Shoot Day 2

I arranged with Jo to return to Doddington to film the bits we missed out on due to the weather on the 13th. Unfortunately Jo was unavailable to be at Doddington therefore we couldn't get the introduction shots to go before her interview. We can get around this by using name title cards and commentary to introduce her in the editing stage. 

 We began the day by splitting off into two groups. Ellie and Ellen went around the gardens with the Canon 7D Camera and Tripod to shoot some steady stills of the gardens, getting as much coverage as possible so that we have many options in the edit.  They obtained some beautiful shots with bright colours that will cut perfectly into our film.

Josh and myself went in the opposite direction to shoot the gardens with a drone camera for our opening sequence. We managed to get some really lovely shots of the gardens including the farmland that connects to the back which Doddington also owns. This was the first time I had seen a drone camera be operated so it was exciting to see just what a fantastic piece of kit it is. I went around with my Nikon Camera and also took cutaways and GV's of things that we could cut to such as flowers and rock pools etc. Below are some screenshot examples of the things that I shot.


We then went on to fly Morticia and watch her have her dinner. We obtained some amazing shots that really provide some wonderful moments for the spectator to watch and begin to care about the vultures. We filmed her dinner in three stages. We each took a turn at conducting a shot with the vulture eating a chick so that we could all give an interpretation that we can use in the edit. I shot  the last which was a close up. Unfortunately she turned around as she was eating which meant I caught her eating through her foot and her feathers. 


The last day of shooting went really well and we gained some brilliant footage for our film. The day went a lot better than our first as we knew exactly what we needed to get and we were more organised as a team. Splitting off into two parties and then joining again for the flying was definitely a good idea as we were able to get the best possible amount of footage. 




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