Interview shoot

Interview

Time: 2pm
Equipment pick up: 12pm
Place: Room 309
Equipment: D7000, Tripod, Marantz, hand Held Microphone, 800Watt lighting set, Filters
Roles: Robyn- Lighting, camera
Louise- interview, scripting, collection of Paul
Ella- Sound

We did an interview with a local man, Paul Clarkson, who went to lots of dome concerts and was willing to give us an interview about the dome and his experiences. The interview went very well; Paul was very knowledgeable and polite, and I felt like we asked good questions and got him talking; Louise had come up with some well researched questions, and we went through how to be a good interviewer before (don't speak, nod and smile etc ).
We managed to set up a good studio feel in the lecture theater with a warm toned lighting scheme. We did this by having two lights as a key and a fill light, and a red filter over them, and then white balancing it so it was less extreme. The room already has a red background and sound proofed walls, so this location was excellent.  I was pleased with this effect, and the colour of the room- this was what we intended to make as an overall tone in the film. I was also glad we decided to use this location instead of using the studio, as it evoked the feeling of being in a theatre.
Here is a photo of Louise on the set:

 The interviewee was found by Louise. There was a bit of trouble before, as he told us only the day before that he could interview on Friday. We had such little time, that the equipment was all booked out, so we had to compromise on quite a few things- for instance, we had to use a marantz and a D7000 as there were no z1's available. We also had to use a 800 watt lighting kit which was a bit too extreme, it would have been better to use a 300 watt one- the light was blinding, so I had to point both lights at the ceiling, which makes Paul slightly flatter than intended. Despite this, the shots we took were nice, and I was pleased with the framing. Ella, who was doing sound, listened to the sound recording, and apparently there is some noise distortion that she didnt notice at the time. Hopefully this can be taken away post production. Other than these issues, the interview went very well, and we worked well as a team, with Louise and I doing questions, I set up camera and lights, and Ella doing sound. Paul also brought lots of old tickets and programs, which was amazing- he was a great interviewee.
Here is a photo of some of the stuff he has written:

In other news, the dome have still not replied to my email, and we have given then 5 days, and then we will write a narration instead. This is quite annoying; we wanted to rely on the interview footage for some of the video. Despite this, I feel like we can write a good narration. Also, we have been given feedback by several tutors that we are trying to do too much. This will cut out an interview and allow for focus on just pans, tracks, timeline and archive footage. It will also be much easier to edit a narrative rather than an interview, as we know exactly what they will say, plus it will be linear instead of cutting up answers. This should make editing an easier task. Louise, as script writer, has begun to start writing the script.