LO4: A proposal for certification classification [✓]

The BBFC are the British Board of Film Classification. These are a regulatory body for films. Regulators view and assess the suitability of content for different media products.It is important in pre-production as the producer needs to make sure that no laws are being broken so that they know what audience the product is suitable for. This is a legal requirement. Regulatory bodies create policies which the producers can follow so that they aren't being broken and therefore being illegal. The BBFC give age ratings for films based on the content of each individual film. My documentary would be a PG. It could be said to be a U as there is no strong language or violence however the footage from the Rana Plaza disaster at the beginning  could be frightening or disturbing for younger viewer. The news is accessible to all so therefore it could be a U however I believe that PG is a more appropriate rating for my promo as the devastation which is shown could be deemed as scary to some viewers.

After viewing the guidelines for both U and PG rated films on the BBFC's website, I came to the conclusion that PG was the correct rating for the documentary. I believe that what is depicted within the beginning of my short film could be seen as disturbing however this is not due to dangerous behaviour or violence and includes clips from a real life event which took place in Pakistan, giving a younger audience an in site into how brutal life is, especially in the fashion industry. 

When editing my film, there was a section in one of the interviews where there was some mild swearing. This is something that I didn't want within my short documentary as I wanted my film to be accessible to all, even outside it's target audience as I believe that it is educational.  I thought about putting a bleep over this, however after further thought, I decided that this section of my interview was irrelevant and adding a beep would detect away from the continuity and flow of the film. 

After gathering feedback from my focus group, they also came to the conclusion that they believed that my short film was suitable for a PG audience, giving parents the freedom to decided whether some of the scenes were appropriate to their children or not. The focus group came to this decision as they said that all audiences are expose to the news and therefore would be exposed to some of the same clips used within the beginning of my film. 

LO4: Evidence of a focus group screening [✓]

I showed the final draft of my film to a focus group, this was of my target audience. I gathered feedback from these people and used this in order to make changes to my short film. It was made clear that the music was too loud within the documentary so I made sure that when it came to the final export I turned down the music and upped the audio from the two interviews. I also asked the focus group questions such as whether they thought that the film was interesting and something that they would choose to watch as well as asking if they felt like they had a deeper understanding of issues regarding the fast fashion industry in this current day and age.
From completing this focus group, I managed to gain feedback which has helped me to conclude that my short documentary is fit for purpose and is appropriate for its target audience.

LO3: Final Film [✓]

LO3: Linking audio to visuals and applying audio effects [✓]

 For all of the audio which I used I didn't add any transitions as I felt that these were not needed. I did change the noise gain to make it so that each piece of audio wasn't competing with each other.

This is the first piece of audio which I used within my documentary. The audio gain of the first piece of music was -20dB, this was because I didn't want the voice over to compete with the piece of music which was in the background. 

 The music then changes to a more upbeat piece. I used a camera sound to make this change. I made this audio gain -30dB, less than the first piece of music as this piece of music was louder.

 I turned up the audio of the interview clip, so that it could be heard clearer, as well as make it so that it is audible over the top of the piece of music in the background. This piece of audio gained +10dB.





This is a sound effect which I use throughout my whole documentary. I used as a transition to blend different piece of music together. I also used this where there were visual transitions between clips as well.

LO3: Applying appropriate visual effects and transitions [✓]

When editing clips of the two thrift stores, I knew that an important visual element of these clips would be the colour grading. I looked through all the different creative effects and settled on using "Fuji REALA 500D Kodak 2393". I feel that this is fitting because it gives the clips a retro vibe which fits with the idea of thrifting.

 When editing the clips which are of the Rana Plaza disaster, I wanted to make them black and white as I noticed that the quality of the clips looked bad in my offline edit. I used the creative effect "SL NOIR NOUVELLE" as I believed that this would improve the look of the clips and also add more of an ominous vibe.

 I added titles to my short film, using the same font for all. I wanted there to be continuity though out the short film so I made sure that all graphics I added were in the font "Vogue". I believe that this made my film look more professional.

I applied transitions to much of my documentary. The one that I used the most was "film dissolve". This one looked really effective when transitioning between the questions and the clips from the interviews. The screenshots show how this effect looks when put into my film. I really like the way that the text is still there for a moment at the beginning of the next clip.

LO3: Producing and reviewing an offline edit [✓]

This is my offline edit of my short documentary, this means that this is the first version of my short film. So far I have only edited around 2 minutes worth of clips and have not included and SFX or transitions. I know that there are some parts of this that I will change as some of the clips seem to be too long or don't fit together quite right but as a whole I think it is a good start. I know that I also need to add colour grading as well as titles in order to explain parts such as the questions which are asked within the interview.

LO3: Evidence of logging rushes and creating edit decision list [✓]

Here is my footage log. I made sure to record all of the footage that I had taken as park of the production of my documentary, this insured that I knew how long each clip was as well as the type of content in each and whether I could use them or not. 

I also made an edit decisions list. This includes the sections of the different clips that I want to use as I knew I wanted to cross cut between clothing and the interview. It also includes information on the effects that I am going to add to my short documentary and transitions between each shot to make it look professional.