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Codes and conventions of print adverts

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Contacting record company's

We had to contact record companys because we used there songs in our documentary, and although we we're not really expecting a reply we thought it best to attempt to contact them. Here are the messages we sent:

Firsty, to Universal which are McFly's record company because we used their song 'five colours in her hair'

Secondly to Little Mix's record company, 'syco' because we used their song 'wings'

Lastly to Ed Sheerans record company because we used his song 'lego house'

Ginger interview re-film

We had to re-film the interviews with the people who have red hair because in the original filming the mise en scene was not right the first time and we needed a plainer background.

Ginger questions;

1. Have you always had your natural ginger hair (Have you ever died your hair before)?

2. Do you feel comfortable with your current hair colour?

(why/why not)

3. Would you ever consider dying your hair?

(why/why not)

4. Have you ever been teased or bullied because of your hair colour?

(If yes, tell me a bit about that experience)

5. Tell me about your views on bullying people because of their hair colour

6. What are your views on the word ‘ginger’ and the connotations that surrounds it?

7. What are your views on sperm banks stopping ginger people from donating sperm?

 

We used the same framing :

 

 

 

Ginger by choice questions:

 

1. Why did you choose to dye your hair ginger?

2. Do you feel people treat you differently now that you have ginger hair/

3. Were you unhappy with your natural hair colour?

4. What other colours have you dyed it?

5. What are your views on the word 'ginger' and the connotations that surround it?

 

Common room interviews redo

We had to redo the common room interviews as the framing the first time wasn't correct. We used the same questions:

1. Is your hair important to you?

(If yes why?)

2. What are your views on the theory that a person’s hair gives them individuality?

3. Tell me about how important it is to you to keep your hair healthy and on trend?

4. What advice would you give people about looking after their hair?

5. Do you think you can tell a lot about a person from their hairstyle?

6. Do you think people’s hair has an impact on their mood?

 

 

Contacting Marcus Collins

 We also contacted Marcus Collins who used to be a hairdresser. We thought because he lived locally it was best to try. We did not expect a response and did not recieve one.

 

Contacting Andrew Collinge

We contacted Andrew Collinge at the start of our planning proccess as he is a famous hairdresser and he has salons locally. We were not expecting that we would get an interview but thought it was best to try. We did not recieve a response.

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Filming Ginger headline archive footage

Today we filmed some headlines that we will use for the archive material before the interviews with the red-haired people. The filming went well and we will use it in the documentary

Filming Archive Material

Today we filmed some still images of celebrity and iconic hairstyles through the past 90 years.We used to rostrum to keep the camera steady and instead created movements by moving the paper. We used a variety of different movements

Chris interview redo

Today we had to redo the interview with Chris because the framing wasn't right. We asked the same questions and made sure he answered in more detail than the first time:

1.       Tell me how long you’ve had alopecia for

 

2.       Tell me what it is like living with alopecia.

 

3.       Have you ever been bullied because of your condition?

 

Tell me about that

 

 

4.       Has your condition affected your confidence?

 

5.       Do you feel your hair important to you?

 

 

6.       Does your condition make you feel different to anyone else?

Why? /Why not?

 

7.       Would you consider wearing a wig?

 

8.       Would you feel comfortable without a hat or wig?

 

9.       Is there anything your condition has stopped you from doing?

Ask him to expand if he hasn’t already

 

10.     Would your life be different if you didn’t have alopecia?

This is the framing used:

 

 

Paige interview

Today we interviewed Paige, who chooses to dye her hair ginger.

These are the questions we asked her:

1. Why did you choose to dye your hair ginger?

2. Do you feel people treat you differently now that you have ginger hair?

3.Were you unhappy with your natural hair colour?

4. What other colours have you dyed it?

5. What are your views on the word 'ginger' and the connotations that surround it?

This is the framing for the interview;

Alex Interview

Today we interviewed Alex, who has ginger hair.

These are the questions we asked him:

Have you always had your natural ginger hair (Have you ever died your hair before)?

Do you feel comfortable with your current hair colour?

(why/why not)

 Would you ever consider dying your hair?

(why/why not)

Have you ever been teased or bullied because of your hair colour?

