Documentary pre-pro

Purpose- the intent of our documentary is to inform people what it is like to run a business. Many people live their lives with realizing the kind of work and effort that goes into creating the things that make their life so easy. This documentary will show people what it is like to work in the motor industry and what goes into making the cars that people so often take for granted.

Contacts- For our project we will be interviewing John  , who has worked his way up to regional manager after working his way up through every job at Toyota, starting with janitor. We shall also talk to owners of Toyota cars and some employees at Toyota.

Interview Questions- During our interview we will be asking questions about the process in building cars, how and who comes up with the ideas for these cars. We will talk about the kinds of tests and requirements that cars must meet in order to pass to be sold. We will be able to discuss the changes in cars from the past until now. These are some topics which we pull specific questions from.
Some example questions are:
 Having worked in all levels of the Toyota business, which job was the most difficult, the easiest, and your favorite?
What negative results may occur if someone does a job incorrectly in the process of building these cars, and how does this tend to effect the company on a large scale? [lead into topic ex; Prius brake dispute]
What kinds of tests do these cars go through before being deemed safe to sell?

General Flow:  Beginning: discuss the beginning of car building. (idea formulation, material gathering, design creations, preparation for building, beginning portion of building process)

middle: discuss middle portion of building the cars along with evaluation of jobs. (discuss the roles of employees in relation to manufacturing of the car, evaluate importance and difficulty of jobs, talk about what it takes to obtain these jobs, and the core of the manufacturing process)

end: briefly discuss the end of the manufacturing process, and talk about sales (explain safety checks and the selling process (ie: sales pitch example), talk to owners about how satisfied they are with their Toyota)

Shots:- we will use individual close ups of people being interviewed.
overlaying footage of related topics (ie: when discussing safety, show video of safety test or crash while listening to the voice explaining the shot on screen)
pictures of different kinds of Toyotas, and short clips of the manufacturing process, some of cars being built possibly.
the backgrounds will be either blank, a plane white wall or hallway, possibly outside of the dealership, in order to avoid distraction from speaker.
if interviewing an employee, the background will be of the employees job, or even of them working.

Scripts:- the scripts will have questions and topics that we will be discussing. but it will have minimal answers pre-planned, in hopes that our subject will give creative and personal insight that we will not be able to give him in a written script. (although sounds risky due to the fact that we will be depending on someone else, but he is a professional and has taken part in many interviews before).

Intro:- will open up with pictures of John, if possible of him working in the different jobs, some clips or pictures of the cars or some clips of Toyota commercials.

Transitions:- quick and direct transitions between relating topics in order to control the energy of the film to make up for the possible slow tempo of the interviews

Conclusions:- possibly clips of cars driving away, or a short sequence of the change in Toyotas from their original car designs to what they are now.