On this day I got feedback on my 4,000 word critical reflection draft from primary supervisor Karl Ellison. He advised me to add and change some areas on my influence section and on my audience section. This week I will write the section which considers a critique of the finished project, an evaluation and a conclusion.

    
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During this week I wrote a 2,000 word rough draft of my critical reflection.I emailed the draft to my primary supervisor to have a look at it and to advise me what I need to change or add bits to it.Then as soon as I emailed the draft I carried on writing another section on it.  
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From the 4th-9th March I edited my documentary to its final cut version.During these dates I got feedback from my primary supervisor and I took on his advice and comments to edit my final cut well.I also showed my final cut version to some of my course mates for feedback. I burned my final cut on to several DVDs on the 9th March and then I handed in my documentary successfully on the 12th March.  

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This week I edited a rough cut of my documentary which I showed to my lectures to get feedback on it. They mentioned I was on the right lines with my documentary. They also told me to edit and improve a few areas in my current edit.  
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During this week I continued to edit my documentary into a rough cut version to reveal potentially what my film might look like. 
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This week I began to edit my documentary in several parts. I wrote out a structure to use to edit the documentary into a narrative. 
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On the 4th February I met up with Chris Morris in Tooting Bec in London. I filmed him busking in a tunnel underpass and then I interviewed him in the same place. We are meeting up again on the 18th and 19th February so I can film him busking in areas of Tooting where he grew up. We will also go to Albert Bridge and Thamesmead South so I can film him busking on the streets more. 
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This week I began to edit the December 2011 footage I shot of Chris Morris busking in the London Underground, shots of London and at a gig in Brixton - The Windmill with his band Blacktie- Whitenoise. I also considered outlining my critical reflection by adding a tab to my website. 
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I arranged with Chris Morris this week that we will meet up on the 4th and 5th February in London to complete the documentary. Over this weekend I will interview Chris Morris and I will film him busking on the streets in areas such as Wandsworth, Thamesmead, Hackney, South Bank etc. I will either interview him on the streets or at his house. We decided to complete the documentary this weekend so I will have a month to edit it before the deadline.   
 


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Chris Morris Invited me to a New Year's Eve party in London, Camden. When I meet up with on the 31st December 2011 I will also discuss ideas and plans with him about the documentary for January 2012 onwards.
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Between the 9th and 11th December 2011 I met up with Chris Morris. I filmed him busking in Waterloo Tube Station on a busking pitch. Whilst he was playing a variety of blues and rock records and some of his own a few members of the public commented on his busking postively and some requested him to play particular songs which he was delighted to do. When he was also busking we both interacted with eachother, he discussed with me how he felt his busking went that night and he talked about his ...
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This week I got an email from Chris Morris,he invited me to a gig in Brixton,London on sunday 11th December. I responded to his email straight away telling him I was delighted to attend the gig. I also mentioned to him that I wanted to begin filming the documentary over that weekend. I told him that I wanted to start by filming him busking in a variety of public places to see a contrast of public reactions to his busking. During that week I began to research into cinematic places were Chris M...

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During this week I pitched my Busker Documentary. I sent Chris Morris an email mentioning about meeting up at gig in Brixton, London in late November/ early December.  I marked out ideas to him to begin the documentary.These ideas included, filming him busking in a variety of public places in London and to witness a wide range of public reactions to him busking.I also mentioned to him about approaching the public about their comments on his busking being either postive or negative to his musi...
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 DOCUMENTARY BLOG

 Mid June to Late September 2011

I did Secondary Research into Prison Life and Prison Ministry towards my Documentary on Prison Ministry.  I also watched documentaries with the themes considering Prison Life for example Louis: Behind Bars.

 Sunday 25^th September 2011

 I focused on starting my Documentary on Prison Ministry. I met up with the Christchurch, Winchester vicar called David Williams. I told about my documentary idea and he thought it would be very interesting ...

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