(If yes, tell me a bit about that experience)
 
Tell me about your views on bullying people because of their hair colour?

What are your views on the word ‘ginger’ and the connotations that surrounds it?

What are your views on sperm banks stopping ginger people from donating sperm?

 

This is the framing for the interview;

Interview with Chris

Tonight I interviewed an alopecia sufferer, Chris. These were the questions I asked him:

1.       Have you always had alopecia?

 

2.       Tell me what it is like living with alopecia.

 

3.       Have you ever been bullied because of your condition?

 

 

4.       Has your condition affected your confidence?

 

5.       Do you feel your hair important to you?

 

 

6.       Does your condition make you feel different to anyone else?

Why? /Why not?

 

7.       Would you consider wearing a wig?

 

8.       Would you feel comfortable without a hat or wig?

 

9.       Is there anything your condition has stopped you from doing?

Ask him to expand if he hasn’t already

 

10.     Would your life be different if you didn’t have alopecia?

Here is the framing and mise-en-scene I used:

Title Sequence

Today we made our title sequence, we used hair we had got from Wirral Met college when we went and we spelt out out title 'cutting edge'. We filmed it using the jib/crane in order to get the angle that we wanted. We also filmed hair falling in front of the camera which we will slow down and use as cross fade when the words are being spelt out.

Student Questions

Today we interviewed some students in the common room about what they thought about hair and how important it is to them. Here are the questions that we asked:

How important is your hair to you?

(Why?)

What are your views on the theory that a person’s hair gives them individuality?

Tell me about how important it is to you to keep your hair healthy and on trend?

What advice would you give people about looking after their hair?

Do you think you can tell a lot about a person from their hairstyle?

Do you think people’s hair has an impact on their mood?

We asked six different students questions and this is the framing that we used for each interview:

Wirral Metropolitan College redo

Today we went back to Wirral Met to get some more cut aways and interview the hairdressing lecturer. Here are the questions that we asked:

When did you decide to become a lecturer?

Is your hair important to you? Why?

What’s your favourite celebrity hairstyle?

Which celeb has the worst hair?

What are your views on a person’s hairstyle and whether or not it gives them individuality?

What’s the best thing about being a lecturer?

And what’s the worst thing?

What is the worst thing that people do to their hair?

What advice would you give people about looking after their hair?

What’s the latest trend in hairstyles?

What are your views on how male hairstyles have changed over the years?

How do you train people to become hairdressers?

What are the skills needed to be a hairdresser?

What makes a good hairdresser?

What’s the worst thing a trainee has done?

Do you enter any competitions?

Any winners?

How has hairdressing changed (if at all) over the years?

Who do you think is the best hairdresser around?

What qualities make a good hairdresser?

Do you find you have to be a confident and sociable person to be a hairdresser?

Why?

This is the framing/mise-en-scene that we used:

Jib and track redo

Today we had to redo the track and Jib shots in the common room because there was none we could use from the first attempt. I think the filming went a lot better the second time around and we got saome good establishing shots that we can use.

'Sarah J' visit

Today we went to Sarah J's hair salon to ask her some questions. The questions that we asked were the same as the other hairdressers as we wanted to see how thier answers varied.

 

Why did you decide to become a hairdresser?

How long have you been a hairdresser for?

Tell me about the craziest hairstyle you’ve ever done for someone?

 Is your hair important to you? Why?

What’s the average amount people spend on their hair?

Have you always wanted to be a hairdresser?

What’s your favourite celebrity hairstyle?

Which celeb has the worst hair?

What are your views on a person’s hairstyle gives them individuality?

What’s the most popular hairstyle you do in the salon?

What’s a typical customer of yours?

What’s the best thing about being a hairdresser?

What’s the worst thing about being a hairdresser?

What happens to all the hair that you cut off?

What is the worst thing that people do to their hair?

What advice would you give people about looking after their hair?

Why do old women have a blue rinse?

What’s the latest trend in hairstyles?

Do you cut men’s hair?

Do you find more men coming to you instead of going to the barbers?

Here is the framing we used:

 

 

Here is photo evidence of the interview:

 

 

'Blow your top' barbers re-shoot

Today we had to go back to the barbers because the first time we carried out the interview the framing wasn't right and we needed it to be tighter. Here are some pictures of our second visit to the barbers.

