the films and documentaries that are entered and they are all short simple films.

Paul McDonough is the musician I will be interviewing for the music segment in my production. I have asked him to send me some information on himself so I can get more of an idea of who he is and what he does. He has sent me a link with a bit about himself.

He was born in Liverpool and graduated from Art School then began a career in music and toured in Great Britain with his original music and covers from established artists. He then had songs published and the beginning of a lifelong recording career.

He joined The Beatles Cavern in the late 1990s  and started a long, successful history playing the part of John Lennon.

A move to The Backbeat Beatles brought theatre tours, headlining on cruises, adding arenas and festivals like Glastonbury throughout the world to his experience.

Dropbox. (2019). Paul McDonough Bio..pages. [online] Available at: https://www.dropbox.com/s/fn18080k3hi2gks/Paul%20McDonough%20Bio..pages?dl=0 [Accessed 27 Apr. 2019].

In my Sorting soundtrack blog, I have my evidence from Paul to use an original song of his to use throughout my documentary, we settled on Wild Heart. This covers me from any copyright issues that may arise from this video being uploaded on the internet, I spoke about this in my Legal and ethical constraints and Copyright Considerations.

I will be filming all of my interviews with one camera and a tripod with a clip on microphone. I have done some research on using one camera for an interview. Using one camera is easier to edit rather than putting many different shots together. The reason I will be using one camera because a lot of interviews in documentaries because they are more discreet and when multiple cameras are used it doesn’t look natangledifferenural unlike using a single camera because they change shots and the framing of the interview, when you film with one camera it is staying in one shot which they do in most interviews in documentaries.

It says that you should get the angle of the shot right by setting it onto the side of the interviewer whilst both the interviewer and interviewee are sitting across each other and looking at each other. In all of my interviews I will use this technique in every interview I have rather than have the interviewees looking directly at the camera so it looks more casual and comfortable. This shot is the most popular shot used on television and film.

The interviewee will only be on shot, it says that it is easier for editing when only the interviewee is in the shot. Having the interviewee only in the shot means that only one microphone is needed which is useful because I don’t have a budget. All of my interviews will only have one person and I will only need one microphone because I have no budget.

I will not be on camera and my voice will not be heard so when I ask the interviewee a question, they will reply starting with the question then the answer so the audience know what they are talking about rather than answering and the audience having no clue what they are talking about.

The Video Effect. (2019). How to shoot an interview using one camera or a smartphone. [online] Available at: http://www.thevideoeffect.tv/2014/10/27/shoot-online-video-interview-using-one-camera/ [Accessed 22 Apr. 2019].

I also used a video to vary my resources for my research, this video helped me when it came to my interviews and filming them with one camera.

YouTube. (2019). Tips on shooting an interview with one camera | video production | lynda.com. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E26xv-bZfUU [Accessed 22 Apr. 2019].

I discovered that using one camera will be easier because I don’t need to worry about other camera and changing the shots.

The only problem with using one camera is that there is a lot more editing when it comes putting it in the timeline but there is less editing compared to if I filmed it with multiple cameras. In documentary filmmaking, you usually shoot on one camera as it is representing reality in the real world as opposed to filming a drama which i scripted and needs continuity of action and therefore multi cameras are used to avoid retakes.

When it comes to writing my transcript, it will be easier when I am writing it because I will only have to watch one clip rather than watching different clips for the interviews. It will be easier when cutting them down from the transcript because I will know what times I filmed it at on there.

Goodison Park was the first ever major football stadium built in Walton, Liverpool. The Blues initially spent £3000 on laying out the ground and building stands.

The ground was called Goodison Park and opened on the 24th of August in 1892. Their first game was against Bolton on the 2nd of September, 1892.

Everton was the richest football stadium in the country in 1984 after hosting the its first FA Cup final which was watched by 37000 people. Not long after this, Goodison Park was improved a new Bullens Road stand was built in 1896 which was £3407.

