- The type of documentary it is is called a fixed camera observational documentary. This means that cameras have been set up and fixed to various parts of the maternity ward, for example several labour rooms, the theatre room, reception desk and nurses area, and they are constantly filming. There are many positives to having a set up for filming like this, for example the cameras will be highly unlikely to miss anything important. Also it means that because the cameras are fixed there will not be unesscessary crew getting in the way of the nurses/drs/patients on the ward whilst filming. There are some downsides to choosing a filming technique such as a fixed camera observational documentary too though. For example, because there are so many cameras rolling constantly the editing team ends up with hundreds of hours of footage of which most is not likely to be used at all. This means that the edit team will have to go through the filmed material which could take longer then if you were just filming what you wanted when you wanted.
- There are also a few portable cameras on the ward at various stages. This is so that the documentary does not feel static all the time and adds some movement to it. This is good because it means that the crew can choose what they want to film and do not have so much stuff to edit and cut down. But it could also cause a problem for the people who work on the ward incase the film crew were to get in the way.
I will continue my research to see if i can find more filming techniques used by One Born Every Minute.
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