Filming: Interview & Presenter | Production

On our first filming day, we decided that due to availability of the presenter and the farmer, we would film their parts.

Our individual roles for the filming day were as follows:

• Me: Camera operator
• Nisserin: Director & camera operator
• Sammi: Sound operator

Camerawork

• During the setting up of the equipment we decided that we would film with two different cameras at the same time to avoid continuity problems when it came to editing. Nisserin filmed the main shots that we would use as our master shots and I shot the apposing shots that we could use to help us cut the interview when editing.
• Due to complications with one of the cameras - it wouldn't focus very well - we had to assign one of the cameras for the close-up shots and one for the wide/long shots.
• Nisserin's camera had a nice focus, so the close-ups were filmed on that camera, and the wider shots were filmed on the other one.
• When importing this footage, we decided that there were a few shots that were missing, and other shots we weren't too happy with like the lunchtime scene.
• We went away and brainstormed some other options for this scene as we didn't like the location too much.

Sound

• Sammi recorded the sound on a H4 recorder, which was connected to the boom mic.
• This boom was used to capture John's audio and his answers to Carols questions.
• We recorded Carol's audio on a clip mic which was connected to Nisserin's camera, so she could hear what Carol was saying.
• When importing these recordings, the clip mic audio sounded really good and clear, but the sound from the H4 recording didn't sound as good.
• You couldn't hear John that well, and the wind interrupted some of his speech.
• We all agreed, after some discussion, that we should aim to re-record some of the audio when re-shooting some of the interviews, but also we might put write some of the interview as commentary and get her to record it at the studios.

Lighting

• Due to filming outside, we were bound to get some problems with the lighting.
• At the start of the day, the lighting was bright and nice, however it was quite cloudy. Then during the day the weather changed and the lighting got darker. This was a problem for us as we didn't want to film in the rain, which meant that we had to wait for the rain to stop before wrapping the day.
• This is more of a problem when it comes to editing as it will be quite hard to match the lighting and the colours, but with the three-way colour corrector, it shouldn't be too difficult.

Overall, the first filming day went well, but there were a few hiccups which means we will have to film again.