Practice Filming...

      Today in our Documentary Group we did a short practice on filming, to get a feel for it. It really came in handy to go over how to set everything up and get a feel for filming in a small space, fitting all the equipment in and getting good shots. Overall it took about 45 minutes just to set up, after checking all the sound was right, setting up the tripods and both camera's and wiring it all up. 

      A few things we took from today is to always turn up an hour prior to filming time just to set up, so if we tell whoever we are filming a 3, let them know we will be arriving at 2 just to set up and run through everything! Also, when interviewing more than one person, always shoot the first person from the left when in the frame. 

      This will make the whole documentary flow better if the interview runs from left to right as it is natural because we humans read from left to right. Also, take a spare battery or 2 for the sound box...! We had to learn this the hard way sadly when we previously went out filming on The Pier and it ran out of charge.