Liverpool.
So we have come to the end of the two day shoot in Liverpool. My first reaction is to say how well it went. We managed to get everything done that we intended to. The interviewees were brilliant and in my opinion gave us plenty of material to work with. I think the quality of our material is also of high standard, meaning that this should get a better end result.
Starting the second day of shooting as early as we did was definitely a good decision. It gave us a greater scope. It meant that not only that we had lots of time to get around to all places we needed too but we had time to go to more places that we had initially planned. We were able to stop at any rouge Lambanana’s we found and film them. This again means we have plenty of coverage when it comes to the edit. Another point from the effective time management is it meant we weren’t stressed or panicking about getting anywhere. This meant that we could work effectively without any added stress. This had defiantly reiterated to me that time management is key in an effective shoot as it is an added pressure that can be avoided with careful planning.
I have to say that I did enjoy this shoot. I feel that everyone in the team did well at their designated tasks. Especially Grace as producer, who I feel made sure we were all as organised as we were. I think that we worked well as a team. The only thing I have to say is that I feel there was a little lack of communication with regards to starting and stopping filming and sound recording. I think that from this I have learned the importance of communication. This is causing me slight concern as there may be small section where the audio and video don’t sync up properly. This is a bridge we’ll have to cross when we come to it. It’s not causing any major concern as I know everything that was needed was recorded and then some.
As we were using a DSLR to film on, everything was recorded on a marantz rather than being recorded on a mic that was plugged directly into the camera. For the ‘sit down’ interviews I used the tie clip mics in order to get as clear audio as possible. When we recorded the vox pops, using the tie clip mic was not a very effective choice. The problem when interviewing the general public is that they tend to feel uncomfortable around sound recording equipment. The last thing that they need is someone they don’t know trying to set them up with a tie-clip mic. It can also be time consuming; we needed this to be quick fire as the light was going by this stage. Overall it seemed a better idea to use a rifle mic on a boom pole. This is obviously even more intimidating than the tie clip mic. For this reason we kept it hidden while trying to coax people into being interviewed. We managed to get a few good interviews this way and the people said a lot of really good stuff.