Food For Thought update 27/04/10

On the 25th March, Mandy, Ross, Anna and myself filmed in the centre of Bath as we introduced the general public to raw food.


As well as gaining some valuable film footage, we also attracted some characters to the table who were more than happy to be interviewed!
We were granted two hours of film time but unfortunately it decided to rain heavily after just an hour. Whilst this meant we had to pack up early, we felt we had more than enough vox pops to work with.

As it stands, 'Food For Thought' has been edited and pieced together, and is practically finished. Today it will be peer-assessed and next week is the final deadline for its completion.

Food For Thought 23/03/10

With over 3 hours worth of film footage gathered already before the Easter break the project looks very promising. Last Thursday, Mandy and Ross went to Anna's home and interviewed her as well as others who are involved with Anna's work.

This Thursday we have been granted a permit from the Bath Film Office to film in Bath's city centre and sample some healthy food to members of the public. There on we just have to edit so we can all enjoy a relaxing Easter break!

Diana Vickers 19/03/10

As much as this isn't uni related, I did take videos of the gig and that's media enough for me! On Friday night I took my brother to see Diana Vickers perform at Moles club, Bath. The former X Factor contestant performed tracks from her debut album to kick off her UK tour.

I was lucky enough to be stood just a metre away from Diana and took plenty of pictures and two videos. I am especially pleased with the videos as they are my own personal debut on Youtube, and have received comments, ratings and subscriptions. I am very very proud!

First filming session - "Food For Thought".

Saturday 6th March:

Mandy and I filmed Anna's raw food workshop.
After a few technical difficulties we managed to obtain a good hours worth of footage. Unfortunately I was taken ill a few hours into the demonstrations and had to leave. Mandy did a wonderful job without me and gathered interviews with the guests as well as release forms.

Group meeting 15/2/10

Present: Myself and Ross.
Absent: Mandy.

Points raised - *Story *Structure *Outline *Research

Action points for next meeting - *Research similar documentaries to the one we are proposing to make, i.e. 'You Are What You Eat', 'Supersize Me', and 'Jamie's School Dinners'. *Research statistics of fast-food consumption. *Create structures of approximately 6-8 sections for the documentary.

Food For Thought

The documentary we intend to film will look at the issue of healthy eating and our attitude towards it. The past few years have seen a current trend in the rise of TV programs such as 'You Are What You Eat', and the popular documentary-film 'Supersize me', in which we are advised to eat “five a day” and see many food products now been labeled according to their portion of five a day. With a growing number of illnesses and diseases relating to obesity and bad diet we will take a look at the views of a cross section of the general public.
Beginning with a scripted commentary on researched background information looking at diet in the UK and the rise in obesity and health related issues, we intend to raise the viewers awareness of the growing problems linked to a bad diet, with the use of vox pops we will collect opinions from the general public, regarding their attitude towards healthy eating .
We will then lead on to introduce Anna Middleton, a nutritionist and raw food specialist who is passionate about ‘living foods’ and has come up with many interesting and tasty recipes and now runs workshops on how to make highly nutritious dishes. Anna will talk a little about nutrition and the benefits of raw food and will then go on to demonstrate how to make one of her recipes, which we will put to the test by giving it to the general public and recording their reactions and opinions. The aim will be to show the audience that healthy food isn’t just about lettuce leaves and beetroot juice but can actually be fun tasty and relatively easy to make and something we all could incorporate into our lives.

8th December - DEADLINE

It's finished!


Our radio programme is now complete and we are in the process of submitting it!
At 5 minutes long, we have just made it within the time limit after rigorous editing by Harry and Rachel.

My next post will include the presenters script and the structure that we aimed to comply with prior to editing.