Terminal Bar is a photo driven documentary seen through the black and white photographs of the bartender Sheldon Nadelman over a 10 year period, from 1972 to 1982. The main story of the documentary is documenting the different types of people that came to visit the bar and their stories, and how it changed over time. Narration was through newspaper clippings and and an interview with the bartender himself, but apart from that the documentary was made up entirely of still images.

A number of processes have gone into making this documentary, starting with the photographs being taken, as well as newpapers being kept and stored. Years later, the couple of thousand photographs would of then had to be developed and printed in a dark room, removing any failed photos that couldn’t be developed or that weren’t in focus. Then the successful photographs were sent to the director (Stefan Nadelman) ready to be presented to Sheldon for an interview, which is the basis of the documentary. After this, the editing team would create a storyboard of the photographs to link up with the interview, as well as choosing music and newspaper clips for narration, and record the narration as well. Any addition footage such as Sheldon returning to Terminal Bar at the end of the documentary would also be shot during this time. The end result was be edited together into the final film.

This process I could apply to any project, with the basic structure of documentation and research, troubleshooting, storyboarding, and then the final product outcome.