Final Cut

Final Piece

 

This is the first edit of my Graffiti documentary ,

 

its not as good as it could be so I am going to remake it

with less archive footage and tidy it up as far as layout and structure goes.

Evaluation

Evaluation

I’m certain that the pre-production work that me and my group did on this project helped make our documentary a successful piece of work. Without the planning, research and thought out ideas we wouldn’t have had the time or the resources to get to all the places we did and still manage to get footage of a high quality.

Each different aspect of the pre-production aided the project in a different way for example the research we did at the very start of the project gave us a good better idea of the types of things artists and lovers of graffiti look for when they see a good graffiti documentary and with this information we were able to add these types of things into the documentary.

The script we created helped us during the interviewing stage of our filming as the members of crew that had to interview random pedestrians had a good starting point as far as the discussion went. If we hadn’t written out a script then it’s likely that our crew members would have been stood still thinking up questions while the interviewees stood their looking unimpressed.

The budget sheet we wrote up helped us work out the total cost of everything we would need to create our documentary, although members of crew paid for themselves when it came to any costs it was still good to have written down and planned out because it took away the stress of worrying about money and how much we were going to have to spend on different things.

The materials sheet was also helpful because it meant that we could look at it at the very start and think right what do we need and what do we need it for, having all the materials we needed on a simple list made everything run smoother although it seems like a small part of pre-production I personally feel like it was one of the most helpful and important bits that we had to do.

The storyboards were massively helpful as well because we were able to look at the storyboards we had drawn up and were able to say this is the next thing we need to film and we need to film it in this way , as opposed to running around trying to think of the best way to film and the best order to put things in its already written out and planned.

The synopsis is something helpful to refer back to during filming as it reminds you of the nature of the documentary and the themes that are supposed to be followed throughout , it helps you stick to one style or working as opposed to drifting between different ways and styles of working.

I’m happy with our nine minute documentary and now having completed it I can appreciate how helpful all the pre-production even though at the time it can seem tedious it can be one of the main reasons a piece of work is as good as it is.

Script

Script (group)

Interview conducted in London (Southbank)

Vicky: do you like graffiti?

Americans: yes I do like graffiti if it’s the right place, for example Southbank, but I don’t like seeing it all over the streets because then it’s not art, its crime.

Vicky: do you see graffiti as art of crime?

Americans: we see graffiti as art when it’s in places such as Southbank and areas that are legal to graffiti because then you have time to work on your piece and actually make it art were as on the streets when it’s someone’s tag it looks messy and then it’s a crime.

Vicky: do you have much graffiti in America?

Americans: graffiti in the area in which we live in America is nothing compared to the graffiti in London that we’ve seen on our trip- the graffiti is much different (points at a piece done) because it’s done well and taken a lot more time on these pieces.

Vicky: do you think going to prison over graffiti should happen?

Americans: I don’t think going to prison for mindless graffiti like small tags ECT should happen, but if a person has done a lot of damage through graffiti through criminal damage they should have a small prison sentence to put them off doing it again because they’d see that it’s not worth going to prison over art.

Vicky: from my point of view graffiti is an art form and it shouldn’t be frowned apon, what are your thoughts on this?

Americans: we see graffiti as an art too but in moderation, it shouldn’t just be put where ever they feel like it because they’d be effecting people and old buildings that are around the area of London, America is very difference in the sense of the age of buildings, London has very old building that people would be annoyed and think badly of if there was graffiti covering the buildings so graffiti is an art but in moderation.

Vicky: do you think there should be more places that you can legally graffiti such as Southbank and skate parks?

Americans: yes I do think that there should be more places like such as Southbank because if gives artists a place to graffiti and not have to worry about being arrested/fined for putting they’re art across.

Vicky: thank you for doing the interview and your time.

Materials List

Materials	who	when
Spray paint	Internet/shops	12/12/11
YouTube video’s	YouTube	8/1/12
>Vandalism_on_Melbournes_train_network_[SaveYouTube.com]	^	^
>Insane_trashing_scene_[Graffiti,_Sweden]_[SaveYouTube.com]	^	^
>Pfizer_Graffiti_Advert_Commercial_[SaveYouTube.com	^	^
Soundtrack- DJ premium January mix 2011	http://www.mixcloud.com/djpremium/dj-premium-january-studio-mix-2011/

Budget Sheet

Synopsis

Synopsis

This documentary follows several young graffiti artists as they try to build a reputation in the graffiti community, by spreading their name as much as possible they make their way through local towns and later progress to the very heart of London.

Features footage of live track side painting sessions and Central London Graffiti sessions. Interviews with Local Graffiti artist on why they do what they do and how they manage to keep their name under the radar whilst maintaining fame on the local graffiti scene.

As an audience you get an insight into the lives of young artists who dedicate their life and all their money to their graffiti, we learn how they remain undetected in some of the most secure and dangerous train yards in the whole of South England and why they love graffiti.

Also contains interviews with police, normal people living in the local area and kids of today.

Rave scenes are a huge part in the graffiti artist’s lifestyle so we also include how different graffiti writers meet at these sorts of illegal raves and artists enter different graffiti crews through and underground network of talented graffiti artists trying to stay anonymous.

Several different crews work and art will be displayed throughout the documentary such as, TPK, NS, OMG, and HTR these crews run the local scene and are notorious graffiti artists.

This documentary gives both sides of the story and gives you new information for you to take in and learn from so that you can make your own thought out decision on your opinion.

Throughout the documentary we protect and hide the identities of all individuals who helped participate and create this observational documentary, this film is not made to glorify graffiti and vandalism but to inform and teach people who may have a negative view on graffiti and street art in the community.

Moodboards