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To first learn the rules of making a documentary we made a mockumentary. This was meant to be light hearted and show that we know the rules of a standard expository documentary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the documentary project we were tasked with portraying anything we wanted within our local community. This freedom came with many questions. How do I portray this local subject in a light that would be respected by the community? Will the narrative be positive or negative? Who\/what do I document. With all of these questions in mind I chose two subjects; a local police officer for my English class and local owned historical pizza place for my Film class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My English documentary magazine was on Officer James Guevarra, a SRO at the Mountain View schools. I initially wanted to push against the narrative of police doing horrendous things and make a pro-police piece. However, after more research and finishing the interview I realized that adding a mental health aspect would really add a lot to the narrative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Creating this documentary was extremely taxing and difficult. Particularly writing a seven page magazine article. However, I did learn a ton about creating a narrative based on whatever you get from the interviews. What I mean by this is that making a documentary is like being a detective going from lead to lead. This first documentary I wrote taught me how to follow only the most important lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To first learn the rules of making a documentary we made a mockumentary. This was meant to be light hearted and show that we know the rules of a standard expository documentary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nFilm<\/h3>\n\n\n\n