When doing a documentary like this, some people may not know anything about social media and the features in witch I reference. Thats why it's important not only to explain how these features work but to show it too.
In my pitch I made clear that I wanted to do a video documentary so that it was easier for people to understand my topic buy showing them instead of just talking about it. It's been proven many times over the years that people not only pay more attention if their is visual elements, but most also find it easier to understand and learn more from it.
With this in mind I wanted to get footage of each thing social media related that I speak about. Before filming I created a list of all the examples I would need to ensure I didn't forget anything:
Hot radios FB and Insta likes
Hot radio content being posted
The sharing, tagging and boast features on social media
Hot event campaign being created
Incites on page as a whole
Incites on individual posts
Boasting post section, what it looks like/ how people navigate it
People viewing posts
The Insta and FB layouts on a phone and a laptop
Once I was happy that I had planned for all the social media based footage I needed I arranged a date with Hot Radios social media editor, went to her house and filmed her. Some of the footage I collected was things she was doing anyway, others were recreations as she didn't have to complete those tasks at that time.
I tried to film from different angles to change the shots up a bit so that they weren't all the same and boring however because I was filming in her room that was hard to do without getting unprofessional, and unneeded content in the background such as posters, photos and other personal things surrounding her desk.
Also because I had to speed up, or edit a lot of the content meaning the original audio no longer fitted with the video and I therefore had to record sound effects such as Mouse clicks and keyboard sounds, edit them and sync them up to the footage. This is something I had suspected I might need to do however it took longer than hoped and did put me behind schedule. However, despite that, it allowed me to show more editing/ filming skills with audio than i expected witch in my eyes is a positive.
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