Digital News - Live Shoot Day

Today we had our "live" shoot at Gravesend at the event of Kent Sheds. I checked the weather the day before to find that it forecast thunderstorms and heavy rain. We prepared for the weather wearing warm clothing and bringing umbrellas to protect the equipment if we were to film outside. Thankfully the morning of the shoot, the weather forecast had changed to just being very heavily overcast and with a few chances of light showers. This was a relief as we won't have to worry about the kit being damaged by water. We do need make sure that our white balance and exposure is checked as we won't necessarily have some nice natural lighting from the sun as it would be hidden behind the clouds. 

 When we got to the facilities we met Ian and his team of boat restorers and Ellie took the lead as director, I took the lead for sound controlling the clip mic levels and the Zoom's record levels for backup. We also had location sound kit which Josh was using to make the "live" look more authentic. Niki was on camera for the interview and Ellen got GV shots that were necessary and back up shots that we could use in the edit. This way everyone had their role during the shoot and got more experience in the fields that we wanted to learn more about. 

 I found that during the shoot, there was a lot of background noise from the shed and surrounding workers. One example was one of the workers was hammering part of the boat outside the shed and it was quite a prominent sound during the take. However it was not obtrusive to the actual interview, it was just background atmosphere. However, to be on the safe side, we got a GV shot of the worker hammering in the boat so that the audience would understand what the noise was and where it was coming from. Unfortunately, some members of the crew were whispering during the shoot take which meant that I could hear that on the zoom recorder! We were unable to re shoot as it would have taken away the spontaneity of the answers from Ian. He said he found it quite distracting as some members of the crew left their equipment to discuss an issue they were having during the take. Next time, we shall definitely all make sure that everyone remains quiet during the take from the minute the camera is rolling to the second it is cut. Any problems the crew may be having should wait until after the take has finished so that we remain professional and respectful to the interviewer and interviewee. 

 Myself and Ellie got the permission forms signed by the three participants and the evidence is as follows: 




We also created a risk assessment as a group:
Overall, this shoot was very successful and I am pleased with what we got given the short turnaround of a shoot date.

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