From Idea to Realisation of the sLOVErotika Erotic Fair Reportage

The author analysed and described all processes involved in creating the sLOVErotika reportage in the diploma thesis. The only thing not described is how much time was required before the actual filming and production. Today we already have mobile phones within reach that enable a certain quality of footage, but this is still far from comparable to a camera. All the written material he had were questions for the participants.

Problem

The author analysed and described all processes involved in creating the sLOVErotika reportage in the diploma thesis. The only thing not described is how much time was required before the actual filming and production. It must be taken into account that an enormous number of telephone conversations, personal meetings and persuasion were required.

Before the actual filming, he had to convince the then editor-in-chief at Ptuj television to agree to this project. To obtain accreditation, numerous conversations with the organisers were necessary, because they had to somehow compensate for two weeks of advertising the erotic fair on television. It is not described here that it was necessary to travel to Maribor for meetings.

This was only necessary for the reportage. If he had tackled a directed project such as a film, he would have spent much more time, money and energy. During the creation of the reportage itself, he gained a great deal of experience, because as team leader he took on most of the functions required for realisation.

The advantage of this is that he had more freedom in decision-making than Alja and Simon. The disadvantage, however, is the large amount of time, energy and 'nerves' spent. When he spoke to various professors, he somehow gathered that the quality of the product can often be affected if one person has too many responsibilities in the creation of an AV product.

However, there is a difference between whether it is a reportage or a directed film. How much the fact that he had too many responsibilities affected the quality of the product in his case is difficult for him to comment on. He hopes that someone will tell the author in the future.

He believes that the diploma thesis covered all the important parts, from pre-production, production and post-production. In the end, he also decided to add a chapter on technical characteristics, because it seems important to the author that someone who might read the diploma thesis will see that equipment plays a very large role. Especially in today's times, when technology is advancing from day to day, cameras are being replaced by cameras with countless lenses, micro cameras, drones, robotically controlled cameras, etc.

Solution and Method

Today we already have mobile phones within reach that enable a certain quality of footage, but this is still far from comparable to a camera. One day, however, mobile phones will indeed be at the level of today's cameras. As can be seen in the analysis of the final state, he succeeded in realising all the goals that he considered important. In doing so, he learnt and also saw that a great deal is required for the creation of an AV work. Until he started writing down the idea, everything was disconnected in his head and he did not have the feeling that it was necessary to invest so much time, energy and 'stress', which cannot be valued in any financial constructions.

Results

With regard to the hypotheses, he also believes that he was successful, as he managed to fully confirm two out of three hypotheses, whilst with the third, as described, it is difficult to confirm or refute it until you try it in practice. If I make a brief summary: ** H1: The reportage can be realised more quickly or earlier!** ** H2: The reportage can be carried out or realised with two people!** ** H3: One person can realise a reportage alone! – the result is YES and NO** With the reportage, he approached filming in such a way that initially everything was only in his head.

All the written material he had were questions for the participants. If he were filming a directed film, he would certainly have to approach the process differently, because at the beginning he would have to do all those things that he did in the diploma thesis or rather in the AV production project assignment that they had. He would certainly have to describe various chapters in more detail.

If he were to do the reportage again, he would approach things (in addition to the already written questions for participants) by cutting the interviews and underlaying them with existing filmed material (stage performances). Here the written documentation would be translations from English to Slovenian and if he decided to include linking text in the reportage, that would be the written form. Personally, he prefers to have as much material as possible during editing (meaning a television report or reportage), even if it takes more time because of this, but he can extract the best shots and can choose for himself.

However, if you have few and quality shots, you are much more limited to that. However, during his work at PeTV, he created a system whereby he can edit a reportage in a short time, even when he has a great deal of material. In conclusion, he can make a summary that in the future he will approach the production of a reportage completely differently than he did in this diploma thesis.

This year he has already spoken to the organisers of sLOVErotika, who expressed a desire for their team to come and film the event again. He missed all the fairs from 2016 onwards, because in addition to work, school also took up a lot of the author's time.