During the Premier League years there have been only superficial changes to the ground. The Club’s focus has been on securing a new permanent home, with plans for a ground on the city’s King’s Dock in the late 1990s eventually falling foul of spiralling development costs.

In 2009, following an extensive review process, the plans were rejected by government.

I am going to go out and get some shots of Goodison Park as it is one of the biggest tourist attractions in Liverpool and plays a huge role in the city. I will use these shots under the voice over and over the interview if I have one.

Evertonfc.com. (2019). History Of Goodison Park | Everton Football Club. [online] Available at: http://www.evertonfc.com/content/history/history-of-goodison-park [Accessed 9 Apr 2019].

Anfield stadium was built in 1884 and got rented by Everton FC and the first game was on the 28th of September in 1884 when Everton won.

In 1891, Liverpool moved in and Everton moved after a dispute over the rent.

Anfield undertook some developments in the late 19th century and the construction in 1895 of a new main stand designed by Archibal Leitch then a decade layer the construction of Spion Kop.

The ground remained basically the same for the next two decades until the Kop got expanded in 1928. It could then hold around 30000 fans.

They then decided to redevelop and expand the stadium rather than moving out of Anfield to a more modern stadium. The first part was the reconstruction of the Main Stand which increased capacity with 8500 seats to a total of 54,047.

I will go to Anfield and get shots of the stadium as it is one of the most famous stadiums in the world. I will use this during the football part of the documentary and I will use it over the interview and the voice over.

Stadiumguide.com. (2019). Anfield – Liverpool – The Stadium Guide. [online] Available at: https://www.stadiumguide.com/anfield/ [Accessed 9 Apr 2019].

The Cavern Club had The Beatles’ first performance from the 1960s to the Arctic Monkeys pre breakthrough gig in 2005 and the club remains as one of the most iconic places in Liverpool’s music scene.

The Cavern allows people to enjoy live music listening to local and international solo artists, bands and cover bands until the late evenings.

The Cavern Pub is another venue which also plays live music every night for free and has a display of the history of the cavern and the performers.

There is also a souvenir shop which has merchandise including t-shirtss, CDs, books, badges and postcards.

Visitliverpool.com. (2019). Cavern Club – Public House/Bar in Liverpool, Liverpool – Visit Liverpool. [online] Available at: https://www.visitliverpool.com/things-to-do/cavern-club-p8968 [Accessed 4 Apr. 2019].

I am going to go to Mathew Street and get some of the iconic scenes and inside and out of each building to put over the person speaking so the person isn’t just on screen and also to give the audience an idea of what they look like.

The Liverpool Philharmonic is an Art Deco style building on Hope Street in Liverpool. The Royal Liverpool Harmonic  was found in 1840 by Liverpool music lovers. It is known as one of the world’s oldest concert venues and has groups perform there such as the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Company and Children’s choirs.

A wide range of music is played on stage such as classical, contemporary and roots of rock, pop and folk music as well as cinema and and stand up comedy which means it brings all different audiences to this venue of different ages and genders.

Visitliverpool.com. (2019). Liverpool Philharmonic Hall – Theatre / Venue in Liverpool, Liverpool – Visit Liverpool. [online] Available at: https://www.visitliverpool.com/things-to-do/liverpool-philharmonic-hall-p17139 [Accessed 4 Apr. 2019].

I will only get shots of the outside of the Philharmonic because I would have to get permission to go inside to film which they may not allow, I will still ask for permission to film inside but it is unlikely.

The Echo arena has hosted many events from the world of music, entertainment and sport. In first year, they attracted more than 618000 visitors to 269 different events. since the opening, they have attracted more than7 million visitors and had over 3800 events.

Liverpool, M. (2019). Facts and Figures. [online] M&S Bank Arena Liverpool. Available at: https://www.mandsbankarena.com/about-us/who-we-are/facts-and-figures/ [Accessed 19 Apr. 2019].

I will film around the outside of the arena as you have to have to be attending an event to go inside. I will have lots to film around the arena as well because of the ferris wheel, the homes and the water around there.