EVALUATION
I have based my own Psychological film on the loyal fans of the Non-League English side, Nuneaton Town FC. I have decided to present my film in a documentary style approach.
After studying previous football documentaries and also several theorists, I felt that linking my documentary to Lacan and his views and theory on Obsession would link together nicely. I came to this conclusion as most football fans are extremely loyal to their club, however, what if it was more than loyalty? Why do they spend so much money and time watching their team play? As Jacques Lacan said "To be an obsessional means to find oneself caught in a mechanism, in a trap increasingly demand less and endless."
Target Audience - Football fans with an interest for Non-League football. General sports fans may also be interested by this documentary also as loyal fans apply to any sport.
Mode Of Address - Formal voiceover discussing the regular features of Non-League football and the fans that spend thousands of pounds over the years to support their club.
I have included several shots of the grounds that Nuneaton play at, as I want to express how they are far from luxurious. The purpose of these shots is to make people wonder, why do 70 fans travel to North Ferriby from Nuneaton, a 236 mile round trip on a cold, wintery, Tuesday night, to stand for 90 minutes? (1 min 8 secs).
I am extremely pleased with the two interviews that were in the documentary, both of the interviewees really showed their passion for the club and the best point of all was that both voiced how it was "in their blood". This repeated quote really helped my documentary progress, it supported Lacan's theory of obsession and also the point I was suggesting that the support from certain fans could be more than loyalty. However with the technical side of the interviews, both were shot in low lighting and I already had the camera on quite a high ISO lowering the quality. Although when it came to editing my footage together, the shots were still dark, meaning I had to edit the footage's lighting by raising the brightness, therefore this lowered the quality further.
Technical
I have tried to use unique shots to break up Interviews and keep the viewer engaged. The GoPro shot of Stockport County turned out really well in particular as It's a shot that isn't typically found in other documentaries, this is something i've tried to achieve also, using different shots and not necessarily used all the conventions of a documentary.
The timelapse was also used as the last shot for the voiceover, although I'm happy with the way the footage has edited, I am disappointed how the natural light has lowered the quality at parts. Despite this it's still a unique shot and I feel it fitted into the sequence nicely.
I was pleased with the first interview with Dave Sharpe and how it was shot. I shot it at quite a low aperture, allowing Dave, the interviewee, to be the main focus point. If you look at the majority of film and documentaries, most have been shot using this technique.
Audio
The first interview with Dave was not captured as well due to the fact it was shot using the inbuilt microphone in the Canon Camera. Meaning when it came to editing the footage, I had to raise the volume to the maximum and this affected the quality. The second interview, with Andy, I did not make the same mistake, Instead I used the attachable Zoom mic, massively increasing the quality of the interview.
Overall I am pleased with how my documentary has turned out. I think the main positives are the voiceover, the interviews and how they can be linked the studies that we conducted, and also the shots of the ground which really express the difference of Non-League football compared to the Premier League.
Editing
It was extremely important I kept all of files and shots neat and in categorical order whilst I was editing. This enabled me to access the files I needed with ease and not waste time searching for files. I also colour labelled the files and shot based on whether they were in use in the sequence. For example all of the shots below colour labelled in violet were being used at that time in my sequence.
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