Last bit of filming in the bag.....

So last night we finished the filming for Young and Pissed....


We all meet on the streets of Falmouth at around (.30pm and found, as you would expect, that they were deserted but at least the camera operator and myself had the chance to chat about shots and decide on good locations to set up the camera.

At around 11.30 the night was in full swing and we gained some good footage with a few fancy dressed  people and the obligatory drunk guy running at the camera and shouting.
I interviewed four people on camera to see what they had been drinking and ask weather they used supermarket deals to drink before they came out.
Again I was surprised by the lack of direction and I'm worried that there is no cohesion in what we are shooting for this documentary.

On the plus side we did get to interview a policeman in his car. Again we used the recce questions I wrote 5 weeks before and we didn't get a challenging interview as the questions weren't tailored to the situation. It was made harder by being left with the camera operator to do the interview! This meant that i was asking questions whilst sitting in the back of the police car so the policeman was struggling to look towards the camera as he responded to my questions.
Still this project is all filmed and its time to get these last few pieces of filming added so the editor can finish making the documentary......

The Docs Are Under Way....

Today we filmed the first interview for the Young and Pissed  Doc that Im working on.
I have arranged an interview with a good friend of mine who works in Hand Bar in Falmouth. The director has two projects to direct so is up against it to keep both organised and on schedule so I have decided to help out as much as possible and take up some of the slack.
Due to a studio project running throughout friday, the director was going to be tied up so I have prepared some questions and the camera operator and myself have shoot this piece on our own.

The interview went well and I was pleased with the sound, I chose to use a lapel Mic and record sound straight onto the Panasonic P2 camera. This allowed for minimal equipment on shoot as there was a skeleton crew. we shot outside the bar in the courtyard and the sound is enhanced by the slight atmos of the cafe and bar in the background.

We also gained a chance to meet the bar owner, Pete, who was very intrigued by the project and has agreed to be part of it. He had some very interesting points and spoke, at length, about supermarkets and the role they have which is a very interesting angle.