Friday, May 19, 2006
Students studying TV Documentary find themslves IN a TV Documentary
On Friday 12 May a group of AS Media students turned up to revise the topic of 'TV Documentary', more specifically to look at the classic 1986 documentary 'The Fishing party' directed by Paul Watson.
Paul Watson is well known for 'inventing' the 'Fly on the Wall' approach where the subjects of the documentary are at ease with the presence of the camera to such an extent that they appear to act 'naturally' . This idea of 'the invisible camera' has often been questioned and certainly the students involved where VERY aware of the two huge tripod mounted cameras, boom mike and their respective operators (including the Director who guided the 'real' lesson throughout)
On Friday 12 May a group of AS Media students turned up to revise the topic of 'TV Documentary', more specifically to look at the classic 1986 documentary 'The Fishing party' directed by Paul Watson.
Paul Watson is well known for 'inventing' the 'Fly on the Wall' approach where the subjects of the documentary are at ease with the presence of the camera to such an extent that they appear to act 'naturally' . This idea of 'the invisible camera' has often been questioned and certainly the students involved where VERY aware of the two huge tripod mounted cameras, boom mike and their respective operators (including the Director who guided the 'real' lesson throughout)
