By Maria Luevano and Jennifer Lewis
Purpose:
To give people a view into the daily life of a firestation and show the responses of firefighters in the area to the San Bruno fire as well as its effects.
Contacts:
San Bruno firefighters (specific station?)
Interview Questions:
what was your inspiration to become a fire fighter?
what was your first reaction upon seeing the fire?
what goes through your head when you hear the alarm going off?
most memorable moment on the job? good and bad
how does it feel to have such a huge responsibility on the job every day?
how does it feel to live in the station for long periods of time?
what were the biggest challenges you faced during the san bruno fire?
how was the fire unique, if at all?
General Flow:
beginning: with a day in the life of the firefighters and their everyday activities. We introduce our topic of firefighters and introduce a fire station(s). Shots of a fire station and firefighters at work will be displayed to reach out to the audience about what they will be viewing. B-roll will debrief what it is like daily for a firefighter on duty.
middle: Next what it is like to be in these fires and their personal experiences on the job will be discussed through brief interviews with fire fighters themselves. Also footage from the San Bruno fire will be taken into consideration.
ending: Finally with their responses and reactions as a unit and personally to the san bruno fire and its lasting effects. The firefighters will give us their insights on what this fire meant to them and how they delt with the effects of it.
Shot List:
-CU of fire hydrate an pan over to reveal a LS of a fire station
-LS of firemen
-CU of interviewers(firemen)
-CU of fire fighting materials
-LS,WS,MCU(b-roll) of fire fighters in action with their different jobs
-MS of fire truck
-MWS/CU of badges
-POV of a job that a fire fighter would be doing in a fire station
Intro:
Firefighters all around the world save many lives everyday. Sometimes we don't really get to see what the life is like for a firefighter on a daily basis. Rescue operations are what they are trained for. Recently fire fighters from all around came to our city of San Bruno and cleared out a gas fire. Firefighters do the best they can do for their community. As we all look up to them as heroes, they don't think of themselves with a title of being a "hero". They are just doing their job they state. We are going to take a deeper look into the life of a firefighter on a daily basis and what their thoughts are on their personal experiences with the San Bruno fire.
Closer:
In the end, not everything may be what it use to be, but firefighters stop the disaster from introducing us to a living hell. On a daily basis, how many firefighters risk their lives for our safety each and everyday? Do we know what it's like to be put in a life or death situation? We don't those numbers and answers! These men and woman put their lives on the line for ours. More recognition for the work these firefighters put in for our lives needs to be granted. We need to show our support for them and how we appreciate what they do to keep us and our communities safe!
I think this is a very good documentary topic, especially because of the San Bruno fire tragedy. Very few firemen documentaries are created today and I am interested in having new insights about how they help keep our community safe.
ReplyDeleteI really like the topic of your documentary. Since its a fresh topic its something that the people watching will still think about. So instead of the audience searching there memory for how it relates to themselves, they can just remember something, such as the San Bruno fire.
ReplyDeleteinteresting. my only concern is getting b-roll without getting in their way.
ReplyDeletealso, if you want to take my advice on structure, try going from focusing on the fire and their experience with it, to their lives as firefighters in general, and tie it all together by relating it the fire again.
but good luck on it!
I really like your idea for the documentary. I think it will be easy to keep the audience's attention, especially because of the San Bruno Fire. I think you should focus on the San Bruno more and see how the firemen involved in putting out the fire affected their lives off the job (if it did) and also use B-Roll from the fire and the different type of vehicles they use.
ReplyDeleteYour idea seems great. The only concern that I have is the b-roll, and how you can capture the fire before considering you cant use other peoples footage. The aftermath of the damage will be easier to capture because you can interview the peoples life and how it affected them. Good start! I can't wait to see the final project!
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