Production pt.1

 A few days after we got all of the B-roll shots, it was time to start on the hard part of any documentary. Interviews. 

    Again, sorry to mention the Banksy documentary for the 100th time, but we really did feel inspired by a lot of aspects of it, and one of it was the interview style. Something that stood out to me in the documentary was the room and lighting in which Banksy was filmed, because I thought it embodied the vibe of street art extremely well in a seamless way. 

We took inspiration from this unique set and backdrop and asked Kyle a color he felt like would most embody his style of art, and he said blue. This is why we made the choice to frame Kyle with blue lights, and have the background as his living room table where he typically sketches his art. 

    In terms of editing, we decided to include two different interview angles, and therefore set up two different cameras. Looking back, this was very poorly executed, because the second angle was very awkward and showed too much of his side profile. We are likely going to re-edit this and only leave in one angle even though that's not the effect we were going for. 

    Another important aspect of the production process was the footage we chose to include in the documentary. After interviewing Kyle, we had upwards of 30 minutes of footage of him talking, which had to be cut down to about five minutes. In order to decide on the most vital parts, we asked Kyle what was most important for him to portray in the interviews. He responded that he wanted to break the stigma behind street artists, which is that they can be "trashy", and how certain people can ruin the reputation of actual artists like himself.