OBSERVATION AND RESEARCH

Observation and Research is a module at AFTRS focused on teaching us about the power of documentary film making. I discovered throughout this module that I do love documentaries and how they find a good story within a idea. Throughout the module we had to interview someone we didn't know and observe someone doing something.

INTERVIEW: I interviewed a Scottish vet named Scott who also dabbles in photography. Scott was extremely softly spoken and shy, his accent matching the tone of his voice perfectly. Whilst interviewing Scott we spoke about his past, how he came to Australia, his love for photography and the reason for Australia; his now x girlfriend. She was a soft point, we spoke about her briefly and it was a beautiful conversation to have. Everyone has been in love and had their heart broken, Scott was now relate-able.

OBSERVATION: I had just moved in with two girls into a new apartment in Bellevue Hill. One of the girls, Sammy, was in the very very very long process of unpacking her room. I decided the experience was perfect because of her character and her behavior. Sammy eventually did unpack her room, over the course of 3 days, in-between four McDonald's runs and one trip to the bottle-o.

PRESENTATION TO SCREEN AUSTRALIA: Our final assessment was a pitch to screen Australia on a documentary we would like to create. It came to me instantly. What is the one thing I obsess about that has nothing to do with the creative industries? My mothers mango company MANBULLOO MANGO'S. This company has been half my life since I was nine, and continues to take up 2 months of my life throughout the year during the season. The documentary would be called 'The Season' and would follow my family as we go through each season and it's hardships. People forget that farmers struggle, every year, to bring good quality products to the super markets. I wanted to highlight that struggle, and emphasize everything that goes wrong on your typical mango farm. Myself and another employee had a joke going at the end of the 2012 season. Murphy's Law, Manbulloo Limited, What can go wrong will go wrong! See above the trailer I created ^^^ A very rough cut with footage I filmed originally for my mother to show the mechanical failures of the mango machine, and with radio talks my mother has done over the past few years.