Editing Completed - Closing Remarks

I believe the real end date was for Saturday 31st of March. Editing began during the filming process to ease the burden of any last minute work. Here some small errands were made in terms of look of the final product. Editing was completed on Monday, 2nd April, 2012 at 1:00 AM. I look forward to the response when I set up my presentation. This was a trying, but enjoyable experience. I felt the joys of learning the national instrument of Trinidad and Tobago. This went far beyond a project for me, it was something I want to learn about personally.

I want to thank My God for helping me through this process and for giving me strength to continue when obstacles came in my path. I would like to thank Mr. Philbert Alleng, an ardent supporter of this project, Anthony Davidson and Miss Rosemarie Abraham. They were all accommodating and willing to assist the successful outcome of this presentation. I would also like to thank my school for lending me equipment on extended occasions, while also accommodating extensions to hold each item.

I hope to present you with the final product. I also wanted you to learned what was my journey, and hope you would learn a lot more from this documentary.

Best Regards,
Cavielle.

Filming Day Closed

I was supposed to have one final interview with a youth in BP Renegades, but it didn't pull through. I now have enough footage to work with and I believe I could now construct this documentary to an acceptable standard. I am waiting patiently for that final meeting with my Lecturer on Monday. I may have some final questions to work with, hopefully they can be answered to a sufficient level.

Filming Day #10

Working with the children in St. Margaret's Boys Anglican School. We got a hint of their lives in real form, after pan hours. They had to answer to Miss Abraham on a regular school day and they all respected her. Despite the noise from other classrooms, this particular class group stood out with the confident personalities. They were eager to take part in the project, willing to use the microphone even while Miss was conducting a class, they continued to work. It seemed as though this group enjoyed school.

I got a deeper perspective or understanding into what these boys knew and surprisingly they were teaching me more than I gathered over the past three months.

Venue: St. Margaret's Boys Anglican School
Camera: Canon Rebel T2i
Mic: Wireless Lavalier
Duration: 2 hours and a half

Cavielle

Interview conducted on:
Tuesday, 20th April 2012.

Filming Day #9

Interview with Dr. Kim Johnson.

Venue: Dr. Kim Johnson's Office
Camera: Canon Rebel T1i
Mic: Wireless Lavalier attached to separate sound on a Tascan Recorder
Duration: 2 hours

Working in motion to get the best, Dr. Kim Johnson was able to input his research on the steel pan and mention tidbits on the source behind his pan influence. This was a close one on one discussion which highlighted the main issues.

Cavielle

Interview conducted on:

Friday, 16th March, 2012

Filming Day #8

Interview with Darian Marcelle

Venue: SBCS Audio Room
Camera: Canon Rebel T2i
Mic: Wireless Lavalier
Duration: 45 minutes

This interview discussed issues within the theme of radio, and whether the steel pan gets enough air play. Mr. Darian Marcelle has voiced his opinion on the steel pan prior to this interview. I thought this the appropriate moment to delve into where his opinion on the steel pan came from. He highlighted some issues I would gladly represent in this documentary.

Cavielle

Interview conducted on:

Thursday 15th March, 2012

The Proposal Evaluation

Based on the proposal issued here, does it in fact mirror what would be seen in the documentary? I believe that I covered a range of topics in the proposal, but during filming, I was able to gather information that went beyond what was originally intended for the proposal. I may write a re evaluation report for this documentary.

Cavielle

Pre Filming Day - Darian Marcelle

I had a few interviews mention some things which I believe this radio host should be able to answer. I would let you know more details on this.

Cavielle