2 days extra shooting.
It was arranged by Mandy that two more days filming was needed to interview more people. On the first day we went to Poppy Court to interview the manager of the care home. As before it was myself, Steve and Tim on the shoot and we worked in the same way as before, professionally, but pushed for time. However, i believe this is the best shot interview of the DVD. Remembering the mistakes i made with framing on earlier interviews, i was keen to get this one right. Lizzie from the council conducted the interview and it went smoothly. Lizzie took direction well, i would repeat the exact same questions on each take. This makes it much easier for the editor. From Poppy Court we went to the Civic 1 building to film two managers who were to say an introduction piece. This was the hardest scene to shoot. The reason was the two managers, did not want to be filmed (even though they agreed to it) and made it quite clear that they didn’t want to be filmed. They hadn’t bothered to learn what they had to say so had to read it from cue cards. I explained that this wouldn’t look natural but they insisted, after all it was these managers that were funding the DVD. We shot, but as i explained it came out un-natural and unusable. Mandy was at the shoot and when i showed her the footage she wanted it cut. A re-shoot with different managers is arranged for a later date.
The second day started out filming at the young carers centre filming cutaways for a voice over, then back to the Civic 1 building to film the intro and the outro to the DVD. The intro was done by two managers who were a lot better on camera than the couple before. After completing the introduction, i quickly looked at the rushes. I wasn’t happy with the framing so i called them back to quickly re-shoot. We were shooting on a Canon 5D without the option of a monitor, this in hindsight was a mistake. We could have filmed on a JVC with a monitor, it would have suited the DVD more.
There is still a few more scenes to film after the module deadline, but most of it is complete. I am glad i learnt my lessons from the previous shoot, and corrected them during this one.