We used the same questions and the same  mise-en-scene/framing plan and made sure it was followed better

Wirral Metropolitan college

Today we went to Wirral Metropolitan College in the hair and beauty department. We planned to get some cut away shots as well as interview one of the lecturers that work there, however we had not been told that the college was off on this day when we arranged it and so were only able to get a few cut aways and will have to have to rearrange to interview another time.

'Blow your top' Barbers

Today we went to Interview a barbers called 'Blow your top'. These were the questions that we asked:

Why did you decide to become a barber?

How long have you been a barber for?

Tell me about the craziest hairstyle you’ve ever done for someone?

 Is your hair important to you? Why?

What’s the average amount people spend on their hair?

Have you always wanted to be a barber?

What’s your favourite celebrity hairstyle?

Which celeb has the worst hair?

What are your views on a person’s hairstyle and whether it gives them individuality?

What’s the most popular hairstyle you do in the shop for men?

What’s a typical customer of yours?

What’s the best thing about being a barber?

What’s the worst thing about being a barber?

What happens to all the hair that you cut off?

What is the worst thing that people do to their hair?

What advice would you give people about looking after their hair?

What’s the latest trend in hairstyles?

How do you think men’s hairstyles have changed over the years?

What/who do you think has influenced this change?

 

Here is the framing we used:

Jib & Track in the common room

Today we wanted to get some establishing shots of the common room for a section in our documentary were we talk about trends of hair on younger people. We used the 'junior jib' and 'track' in order to get some interesting and varied shots. We had never used this equipment before so it was very exciting to experiment and see what shots we could achieve.

'Emma' interview

Today we interviewed Emma, a girl who dyed her hair from ginger to blonde. We spoke to her about the prejudice surrounding ginger hair. These are the questions we asked her:

1.       Why did you choose to dye your hair blonde?

2.       Are you happier now that you have died your hair

3.       Did you feel that people treated you differently when you had ginger hair?

4.       Were you ever teased because of your hair colour when you were younger?

5.       Do you ever regret dying your hair?

6.       Do you feel more comfortable now that you have died your hair?

7.       If you could say one thing to someone with ginger hair considering dying their hair what would it be?

8.       If you could chose to have any natural hair colour would it still be ginger?

9.       What are your views on sperm banks stopping ginger people donating sperm?

10.   What are your views on the word ‘ginger’ and the connotations that surrounnd it?

Here is the framing that we used:

 

 

 

 

Visit to 'Passion' hair salon

Today we interviewed a hair salon called 'passion'. These are the questions that we asked:

Why did you decide to become a hairdresser?

How long have you been a hairdresser for?

Tell me about the craziest hairstyle you’ve ever done for someone?

 Is your hair important to you? Why?

What’s the average amount people spend on their hair?

Have you always wanted to be a hairdresser?

What’s your favourite celebrity hairstyle?

Which celeb has the worst hair?

What are your views on a person’s hairstyle gives them individuality?

What’s the most popular hairstyle you do in the salon?

What’s a typical customer of yours?

What’s the best thing about being a hairdresser?

What’s the worst thing about being a hairdresser?

What happens to all the hair that you cut off?

What is the worst thing that people do to their hair?

What advice would you give people about looking after their hair?

Why do old women have a blue rinse?

What’s the latest trend in hairstyles?

Do you cut men’s hair?

Do you find more men coming to you instead of going to the barbers?

This is the framing that we used:

TV scheduling

Target Audience research

 

 

 

 

Initial plans

Our documentary will be based on the topic of hair. It will air on channel 4 at 9pm on a Thursday. The working title is 'walking in the hair', however these plans may change after target audience research.

Brainstorm of content for documentary

Formal proposal

Formal Proposal Documentary (1)

The Hair Questionnaire

The Hair Questionnaire

Brain storm for content of documentary

Brainstorming

Today in class we made a brainstorm for all the different ideas we could use to make a documentary.




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Target Audience Research

Codes and conventions of interviews

'Phones 4 Me' Evaluation

'Phones 4 me' preliminary evaluation on Prezi