Canterbury Cathedral

About three weeks ago, we were given the opportunity to run a test shoot at the Canterbury Cathedral as this also was under the documentary brief as a prospective client. The workshop was basically a run through of what a real life filming situation would be like - from filling up risk assessment forms to setting up cameras and tripods and asking for permission to film on location. Personally, I'm glad we did this workshop as it gave us an insight into our filming techniques and styles. It also gave us a realistic view of what documentary filming will be like for our project. That day we learnt a lot about shot transitioning, when dealing with different exposures. A lot of our glitches on the day were issues we would need to know about for our documentary and filming as well. Now we are informed and know the right thing to do in such situations we can avoid hazards and filming issues and get right on with it. On the day I'd like to say we took responsibility for all roles i.e. Director, cameraman, sound designer/operator and producer.
The editing process was great. I personally love editing so for me it was a breeze. I wasn't fond of the sony cameras until I saw the footage we produced and I'm quite confident now in using it for our documentary Wonder woman. When our work was reviewed our tutor was particularly impressed with our still shots, Pace of footage and the editing. I hope to use these techniques for our documentary as well.