Catch up

I haven't posted here in a while, but rest assured I have been working! I made a pre-production schedule using the very handy gantt chart. I've planned for pre-production to last until Febuary 1st, when shooting starts. Now the only question is whether I can actually stick to the schedule...
I've also written up an outline of the film, to help both me and the shooting crew get an idea of what the film will look like on camera. After much research and pondering I have a pretty clear idea of how the film will look. I'll just have to wait and see and hope that it turns out that way, or rather that it turns out half decent.
Now I think I'll talk a bit about film style, because it's been on my mind a lot recently. Every creative person when they're starting out needs to develop their own style that suits them best. They do this by looking at others and selecting the ones they like best. It's true that all creative people steal from one another!
I'm in no way an expert in documentary film making, and I don't know if I'll specialise in it later on, but I have given some thought to my documentary style.
The style I like best is the gritty realism - placing a camera in front of some people and watching as they talk and talk and slowly open up. Some examples are The Family, a series that is on right now. I love this series and can't stop watching it. About a month or two ago there was a programme called 'The British in Bed', a simple premise of several british couples sitting in bed with a camera pointed at them and talking about their love lives. There's also Marc Issac's 'Lift'. This is a very interesting documentary to watch as it's simply one guy standing in a lift with a camera for 10 hours a day. At first the residents think he's pretty weird and even kick him out the lift but as it goes on they start opening up to him more and more, revealing things to the camera that they might not be able to tell anyone else. That's why I love this style of documentary film making and that's why I want to use it.
So let's all hope and pray that I get it done!!