*Fart* “That just shows how much effort I have to put in!”

Second brief: Each group is to produce 3 x 1” Interviews using different techniques.

The Gym

For our ‘non-sync’ interview we decided to interview the guy that runs the gym on campus while showing footage shot around the gym. I did sound for this piece which turned out quite well because we did the interview in a small, quiet room away from the hustle and bustle of the gym. We also got another member of staff to demonstrate how to use kettle bells, while lifting a lot of weight he passed wind, which I heard great through the headphones, as hard as I tried to be professional and not laugh as soon as Melissa started, tears streaming down her face, I could hold it no longer. The final video worked pretty well I think, Jamie who had now joined our group did a good job on camera and editing it, however the fart did not make the cut, perhaps we should do a blooper reel?

Bees

I knew it wouldn’t be long for me to get us to do a film about bees! Some may say I have a slight obsession with our furry little pollinator friend but I would prefer to say I have a passion to help conserve them! For our traditional ‘off-camera’ one we interviewed Lindsay Leyden who set up the bee society on campus and is in the process of starting a charity called ‘bees before profit’. I was director, camera and editor for this one, looking back I think we should have shared the roles out a bit more evenly but over all the different interviews everyone had about the same amount of input. I was really happy with the outcome what with it being the first interview I had ever directed I think it was quite successful with content and was visually pleasing.

“Why do you like living by the sea?”

For our third interview we wanted to do a ‘vox pop’ piece but weren’t quite sure what we wanted to ask the public. So we decided we wanted to do it by the beach first and then came up with the idea of asking people why they like living by the sea. Vox pop turns out to be a lot more difficult than I thought it would be. We interviewed 4 people in total and reflecting on that I think we should have asked a lot more people as that would have made the edit a lot less troublesome. 2 of the people that we interviewed only wanted to audio so that also limited what we could so visually and one of the ladies that we filmed was very obviously uncomfortable being filmed and kept looking at the camera. As camera operator I tried to get as many cut aways and gvs as I could so that the edit would be made easier and I think that Melissa did a great job editing what was a very hard piece especially with the fact that she had to restart 3 times as avid kept messing up. Next time I attempt vox pop I will make sure we ask as many people as possible but I think for a first attempt we did quite well.