495 Documentary Blog - Cody Cannon

Greetings! Pre-production has been going about the same since the last time I checked in here. I will go back through some of that here with some slight changes or additions. We are still planning to shoot this upcoming weekend (September 29 - October 1)! Some notes about that: From my understanding, we should still be going over to Charlotte and maybe Durham. This will be to hopefully shoot some interviews. We will definitely be shooting B-roll, though. If the interviews fall through, we will still be able to get B-roll B-roll will be ready to show in class October 2. Again, this will be my first time getting to do production work on the film since joining the project, so that will be fun. My approach to the sound work will still be the same. Clear, consistent audio on the interviews and eerie atmosphere with ambient noise and so on for the B-roll and the style of the movie as a whole. My curiosity now goes into what I would be doing while B-roll is being shot. Am I rec...

Over the past week, my group and I have mainly been preparing for Pre-Production Presentation tomorrow (Monday, 9/18) and talking about when we might shoot more interviews and B-roll. With the presentation, I put in the equipment I will be using on the film, which will be a H6n sound recorder, shotgun mic, boom pole, 2 lavaliere kits, headphones, XLR cables, and AA batteries. All the equipment will come from the equipment room except for the H6n in which I will be using my own. Next to the equipment was the stylistic approach I am going for with the sound of film, which is clear, consistent audio from the interviews and eerie atmosphere in the B-roll and just the film as a whole. In addition, I made an entertaining suggestion for the target audience, but that (unfortunately for you) did not make it to the presentation. As mentioned above, we have been thinking about when we can shoot more interviews and B-roll. Right now, we are considering going back to Charlotte the weekend of ...

Interview Subject: Todd Sumlin - photojournalist for the case. Bio: Todd got his degree in Photojournalism from Randolf Community College. He has worked as a photojournalist in North Carolina for over thirty years. His job history includes Photojournalist for the Wilmington Star News (1988 – 1997), Photojournalist for Charlotte Observer (October 1997 – March 2017), and he now works freelance. He was the primary photojournalist for the Irina Yarmolenko case. Questions: How did you get involved with the case? How long were you on the case? How well do you remember your time on it? What kind of work were you doing? Was it just the photos? Could you please go over your experience on the case? Did you photograph anything outside of the trial itself or the courtroom? Did you do any investigating of you own in the case? Did the case show a clear idea of what happened or whether or not the prosecuted was guilty? Do you have any theories as to what might have happened? Is t...