Passion Documentary

By Hallie Rutter and Taryn Castle

Synopsis:

A documentary about 5 inspiring girls as they participate in their individual passions, demonstrating their love and admiration for their chosen passion and discussing the importance of young women having passions of their own. Breaking stereotypes, these 5 young women represent the strength, power, determination, and individuality that come with their passions, and the drive behind this admiration.

Reflection:

For this project, I teamed up with fellow classmate Hallie Rutter to film and produce a documentary of passion amongst young women. Hallie and I talked about our roles and decided that although we wanted to work together on all aspects of the film including ideating, filming, editing, and producing of the film, we did have separate roles we could work on. For instance, as the girls in the film were known to me, it was much easier accessibility and schedule-wise if I did most of the filming. However, Hallie sometimes tagged along and did some filming with me. While we decided Hallie did the majority of the editing with me helping along the way.

This overall production was a fun experience. Hallie and I worked well as a team as we shared similar ideas and both worked with each other to ensure our final product was something we both loved.

With any project, there are things you find along the way that you would change. Maybe a second interview or another question. Even during the editing process with some tweaks here and there. However, with this project, there isn’t much I would change. As the first documentary I have created stepping outside of my comfort zone without the use of music, I’m super proud of what we created. We worked hard editing to ensure that the sequence flowed and each girl had their moment in this documentary. Instead of using music, Hallie and I drew on the original audio of the girls videos to keep the documentary interesting and flowing as well as creating a transition between each individual. Our aim throughout the editing process was to choose quotes that provided a personal touch to each girl and allow the audience to connect with them through their passions. We did this by introducing the girls separately throughout the documentary and draw it back to the serious question of why it’s important for girls to have a passion. By doing this we kept the documentary fun and engaging whilst also providing depth into the topic of women and the stereotype surrounding them in their passions.

Overall, this production process for this project was an enjoyable learning experience.

Credits:

Brooke Welsh – Hockey player

Bree Westblade – Crossfit coach

Chloe Sheppard – Crossfit trainee

Holly Burton – Gymnast and gymnastics coach

May Anderson – Horse rider

Olivia Young – Scuba diver

Crewlisting:

Filming – Taryn

Editing – Hallie