Filming style

We will be adoping the same style as we did for the poetic film with the black and white being used to focus the audiences attention on key details and to really allow the viewer to make a connection to what they are seeing. We will be filming in quite high exposure to relate to the bright and friendly atmosphere of the store as I believe that if we were to shoot the film and make it look too dark it would not accurately reflect the mood of the store and the people in the forum.

We want to interview the people in the forum but not just show them being interviewed, hopefully the footage we get will compliment the answers that the tattooist gives so that we can give the viewer more to look at as a lot of the tattoo designs are very interesting, especially Tacho the owner who often does full body colour tattoos that are incredibly intricate and vibrant, which should be very interesting for the audience to look at.

I watched a documentary last night (Dogging Tales) and the interviewing style in this was so tedious even though it was about a strangely engaging subject... often the interviewer would ask questions such as: "What have you got there?" about an inane object such as a deoderant spray and this has made me certain that I do not want to include the questions asked in the documentary but let the interviewer tell the audience what question they are answering by dropping it into their reply.

The sound may be an issue when filming as the needles do make a lot of noise so making sure that we use the microphones properly is very important otherwise we will not be able to hear what people are saying. We will also get a seperate recording of the atmosphere and add it to the interviews but a lot quieter that it actually is so that you can still get a feel for the store without the sound overwhelming the interviews.