Final Project Research Films
The films on this page are all part of my final MA Dissertation submission in Humanities by Independent Study at De Montfort University.The first four films on this page have been shot as research and source material for a documentary film script/project that is included with my final submissions. All these interviews are presented as ungraded rushes and I have simply used text captions for the questions in the interests of brevity.
The interviews were all shot on a shoestring budget and of course there are all framed in the same way, with the subject speaking left to right. Normally in a commercial film project I would ensure that we reversed the framing on every other interview to make cutting easier, but in this instance, where I was both conducting the interviews and operating the camera, I chose to frame the subjects in the same manner for each interview, purely out of convenience.
The one exception to this is the interview with Eric Chinje, which was shot and lit by my friend and colleague Mark Turner. The interview was shot on the back end of an interview for the NBI for Risking the River? a development agency project that I produced in October/November 2012.
I would like to thank all my interviewees for taking the time to contribute to my project.
The final film here Spirit of the Nile is a 2 minute taster for a proposed documentary about the Nile and is presented as an example of Best Practice for development agencies wishing too engage audiences on TV or vie other distribution formats. Huge thanks to my friend and colleague William Odinga for agreeing to present this film.
Eric Chinje, Media Spokesman, Mo Ibrahim Foundation
(Duration: 6 mins 51)This film was shot shot in London in November 2012, this conversation focuses on the benefits of documentary film in regional politics in the Nile Basin.
Roy Head, CEO, Development Media International
(Duration: 5 mins 33)Roy Haad is my former boos at UNTV is Zagreb and has gone on to set up DMI, producing films specifically designed to engender social and behavioural change in developing communities. Although Roy has great experience with documentary having run UNTV, he is convinced that drama and short advertising spots are better media for development work.
Shot in London in October 2012.
Dr Francis Gooding
(Duration: 26 mins 11)Francis Gooding is a film historian and lecturer at the London Consortium. We discussed the Bantu Educational Kinema Experiment (BEKE) which has has written about in 'Of great use at meetings': The filmmaking principles of the London Missionary Society.' in Empire and Film
Dr Alan Nicol, Programme Director, Global Water Initiative East Africa
Duration: 7 mins 51)This short taster is for a documentary film project about the Nile. The idea is to produce an African Travelougue for African audiences. The film is also designed to be an example of best practice for development agencies, to show how audiences might be better engaged by more intriguing approaches to difficult subjects.
The film is presented by my friend and colleague, Ugandan journalist, William Odinga.
Spirit of the Nile
(Duration: 2 mins 30)This short taster is for a documentary film project about the Nile. The idea is to produce an African Travelougue for African audiences. The film is also designed to be an example of best practice for development agencies, to show how audiences might be better engaged by more intriguing approaches to difficult subjects.
The film is presented by my friend and colleague, Ugandan journalist, William Odinga.