Observational Documentary Assigment

For this assignment our group has come up with a rough idea of what our project is going to be focused on and how our video and photographs can portray that idea. We want to focus on the history of the Johnnie Mercer pier and the reconstruction of it, while also giving the audience a sense of what Johnnie Mercer pier essentially is and why it is so appealing to tourists and locals. We would like to get some shots of people inside the shop eating, talking, and shopping. Also, we want to get footage of fishermen out on the pier and spectators looking out over the water. We plan on doing a little research to find the most popular times for fishermen to be out on the pier so we can make arrangements to be there for that. This is a popular place for surfers to come, so we would like to get some footage of surfers with the pier behind them or to the side. We also want a few shots of people underneath the pier, possibly children playing or building a sandcastle. Mainly we want footage of the popular activities that draw people to the pier. We will have to watch the weather carefully and try to find the warmest days that we can so we are able to get footage with more people on the beach. We might try and find out if there are any events going on in the next couple of weeks that would have more people out on the beach.