Documentary Production

The first step of the production process for Impact was getting environmental B-roll with plastic. Luckily, our school was full of plastic (it's a problem). During our Aice Media class period, Sofia and I  went around the school shooting videos of plastic in the grass, on the floor, in the garbage can, and anywhere else you can think of. We also got some aesthetic shots of trees, flowers, and butterflies to add to the ending sequence where Sofia explains how she feels successful (makes it emotional).

                                               

                                               

                                       

As I mentioned before, Sofia got a group together from the Interact Club and throughout the filming process, they would send us videos they took of Home Depot runs, discussions with teachers about the project, flyer creation, and more. We incorporated these videos into our film as B-roll and as footage to show the progress of the project. Sofia and Mr. Boswell also went on a Zoom call to discuss information about the collection of the bags and we included a part of it to explain what the collection would look like.

                                         

                                         

                                         

Next, we filmed Margarita's interview one day after school in the courtyard. She brought a bag of plastic with her to show how much plastic her family would consume in around two weeks, which worked great with our purpose. Her interview was very insightful and informational and we got a lot of great footage. One reason that Margarita's interview worked out so well with our documentary was that she served as a credible and trustworthy source for the information we wanted to present and she did it in a way that was engaging for the audience.

We then printed the flyer that was made for the project and put it around the school. We filmed some of the locations for the B-roll. We also built the Home Depot Boxes that people brought to put up in the classrooms of teachers who wanted to promote the project. 

                                           

                                           

                                           

That same day, we filmed Sofia and Mr. Boswell's interview in his classroom and that was the last of the content we had to film.