Agenda & Dates

Since I was not here for the class discussion and was sick, I was told to make another post that goes over my project. After finalizing what exactly my project was going to look like, I needed to start thinking about planning for everything. The upcoming week schedule is what you see bellow:

To explain further: 

This Monday I’ll start off with the production on the Instagram videos. While there is promotional pictures for the page, there is also to be videos of the project. Things that would be in snippets for people to get a general sense of what the documentary is about or maybe what goes on behind the scenes. Something to spice up the page to not have it just be images. This will be the start of the recording process. I will try to get different people because of the theme of people each getting their own episode. I already had an idea of using someone who was previously in another groups film, Kyle Dutra, as his creative way of making street art would be perfect for a small snippet.

Next is having the main interviee start facilitating themselves with the interview questions I have prepared. I feel it’s better, in this case, to have them know what questions are to come rather then have them answer on the spot. I have prepared a few questions that I will ask on the spot but for the most part, giving a general idea should be good.

Working on a teaser for Instagram is what Wednesday has planned and that will mostly be story boarding for that. The teaser will most likely have parts of the actual documentary from it so I don’t feel the need to do too much separate from actual filming with it. However, the teaser should be able to build up anticipation for the episode, I’ll run a poll amongst a group of friends when I’m finished with it to see how it comes out. Maybe that’ll be better for having feedback before it’s actually graded.

Thursday is all about finishing at least setting everything up for this teaser. There isn’t much more to say then that I should have it finished by then to stay on task.

For Friday specifically, I’ll dedicate the day to touching up on my blog posts and such. Making sure I’m up to date with everything and that for the end of the quarter, all the blog posts I need are in. It’ll be good to go back and fix everything that needs to be fixed.

For now that’s about it, thank you for tuning in and I’ll see you next time!

Interviewee found!

Hello and welcome to today’s post! It looks like I’ve finally found the person I’m going to be doing my documentary on! 

My good friend of 7 years Gasim and I have always been close. Not only through school but in our interests as well as being neighbors. The main thing I feel like defines our friendship is each of us finding ways to create things. For Gasim, his way of telling things is through his talent at making music. So much so that he’s even started his own music channel on YouTube

I’ve actually helped him produce a few of these songs. I’m not a music genius but when it comes to helping him portray a certain feel I think we make a pretty good team. I was thinking about using this in conjunction with the interviews to create a truly unique documentary on how his music and the many different songs he’s produced. I’m sure this will prove to be great, I’m very much looking forward to it! If you have time, feel free to listen to one of my favorite songs of his.  https://youtu.be/4fwU2lQ-QIg?si=b7_c-GvVfRHd1QIR 

Welp, that’s all for today! See you next time!

Interview questions

 Welcome back to my blog! As the first post of the week, I wanted to go over my interview questions that I will be presenting. I have a bunch of them! While I don’t think I’ll be using all of them, I’d like for Gasim to be able to choose which one he specifically wants to do out of the selection. I organized them into groups for him so that at least one of each section get answered. I’ll explain the groups as we go on.




Inspiration & Creative Process: How exactly he came to these ideas

1. What first inspired you to use Music as a way to tell stories?

2. How do you come up with the stories you tell? Do they come from personal experiences, observations, or something else?

3. What themes or messages do you find yourself returning to in your work?

4. Do you plan your stories out in advance, or do they develop as you create?




Medium & Expression: How does he use his specific medium to effect people and why it’s different

5. How does Music help you express your story differently than other forms of storytelling?

6. What techniques do you use to make your stories more impactful or immersive?

7. How do you use elements like color, texture, movement, or sound to enhance your storytelling?

8. Are there limitations in your medium that force you to be more creative in how you tell a story?




Challenges & Evolution: the trials and tribulations he might have felt making them

9. Have you ever struggled to tell a story the way you envisioned it? How did you overcome that?

10. How has your approach to storytelling evolved over time?

11. Do you ever worry about how your stories will be received? How do you balance personal expression with audience interpretation?




Meaning & Connection: His intentions with his work

12. What do you hope people take away from your stories?

13. Do you see your work as a form of personal expression, a way to connect with others, or both?

14. Is there a particular story you’ve told that means the most to you? Why?

15. If someone were to interpret your work differently than you intended, how would you feel about that?

These interview questions should help me get a good conversation out of him as well as room for good background footage and b roll. That’s about it for today. Until next time!