DOCUMENTARY UNIT: DRIVE 'VLOG' PRACTICE

When planning this documentary, we have been discussing the choice of shots that we're going to be having in the film. Currently we have:

- GV's of locations (Berlin and London)
- PTC's with the presenter
- Interviews
- Archive footage/photos

But we wanted to add something more to the documentary that would help it. One type of filming that hugely popular with younger people these days is 'Vlogs' where the person onscreen will talk about their day. The word comes from 'Video Log' and these have become huge on YouTube and Facebook. It's especially big with young people and YouTubers such as Casey Neistat made their career by Vlogging everyday and from this they've ended up with millions of subscribers. A classic style for them to do during filming is talking inside the car when they've either traveling or on their way to an event, etc. An example of this is below.

Car Vlog

This sort of filming is also used in BBC 3 documentaries and with documentaries with a presenter. It's a great way to connect to the audience and tell them what is happening while showing actuality in a documentary as well. What's also helpful with this is that you can film this sort of sequence very easily because you can use a Go-Pro and a simple car mount which can fit nicely in the corner of the car and not distract the driver and still records in HD/4K so the quality is really good. Simply adding a clip mic can help us get the audio we need as well. 

So for traveling to and from locations we'll have these sequences to add to the documentary and add some actuality as well.