I have a clear idea for how I want my personal study to come out. I have researched many documentaries such as ‘heavenly bites’ a Mexican food documentary, as well as several short YouTube videos focusing on themes of ‘food around the world’ to educate myself on specific food cultures as well as gain inspiration for my own film. To manage time within the film itself I have set a 10 minute timeframe in which to present to present each culture. To give each culture enough airtime I aim to explore 4 different areas with around 2 and a had minutes of airtime each. The cultures I am going to explore are from Yorkshire, Jersey, Mexico and Scotland, which is very scaled down compared to the initial 8 cultures I wanted to investigate. I chose to do this because I felt that the film would be more fulfilling if each culture had the ability to be explored in depth rather than many cultures with limited information because of insufficient allotment of time.

Name	Culture	Food	Date	notes
Erin Middleton	Scotland	Irn-Bru, Shortbread, Caramel wafer	29/12/21	tartan hairband
Margaret Williams	Jersey	Bean crock (les pais au fou)	10/12/21	bring extra light as environment is dark
Carmen Kirchner	Mexico	Guacamole, Micheladas, Elotes	27/01/22	Bring gluten free beer for michelada
Glyn Williams	Yorkshire	Yorkshire pudding	28/01/22	bring extra light as environment is dark

To add to the mise-en-scene and create a atmosphere relating to the specific cultures I plan to create backdrops with specifically stereotypical decoration, subtle enough to blend in with the rest of the scenery. Speaking from hindsight this did not happen as decorations felt gaudy and offensive to cultures represented, instead background indicitive of the subjects homes where used as they gave a more personal representation of how each culture lives.

To prepare for filming I created a storyboard. Despite making a documentary and not having specific scenes to storyboard I felt that this was the best way to visualise my idea and plan my frames.