Production Log: Structure

I think that we should structure the documentary by age groups because it gives a better sense of a beginning and an end. We start with freshmen, new to the Academy and its geography, then move through the years to seniors, who are more likely to have a better understanding of the social groupings at school.

It would be interesting to get opinions from all the different grade levels in a social group to see if they differ as long as we continue to interview different cliques. We should also view age as a stereotype of its own-Do most people hang out with people at the same grade level?

If we did follow people around, we could film them anonymously around the campus while they point out what kinds of groups they think hang out in a particular area. We can then contrast opinions. However, following people around should not be the main focus because I don't think we'll see anything that we won't get from the interviews if anything useful at all.

I agree that we should include an interview with the deans because they can tell us about the general trends that have occured throughout the years. However, they should not be placed grade by grade because it's difficult to talk about the social trends of a certain grade level-it's much easier to talk about the progression of group development over the years. The best way to include the deans is to put them at the beginning of the documentary so that we can compare their opinions to those of the students. The interviews with the deans should not be placed at the end because this documentary is really about the students and they should have the last say.