Today myself, danny and chris filmed our rochester tourism video.
The day started with myself popping down to cineworld, where i work, to ask them if would be possible to film inside during a quiet period and also to get a quick interview with one of the managers if they weren't to busy. They said that this was fine and they would be available for an interview as long as it remained quiet.
When the boys arrived we got everything set up and chris realised that the clip mic batteries were almost dead - on reflection i now will make sure i bring batteries to every shoot even if i am not in charge of the kit. He also forgot to charge he camera batteries but luckily they were both full. I went into my work and borrowed some batteries so we were very lucky or it would have messed up our whole day. We began by filming a quick walking scene outside the cinema. Danny was our presenter for this piece. We got him to walk by the posters to help orientate people to the cinema and lined up the shots quiet well. Chris then did a couple of cut aways of the river, the various eat out places, and the cinema itself. I then checked to see if my manger was available but the cinema was incredibly busy, he said to come back in 15 minutes so we decided to go away and film a couple of other bits. We decided to shoot the ending and then hopefully we could get our interview. The only problems we had in this location were that it was right next to a road and cars kept whizzing past and therefore we could pick it up on audio so i decided to be on car watch and then hopefully we could get the filming done inbetween cars. Luckily we managed it but as we didnt do a location scout we didnt think about this. On all my future shoots this will remind me of how important it is to remember as it would have been a nightmare to film a long scene for a short film a this location. We then went back to the cinema but although it was quiet my manager was still unavailable so we decided to shoot the cut aways and all other relevent stuff and then see what we could do. After this was finished with i made the decision to do the interview myself as we were wasting time and i could answer all the questions anyway. I then was interviewed by danny and chris and danny set up the shot. We decided to have it by a film standee and i borrowed some uniform of one of the other workers on shift. After that we went to our next location which was hollywood bowl so we could film bowling as an exciting activty to do in rochester. However it was packed and the next available slot was at 6pm so we couldnt film it. Instead we filmed chris and danny playing air hockey on a table at the arcade they have and i did a 360 turn to try and show the bowling alley but it was difficult. This has taught me to always plan and although this was just a test project it would have been a disaster if we had just turned up thinking we could go bowling and then been turned away on a proper shoot. I have learned you always need to plan dates and times with the people you are filming or places you are filming at. Getting an exact time and date helps things to be less stressful and also more professional and doesnt leave you in the lurch. We decided to have some food and then head back to rochester castle and catherdral to do the final bits.
As chris had work myself and danny did the last 2 bits to try and show a little more culture and history. We wanted to go into the cathedral but a service was on so we had to stand outside and film a couple of interesting shots and i think due to the sunlight it looked pretty nice. Rochester castle also looked really nice is this lighting so this was really good for filming. We then walked back to give the footage to chris when i realised we hadnt really got a way to begin the film - we decided to film the welcome to rochester sign so we could get danny to do a voice over and hoepfully that would make the film flow.
From this project i also learnt the importance of having a solid flowing idea. i felt that we didnt utilise danny enough as a presenter and he sort of would appear one minute and then not the next. We didnt really think it through properly and so for next time i would definailty be able to improve on this aspect. Chris will now put the film together using the script outline and we will record danny's v/o later in the week.
stay safe,
helen
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