Thursday 19 December 2013

Unit 1 Assignment 2 Pre-Production Paperwork

Call sheets











Contingency Plan

If we can't get an interview at a Mosque, Vicky has a friend who is part of the Muslim community who said he will give an interview.
We decided that we were swapping the Mosque idea with Chinatown because it's more relevant to what our documentary is about.
When we're filming outside we decided that if it rains we will film inside in a shop that has a view of the markets - Cafe Nero in the Arndale. If we needed outside footage and it starts to rain so the point where we can't film, we can get footage off youtube and give credit at the end.
Also if we're doing interviews in Manchester and they come up short we can do interviews in college with people.





Script

INTRO:
INT:


MATT:
*Voice over*:
Believe it or not Manchester happens to be the third most ethnically diverse city in the world. It comes third after Paris and New York which is stated to be a fact due to new research.
MADDI:
*Voice over*:
Manchester is a big city which is big enough to have 200 languages spoken there! Even though the city has quite a small population of 480,000 lots of different and rare languages are spoken here.

MATT:
*Voice over*:
These languages include; Nahuatl, the ancient language of the Aztecs, Polish, Zulu, from South Africa, and Dari, from Afghanistan.

MADDI:
*Voice over*:
The population is less than half a million yet an amazing 200 languages thrive throughout the city.

MATT:
*Voice over*:
Manchester is known for Coronation Street, bars, festivals and more which has made the northern city more multicultural than London itself.


MADDI:
*Voice over*:
In Manchester every November the christmas markets open which has all different multicultural stalls to choose from, this is basically a prime example of bringing different cultures to Manchester. The question is actually how multicultural is Manchester? And what do people think about multiculturalism?


MATT:
*Voice over*:
So we thought we would go an find out.

INT:

*KAREN'S INTERVIEW*
*SHULY'S INTERVIEW*




CHRISTMAS MARKETS:

INT:

*JAMIE'S INTERVIEW*
*KALEIGH'S INTERVIEW*

MATT:
*Voice over*:
The markets in Manchester are very popular every Christmas, but what people aren't aware of is that there are many different cultures surrounding them.


MADDI:
*Voice over*:
Lot's of different food and drink are available here from all over the world. Is this culture? Or is this just a package for Christmas?



CANAL STREET:


EXT:

MATT:
We're here at the iconic Canal Street.

MADDI:
This is what has made Manchester the gay capital of the north, every year thousands of people come together to celebrate one of the biggest gay prides in the country.

INT:

MADDI:
*Voiceover*:
Canal Street, the centre of the Manchester Gay Village is lined with gay bars and restaurants. At night time, and in daytime in the warmer months, the street is filled with visitors, often including gay and lesbian tourists from all over the world.


MATT:
*Voiceover*:
The Pubs in the Canal Street area have had a gay clientele since at least 1940. Since the opening of new bars and clubs, the area attracts 20,000 visitors each weekend and has hosted the popular festival Manchester Pride, each August since 1991. The TV series Queer as Folk was set in the area. -




MADDI:
*Voiceover*:
Manchester Pride is an annual gay pride festival and parade held each summer. It is one of the longest running in the country and attracts thousands of visitors to the city's Gay Village.
The current ten day festival includes a "Pride Fringe" with a series of arts, music and cultural events all over the city as well as community events including poetry readings, quizzes and film showings, culminating in "The Big Weekend", a 72-hour party during the August bank holiday weekend in Canal Street and the surrounding area, with a parade through the streets of Manchester. -

*JACK'S INTERVIEW*




CHINA TOWN:

INT:

MADDI:
*Voiceover*:
Manchester’s china town is the second largest china town in the United Kingdom and the third largest in Europe. Its iconic archway on Faulkner Street was in 1987 it was in fact a gift from china not many china towns in the world have this honour.

MATT:
*Voiceover*
China town is renowned for its Chinese restaurants, shops, bakeries and supermarkets. Manchester’s first Chinese restaurant Ping Hong opened on Mosley street way back in 1948.


MADDI:
*Voiceover*:
Manchester Chinatown has developed very fast and has even become the main cultural hub for Chinese living in northern England. In fact, Manchester Chinatown is known as the “Chinese Village for the north of England”.


MATT:
*Voiceover*:
During major Chinese festivals especially the Chinese New Year, Manchester Chinatown welcomes thousands of visitors – ethnic Chinese, locals and tourists. The car park next to the archway is often transformed into a performance area complete with a big stage.


