On Location: Faversham | Workshop

For our 'On Location' workshop, we visited Faversham after it being visited and approved by Helen. We were then split into groups of 4 - 2 groups will be walking around the market and the other 2 groups will be walking around the brewery.

• I was in one of the groups that walked around the market place - I was in a group with Nisserin and Josh. We decided that Josh would start as the camera man and we would take turns in filming different shots and in the different locations that we were allowed to visit.

• We started by filming a beginning shot to set the scene and the location, and then we moved around the market and shot a variety of different scenes such as the public walking along the street, people looking at stalls, people handing money to the stall owner and a busker who at the time was singing and playing his guitar to the public. 
• We decided that actuality close up shots of the public being natural in that environment would show the market well and you would be able to get a good sense of the atmosphere. 
• We also got some shots of the old landmark buildings that were in the street, and we shot these on the tripod so we would get static shots that we could cut into. 
• After doing some wandering around the street we found a little hotel, and one of the owners was more then happy to do a little interview with us. We then shot a few nature shots by the creek, including a goose and some nice landscape shots.

• When editing the video we wanted to make it fun and interesting, and we did this through the music and the pace of the cuts. We made sure to include the hotel to create the friendliness of the town, and we added some cutaways of the market. 
• I thought that our final edit gave the market a nice feel and it was fun to watch. Helen's feedback was we needed different music, which was a fair point, and we needed to have more shots on the tripod.

From this workshop I have learnt that most shots need to be filmed on the tripod to make it stable and balanced and to make the video look more professional and documentary like.

Here is the risk assessment for the creek:

Here is the risk assessment for the market:

Here are the two consent forms we had the busker and the hotel owner fill out:

Here is the final video: