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Olivia Mcardle - Producer and Editor
Kit Collar - Sound and Producer
Aimee Hayhurst - Editor and Operator
Holly Murgatroyd - Operator and Sound
Aliyah Fyvie - Editor and Operator

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Today we exported the completed sound design wav to put onto Davinchi for me to add to my colour-graded copy of the doc. Once exported and added we noticed it was out of sync, at first we thought it was only by a frame but then we realised it was out of sync in multiple places by different amounts of frames.
Tommy was in MAV and came over to see if he could help and he was luckily able to sync everything that needed to be synced. Fortunately, we don't have much dialogue that needs to be synced to visuals. Luckily he was there to sort it as the other option was to put the mov and wav together in avid and then back to Davinchi. So I would have had to colour grade and add credits again before crit tomorrow.

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Day two shoot day was to film footage around Bonnybridge to give the audience a feel of the town. This footage was to go with a voice over. We met up in Bonnybridge, (unfortunately Kit wasn't there), and assembled the equipment. We were unable to use any audio/sound equipment apart from the cameras mic as the batteries for the boom pole weren't charged and we didn't have enough time (daylight purposes), to charge the batteries. We were okay with this however, since the sound wasnt too important on this day since the footage was going to be layered with a voice over. Filming on this day went well despite our sound challenges and our footage was good quality. Each of us took turns operating the camera on this day.

(Kit absent on this day, slept in and didn't make it to Bonnybridge to film)

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Day three’s shoot was filming my gran in her house, catering to all the grandkids’ visit. We also filmed my gran, and her two daughters Laura and Carol having a look at some old photographs. This shoot day had its own challenges as well. Holly was on a pre booked holiday so she couldn't be here, so it was just myself, Kit, Aliyah and Aimee. We struggled to mount the camera to the tripod/shoulder rig so everything was handheld, which worked out well for what we were filming. The boom pole was physically damaged so recording audio with it was impossible. Because of this we ended up recording all the audio on mine and Aliyah’s phones. Although definitely not ideal, it was the best we could do with our resources, and when i was working on sound design, the phone audio, camera audio and boom pole audio didn't differ too much from each other and was easy to work with.  Day three’s shoot was stressful, yet fun and rewarding as the footage we collected was good.

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Backlog of notes from time I was unable to join padlet

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Filming was split over 3 days. Day one was the walk, day two was getting shots of Bonnybridge and day 3 was with Olivia's whole family in the house.

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Producer - Olivia McArdle
Camera Operator - Holly Murgatroyd
Sound Recordist - Kit Collar
AD - Aimee Hayhurst
Runner - Aliyah Fyvie

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Producer - Olivia McArdle
Camera Operators - Olivia, Aliyah, Aimee and Holly

(Kit Collar absent, slept in and didnt make it to Bonnybridge for filming)

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We collected the equipment the day before filming, so that everything was ready for the Tuesday morning. All of us arrived at my Gran’s house and set up the equipment, and then headed up to the moors in Bonnybridge. We recorded a good few interviews of my gran, carol and laura, about their account of how life was back at the time they witnessed a UFO. Unfortunately at the end of the day we rewatched the footage and discovered the boom pole was present in most shots, as well as tapping in the audio as Kit had consistently tapped on the boom pole during filming. We decided not to use this footage or audio because of this.
We also filmed more interviews on Reilly Road, not too far from the moors. I was asking questions and giving the prompts, while Holly filmed the footage. Kit was recording sound, however was still tapping, unbeknownst to the rest of us. When asked it was reported Camera and Sound were both good.
The interviewing process went smoothly, however finding good footage with good sound was a big challenge in post production.

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After wrapping up filming on Monday, Aliyah and I met up and began editing. We would work from 11:30 until 6 most days, however, unfortunately due to using linked files instead of transcoded we had to start over. This was stressful for us as we had lost a week of work. Luckily, we managed to work 9-9 to regain our progress. Editing was quite difficult due to the lack of shots that we could use for either a sound or camera fault. However, we still managed to construct the narrative effectively. After editing was complete, we passed it on to Olivia and Holly for sound design and colour grading.

We then realised that in order to export as an AAF we would need the linked files that we had previously deleted due to us having to start again the first time. This meant that we would have to export as a MOV, losing video quality.

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We started editing straight after filming the next day. Aimee and me went through all the clips and colour coded and organized them into the days we were filming. We had some issues with clips but we found quick alternatives. Other than that the process was great and we came together as a group and all made sure to help with it at least once.

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Some of our new ideas include:
Having my gran and her daughters visit locations in Bonnybridge, (where the first sightings were reported and where she saw the UFO).
Having her and her daughters look at old photos of themselves from around that time.
Filming at my Grans house when she has all her grandchildren over to portray her personality type and how her family works, (tight-knit).
Using audio recordings from believers and non-believers while showing parts of Bonnybridge, then introducing my gran as the 3rd perspective.
Having my Gran explain the situation to her daughters and why she did what she did.
Drawing experiences people had in order to show it in a way that is visual, (going along with audio recordings).

