I might be proud of this title... a little bit. (Lol)
We found the purpose!
The more I reflect on our documentary helped me realize our purpose and message that we wanted to have within this project. Having a documentary with such a specific target audience can possibly limit the amount of people who can relate to our piece, however, this documentary can feel extremely relatable not only for those applying for a BFA in musical theater but also for those who are applying to college or will be applying for college. I am a junior in high school but I realize now after creating this documentary that a dream that you may have is worth it if you are passionate about it, no matter the circumstance. This message has hit me especially hard within these past few days witnessing people around me handling acceptances and rejections from colleges while also realizing that I will be in there situation before I even have the time to process it. This documentary has healed me in a way of realizing that passion is everything and that when you have a goal, you have to work to make it reality. So if you were to ask me now what I thought the main purpose is now, I would have an easy answer and that would be to inspire. I hope Martina's story can inspire other people, I can say with all honesty that it inspired me :)
Now that we have a purpose, we can get to the fun part, making our vision turn into reality. As my previous blog post mentioned, we had a large number of potential subjects that we include in our documentary. However, we only ended up including Martina for a number of reasons:
1. Scheduling conflicts- This was a huge competitor within this documentary since it was difficult for us to find a time that worked with our subjects.
2. Unsuccessful filming attempts- Due to these scheduling conflicts, we attempted to film one of our potential subjects VIA a zoom call. However when we reviewed the audio, it came back very unclear and inaudible and there was no other time that he was available for us to interview. I really wanted to include this particular subject since he had a much differing story from Martina and I believe he would have gave the audience a much different perspective to the musical theater industry and the overall process of auditioning for a BFA. Despite this, I believe it was a great decision to make to only include Martina as a subject within our project.
B-Roll
Having our subject be Martina was extremely convenient in the creation of this documentary since she had TONS of footage of past rehearsals, video recordings of her prescreen attempts, and other videos that we could integrate into our piece that showed Martina's journey and progression with her life in musical theater. When searching through footage, we thought it would be a great idea to use actual of footage of her pre-screens in order for the audience to get a better glimpse into what a pre-screen actually looks like to further gain context on what work has to be done in order to apply for a BFA. The footage ended up looking really good and matched up well with what Martina was discussing in her interview questions.
What a Pre-Screen actually looks like...
The B-Roll's structure is done chronologically as the start of the film starts with Martina in the beginning of her musical theater journey at 11 years old (which has B-Roll to match up with what she is talking about). As the documentary progresses, Martina continues to discuss her musical theater journey and the B-Roll demonstrate that as the scenes turn from her being 11 years old to gradually becoming older. We believed that it would best to end the documentary with Martina's final pre-screen in order to exhibit idea that it is not about what school you end up at, it is about passion and inspiration. Therefore, we decided to end with the end of Martina's Pre-Screen process rather than her getting accepted into schools that she applied for since that did not align with our overall purpose and intentions within creating this documentary.
Final Thoughts
Although we had a lot of changes and rearrangements that completely differed from the outline we created, the decision to include Martina as our primary subject ended up working out really well for our intended purpose and also footage wise since we had to much material to work with and include into our piece. The footage that Martina ended up having working perfectly into the piece as we were able to find past videos of Martina's personal experience and past performances that worked very well with what she had to say about her journey. I believe B-Roll was one of the strongest aspects that we had within our documentary. I cannot wait to discuss the final topics regarding this impactful documentary.
Until next time!
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