Documentary Pitch

Pitch for Documentary Video Project
Director: Kayla Stewart
Camera: Amanda Ginther
Editor: Daniel Hernandez

Tagline: Walking with a purpose

For the documentary video I have decided to do it on a subject that is very meaningful to me:MDA. Now the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) is a non-profit that its purpose is to help find cures and even treatments and/or services to aid families dealing with MD and many other neuromuscular diseases. My vision for the documentary is for the viewer to get a sense of what MDA means to me as well as other families.
 I became involved with MDA because I felt like I had to keep my brothers fight alive. Before he passed away shortly after his 16th birthday, he struggled daily with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
My vision on how it will all come together is that we will interview myself, some of my teammates (I am a team captain for one of our local charity walks), the Health Services coordinator of our local MDA chapter and possibly a local family that deals with the struggles of MD every day. Aside from interviews we will also have footage from the day of the 2015 Muscle Walk. The MDA Muscle Walk is what we all like to call our victory lap for all the fundraising and hard work we put in throughout the year in working toward finding a “cure”. From each individual the goal is to again highlight the meaning of MDA. With having worked the Kathy Selking, HS Coordinator I have her already onboard with being

on camera as well as myself and some of my teammates. Another subject that I was looking to include was one of the local families that use the MDA services, due to medical reasons it may not work out butim still working on securing this one.
Editing wise I would like it to have clips of the interviews throughout with each person’s name and title. Then when there is not an interview clip I would like to see quotes or statements highlighted against a light colored background along with cuts to various photos and video from past and current events as well as some of the mementos that I have.

Possible interview questions:
1) How did you first become involved in MDA?
2) How many years exactly have you been with the company?
3) Does your job ever get emotionally hard to handle at times? How?
4) How would describe MDA in a sentence and/or few words?
5) Have you worked with other non-profits before?
6) When I say MDA, what comes to mind?
7) What is something new & exciting happening with MDA?
8) The MDA Muscle Walk, could you tell me what that is and how the families become involved?
9) What resources does MDA provide for local families whether it be medically or otherwise?
10) Have we left anything out that you like people to know about MDA and/or yourself?

MVFinal(1) from Kayla Stewart on Vimeo.

Documentary Subject #2

Leanne Jones (relative, retiree of KeyBank of 30+ years, works in Private Home Care)

Possible Questions:

1) How was it working for KeyBank for 30+ years? 

2) Tell me what kept you you with such a company for so long? Was it the customers and/or co-workers?

3) KeyBank to private home care, what was your inspiration the transition into homecare?

4) How many clients do you currently take care of?

5) What was your favorite part of working for KeyBank?

6) What is your favorite part of working in Private home care?

7) Does it ever get hard sometimes working with elderly at such a vulernable stage in their life?

8) If you were not in home care what kind of work would you like to do?

9) When your not working taking care of a client, what is your daily activities?

10) What was you role at KeyBank?

Documentary Subject #1

Kathy Selking (Health Services Coordinator, MDA)

 Kathy has worked with MDA for several years now. She is based in Ft. Wayne with a lot of her work focusing on helping local MDA families with special medical needs as well as overseeing much of the Summer Camp and Muscle Walk activities. I have met and worked with her discussing and planning details regarding the MDA Muscle Walk during her time with MDA.

 Possible Questions:
1) How did you first become involved in MDA?
2) How many years exactly have you been with the company?
3) Does your job ever get emotionally hard to handle at times? How?
4) How would describe MDA in a sentence and/or few words?
5) Have you worked with other non-profits before?
6) When I say MDA, what comes to mind?
7) What is something new & exciting happening with MDA?
8) The MDA Muscle Walk, could you tell me what that is and how the families become involved?
9) What resources does MDA provide for local families whether it be medically or otherwise?
10) Have we left anything out that you like people to know about MDA and/or yourself?

EMOTION VIDEO (JOY)

EMOTION VIDEO (JOY) from Kayla Stewart on Vimeo.

Music Video Preproduction

For my group I have taken on the editor position so you will find below the poster I made;

Credits:
Amanda Ginther (Director)
Daniel Hernandez (Photographer)

Music Video Analysis

Here I give you a song that may stick in your head for some time if you haven't heard it before; "All About that Bass" by Megan Trainor

                                        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PCkvCPvDXk

We could go on about the contradicting message of her video but I'll just mention some of the aesthetics of the video. The video I feel is not too complicated in and of itself; it starts off introducing the "characters" in the beginning then continues on with the story/message as the video continues. It has some sharp cuts and smooth transitions and zoom shots. Another noticeable thing after having watched the video again a few times was that she seemed to be in the center of every shot when they would cut to her in the the video each time. That to mean seems somewhat contradicting to the "real" message here.