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Interview people campaigning for strikes and how the government's lack of involvement is affecting them? Also interview people who are against striking to provide a different perspective.
- Feel impacted or believe cause important?

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After finding out that Bucky no longer wanted to be a part of our documentary, we had to take a different approach.

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Possible New Approach: Investigation into confirmation bias, human denial, interesting mind of human beings. How some believe what they see and others do not.

We are on a journey ourselves as we discover ways different humans react to the absurd or mystical.

Document like a conversation.

Involves both sides - seen something and doesn't believe.

Why does she think she has seen something? Is it to fit in with other individuals in Bonnybridge and not feel cut out from the population?

Is she in denial because she doesn't want to seem 'crazy'? Or be grouped with believers.

Is she on her own journey of discovery?

Questions for believers: Why do you think you believe and no longer feel the initial denial? What makes you believe what you see? Principles?

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Our restriction for the documentary is to do with interviewing. We are not allowed to film sit-down, 3/4, lit interviews with our subject. Instead, we have to think of creative ways to incorporate interviews into our documentary.

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The Pitch was written by Holly, Aliyah, Aimee and Olivia.
The Pitch was presented by Kit.
The Presentation to accompany the Pitch was created by Aliyah.
The Proposal was written by Aliyah.
The teaser was filmed by Olivia and Aimee.
The teaser was edited by Aimee, Olivia and Aliyah.

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"We have always been with you, we will always be with you and we love you. You're special."

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In edinburgh it is very easy to find the scientology group as they are very out in the open
- Interview People who were once part of scientology and someone who is involved in some way with scientology and ask them about their views on diffrent topics and what their experience is

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Interview protestors?
Context - UK government blocked law
Conflict - public vs government, marches and protests, police
Resolution - People see the distress it has caused, promote transgender equality and change society

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The town Bonnybridge, near Falkirk, is supposedly a UFO hotspot with hundreds of reported sightings.
-Interview people who claim they've seen things and those who think its a hoax.

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My flatmates are all students nurses in their first year, as well as my mum.

Interview them on what it is like doing long shifts at a young age (17-18) and what it is like for my mum. What the training is like, what they do on shift etc. Get at insight into what it’s like working at all the different wards.

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Aimee and I filmed clips in Bonnybridge of the parts we felt were both natural, pretty and real. We used our phones to film since we didn't have enough time to book equipment, which worked well with the time limitation we had, however some of the video quality was interrupted by light flares from the sun or shadows caused by the time of day. Nonetheless, we successfully filmed enough footage to capture the feel of the town.

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Aimee, Aliyah and I edited the teaser. We used audio recordings sent in by one of our contacts and video clips Aimee and I filmed of Bonnybridge on our phones.

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I have contacted people who have shown interest in our post on the UFO sightings Facebook page. I have asked if they would be willing to send over voice recordings referring to prompts we created.

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Olivia McArdle - Producer, Camera Operator and Sound Recordist (on phone, broken boom mic).
Aimee Hayhurst - Camera Operator, Lighting, AD.
Aliyah Fyvie- Camera Operator, Lighting, Sound recordist (on phone, broken boom mic)
Kit Collar - Camera Operator

(Holly on prebooked holiday).

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Despite all the issues our group ran into we were still able to get the film in! We managed to work around the issues thanks to the help of Leo, Tommy, Mitch and Ann-Marie.

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Aliyah and Aimee finished the first cut of the edit after about 12 days of working on it. We received feedback from Leo in regards to pacing and structure but are very happy with it as a starting point. We aim to work on sound design and addressing Leo’s points over the next week.

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I made a post asking if people would want to be in a student documentary. I got a few responses and contacted them privately to get audios. The audios sent were then used for the teaser.

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I am currently in contact with a few people willing to give anonymous audio recordings about their experiences, why they do or don't believe and if anything would change their minds, as well as how they view Bonnybridge and the people who came forward with sightings.
I have secured permission from my Gran and both Aunts about being filmed, as well as filming their children at my gran's house. My mother has also given permission for my sister, (under 18), to be filmed as well.

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My Gran, who lives in Bonnybridge told me a story of how back in the 80's she saw a UFO near her house with her two daughters. She said she didn't tell anybody, even though multiple people were coming out with their own stories at the tie, because she didn't want her children to be bullied or teased over the fact. She told me that the first people who told about their UFO experiences in Bonnybridge were from a poor family and that most people believed they were doing it for attention, so immediately, everyone stigmatised those who came forward as just jumping on the bandwagon. When I spoke to my ran she informed me that she doesn't believe in UFOs even though she saw something. This was very interesting to me because of the clear contrast in beliefs and differences to other stories from people. It is an entirely new perspective.
We will ask her questions about the stigma, how the UFO sightings began, how the town reacted, and if she knew anybody who was very against the town's newfound quirk. We will also ask her about why she doesn't believe in UFOs but still thinks she saw one.

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When I went to export the video AAF for me to colour grade on Davinchi I couldn't get it to find the files. I asked Mitch to help and we realised that due to the transcoded files being renamed and the linked files being deleted by the editors, there was no way of doing it. We just exported a mov which reduced the quality but we still had the film and nothing was lost. This was the next best option.