Filming ~ Day 2 | Production

Within our second shoot day, we planned to film the studio bit, the live package and the promo video.
We started this shoot by setting up for the studio part of our show.

Studio
The chairs had been stacked and moved out of the way before our shooting day so we had more time to set up the equipment.
To fill the time, Nisserin and Ida set up the green screen while myself and Josh set up the lights. We had booked out the two LED lighting kits so we had the two wides on the green screen and the two spots on the presenter. Once the green screen was up, Nisserin set up the Sony camera and Ida sorted out the sound from the clip mic which was on Josh.

We had previously typed in the script on the autocue, but we did decide to shoot the script in different parts. This is so it would be easier for Josh to read the script and also it will help a lot when it comes to editing. Before actually shooting, we did a few run-throughs so we could adjust the speed of the text to fit the pace of the script.
We experimented with the lighting of the shot, because, at first, Josh looked a bit dark. We also went through the settings on the camera, which helped when getting the perfect lighting. We eventually had to angle the lights and make them taller so the glare from Josh's glasses wasn't too harsh and also to light his face.

For sound we used the clip mic, and we connected it to the camera for editing purposes. For Ida, this was a good thing as she could easily monitor the sound through the headphones. When filming, we took the script one part at a time and made sure to shoot each part more than once. We did this as some takes weren't the best and also it would give Josh a variety of different shots to choose from when editing.

Overall, the shoot went really well and after looking back on some of the footage, the green screen looks well lit which will be good for editing.

Live
Originally, we had planned to film in the car park as the script said that they were outside the Student Yak studios. However, on the day of filming it was raining which meant we had to film inside in Production Room 1.

We thought it would be a good idea to do a run-through of the live, after stacking the chairs and making some room for the Sony camera. It was beneficial for George as he had a chance to remember what we had rehearsed previously and also we were able to adjust the camera position and any props that aren't in the right place. This rehearsal was filmed just in case our actual live piece went wrong.
The static and the hand held cameras were set up:

• Static camera ~ wide shot of the challenge (can see the whole scene from presenter to the audience)
• Hand held camera ~ close up of George and the competition (moves within the challenge)

The audience members came in and I told everyone what was going to happen, and also I reminded George to keep an eye on Josh for the timings of the challenge and me for the timings of the live as a whole.

The live turned out really well, although we did end 8 seconds earlier, but that can be adjusted during the editing process. Overall, we were really happy with the outcome of the live piece.

Promo

Since the green screen was up and the lights were in the correct spots, we decided to shoot the promo video at the same time. We wanted to film in front of the green screen so we can have a kitchen type background to match our idea. 

Nisserin bought in an apron and oven mitts, while I brought in a baking tray so we could stick the printed social media logos on it. We had also previously typed out the promo script on the autocue app, meaning we had more time to focus on the filming of it.

It didn't take us long to film but we did take several shots of everything just in case. 

Overall, we were all really happy with the way shooting went for all three sections of the video.