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For the portrait of a place we as a group decided on the Wellington night market. We thought the market would be an interesting place to document largely due to the level of change in the environment. During the day the market is quiet off Side Street of Cuba, with a handful of small stores, cafes and restaurants. However at night, the market really comes to life with a variety of stalls; from food to clothing. To create a portrait of the Wellington night market we chose to use a narrative, involving a group of young people who spend the evening in the market, we felt that this approach we portray a very believable and relateable film. Using people to engage with the stalls instead of just observing them from a far, adds the element the viewer being able to actually see what happens, and what can be experienced at the night market. The process of filming for our night market video involved getting a group of young people and filming their interactions form multiple viewpoints; We tried to get a mix of shots from the outside looking into stalls, the inside looking out and shots and shots from the angle someone may see if they were to walk through the market. For this film we were influenced by Felipe Cardona' Tricky Two film with its use of rhythm and repetition. Also the Play Melbourne advertisement campaign displaying a group of young adults exploring Melbourne. 

For our portrait of person, we decided to film Nathan’s younger cousin Nico Poultney. We chose Nico as we thought filming a small documentary about a gifted child would be an engaging experience for the viewer as Nico isn’t the typical gifted child who is completely factual. He has an extremely vivid imagination as well as being a very intelligent child. For filming techniques, we filmed Nico engaging in some activities. For sound we hired a microphone to get better sound quality. We chose to film Nico both at his house and a park he enjoys visiting. We wanted to display various locations, we also felt this may make Nico more comfortable and therefore more open during our interview. For the interview we looked at previous interviews with children such as CBS news' interview with Jake Barnett and Jimmy Kimmel live's interview with Arden Hayes. We also took influence from Levni Yilmaz' Tales of Mere Existence, with his quirky cartoons.

Unfortunately we ran into some technical difficulties when filming Nico with the app Filmic Pro, which resulted in footage being lost, and often not saved. However we did retain our separate audio recording we took we the microphone . Along with this our film for the night market could not be reshot, or additional film added due to the August 16 Earthquake. Which resulted in the market not being open on the Friday it normally would have been.