Work

We have been planning to shoot our video footage at the dome, for Tuesday. We had booked out two sets of equipment so that we had time and enough space to film footage. We planned to get there at 10, and film all day, including a organ concert. As the main camera man, I was in charge of working out what shots we needed exactly, and have been drawing storyboards. I have been doing this, (though my storyboard drawing skills are so bad I wont put them on here) I want to have tracking shots throughout the dome, and a focus on little elements. We are hoping to have shots in the tunnel. I am not sure hwo to do this- we don't know what it looks like, or how we can light it, so we have got out a portable light and will hope this helps. I think the dome was a bit unhelpful not providing us with information on this. I also wanted shots outside the dome, though we can do this later.

 However, we got some bad news- the dome have contacted us telling us that we only have "possible" access to the dome, that we are allowed access to the archive footage and the organ concert, but not the dome. We all feel quite frustrated by this- after being told we had access to film, letting us devolp ideas and approving them- and then telling us we  weren't allowed to film. It seems like a waste of time. After filming, we might have to completely change our ideas. We have been discussing this, but so far we cannot know what we are allowed to film, so are going to wait til after Tuesday. Therefore, we have been drawing story boards and writing storyboards which reflect this. I think that it is very hard to prepare for a shoot when we don't know where we will be allowed to film or how much we should film. This means our shoot might be a bit hectic, but I'm hoping it wil be better than we are worrying about.

We have booked out all of the necessary equipment, and have our roles sorted out. i feel quite confident, even though we are unsure about the dome.