MADDI:
*Voiceover*:
Visitors are entertained with performances, lion dance and dragon dances during the Chinese New Year celebrations.




INTERVIEW QUESTIONS:


Do you think Manchester is a multicultural place?
Do you think Chinatown is a big part of Manchesters culture?
What has made it (Chinatown) a part of our culture and why do you think Manchester has took to it?
What are some of the first things you think of when you think of Manchester?
Have you visited the Christmas markets?
What brought you to the Christmas markets?
Who do you go with?
What do you enjoy about them?
Do you think that the gay community is acceptable in Manchesters culture?


Have you ever been to Canal Street?


Risk assessment


Hazard

Who is
at risk?

Severity
of injury (high/low)

Chance
of injury (high/low)

Risk Control measures in place to prevent injury

Filming on un-even ground

Some of our locations are cobbly which will make it harder to keep the camera sturdy and straight

Low

Low

Make sure to set up the tripod and camera so it’s not balancing in between cobbles and so it’s on an even floor

Rain

The rain can damage our equipment – we could slip on the ground when it’s wet

High

High

Either get something to protect the equipment. Ie: Umbrella. Or go and film inside somewhere that we have permission.
Be careful we’re walking especially after it’s rained.

Lots of people

In the City Centre and in Chinatown it’s really busy and equipment could get stolen or damaged People in Manchester could knock somebody over when rushing around the market

Medium

Low

Keep all equipment and bags with us at all times so it’s not left on it’s own somewhere.

Equipment is heavy and we could drop it

The equipment could break if it’s too heavy for us to carry

 High

High

Don’t carry too much and make sure anything we do carry isn’t too heavy for us





Documentary Assignment 4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhqt_YndZwQ

Friday 6 December 2013

Risk Assessment



The Corn Exchange/The Manchester Markets
The Corn Exchange is where the German Markets start. The Manchester markets are in the middle of the markets. 

The risks for this location are:


  • People could try and steal our equipment.
  • It could rain all of a sudden if we have all of the equipment out. Meaning that the equipment would get wet and be broken. 
  • We could slip and hurt ourselves if the floor is wet from previous rain fall.
  • People could trip over our equipment 
  • People in Manchester themselves could be a risk because you never know what kind of people you're going to get in Manchester. So it's always best to stay with people in daylight. 
  • Traffic could be an issue if we're trying to lug heavy things across the road. 
  • It could be very busy and we could lose our equipment


Manchester Cathedral

The Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Mary, St Denys and St George in Manchester.
 
  • People could trip over the equipment
  • The cathedral is quite old so there could be a few not so smooth areas on the floor and people could trip. 
  • It could be hard to set the equipment up and still have enough room to move freely about. 
  • Some people could not want to be filmed even though we would of gotten permission to film there they can't ask every single person who goes to that church if it is okay for us to film so we could have to stop filming for a second till said person leaves.

China Town 
 
China town is a place in Manchester where the theme is China. 
  • There is a lot of people in China Town so we would have to look after our equipment carefully to make sure no one tries to go and steal it or damage it. 
  • We could trip and fall over the equipment.
  • We could get rained on meaning that the equipment would be damaged. 
  • We could hurt ourselves on various items throughout the town. 
  • Certain people could not want to be filmed meaning we could annoy someone and they could potentially hurt us. 

Mosque
 
The mosque is a place where Muslims go to pray/worship 
  •  We could trip over the equipment 
  • We could film something that were not allowed to film and then get kicked out. 

College

College meaning Ashton Sixth Form College.
  • It could rain and the equipment could be damaged. 
  • We could fall down the stairs when carrying the equipment because the equipment is quite heavy. 
  • Since it has been raining recently we could slip and hurt ourselves. Especially indoors on the lament flooring. 
  • People could potentially harm the equipment. 
  • The lights could give you a headache if they are too bright. 




 
 









Wednesday 4 December 2013

Script for Mosque

Matt: Do you feel apart of Manchester's Culture?

If they say no: Why?
If they say yes:  Why?

Maddi: Do you feel like you have to change yourself to fit in?

If they say no: Why?
If they say yes: Why?

Matt: Do you feel like the muslim community is accepted in Manchester

If they say no: Why?
If they say yes: Why?

Maddi: Were you born in Manchester

If they say yes: What do you like about living in Manchester
If they say no: What brought you to Manchester? 

Matt: Do you feel like Manchester has a wide variety of Cultures in it?