I began the online course that takes you step by step through documentary film making and completed the first 20 minutes of it. I shot again outside for an hour and a half and got the footage I realized I needed after missing out on them in my previous shoot. I have been watching more documentary videos on youtube that focus on storytelling and story arc building for your message and what you may be trying to convey to the viewer. I had to look up tutorials such as the mask cut transition and color grading that will do both to add an aesthetic and professionalism to my film. I re-visited my script and began thinking of questions I am going to ask my interviewees. I want to talk to someone who is in their senior year of college, someone who has just graduated and was looking for a job and someone who is an employer. These narratives I found were the most interesting and related back to my experience in some way of being a senior in high school.

I learned this simple but neat structure for most solid documentaries:

Intro/premise Inciting Incident Rising Action

(who is your film about) (First time bad stuff happens) (Stuff gets more intense)

Climax Resolution

(Stuff gets more intense) (Conclusion of the film and conflict)