DOCUMENTARY UNIT: BERLIN SHOOT

1st May
Once we were in Berlin, we checked into the Hotel, got some food and then packed up the kit and went straight over to the Holocaust Memorial. When we got there we set up Kamran's clip microphone and the boom microphone so we could easily get around and record the audio when needed.
For the camera, we set up one of the DSLR's on my Shoulder rig so that we could get the vox pops done much quicker. We weren't allowed to use a tripod on the Memorial site. The filming here went really well. We had George on camera for the interviews and we had Simon walking around and getting GV's as well as footage of anyone taking selfies, climbing or being disrespectful on the memorial.

The interviews went smoothly and worked really well with the questions we had. When walking up to the public we made sure we were polite and most important we didn't have the camera facing up until it was time to record. We worked professionally and on time with the schedule as well.

Surprisingly, what we found was that most people didn't really know what the memorial was. Unless you went downstairs to the Exhibition to see the history of the Holocaust. We found that it didn't really feel like a memorial either.

2nd May

With this shoot, it was Shahak's interview. We had to recce the location, which was the Hotel we were staying at. We found that the breakfast area was the best since it was lit quite well and acoustics were good and not too echoey. We set up for the interview and Shahak turned up early as well so we ended up ahead of schedule.  

This interview was probably the poorest interview delivered by Kamran. This is because Shahak turned out to not actually be religious like we originally thought he was, Kamran did question him a lot on his religious beliefs which we found unprofessional as that wasn't on the questions list and we were worried we would offend Shahak. Thankfully he wasn't.
It also appears that Shahak didn't start the Yolocaust project because he took insult from it. It was actually because he found that people were ignorant and he wanted to show them what they were actually doing by taking these selfies.
Our set up was the same as David's with the cameras and we used the defusers with the lighting as well.

May 3rd
With this shoot, we packed up 2 DSLR Camera's and the shoulder rig and we traveled to locations which were iconic for Berlin:
- Berlin Wall
- Check-Point-Charlie
- Reichstag Building
As well as walking around Berlin to get general GV's of Kamran and the city it's self.


May 5th
This was our final day in Berlin. This was also our best filming day as well. We filmed at the Jewish Museum both on schedule and effectivly. As soon as we had done this we filmed the conclusion for the documentary with Kamran in a small cafe so that we had the conclusion decided. From all the interviews we had done and the vox pops we found that it's not that we are insensitive to the Holocaust, but rather that we simply don't understand the Holocaust as much since we can't connect and the selfie culture that we're stuck in has made us obsessed with taking unique photos.