COMMISSIONS UNIT: (Production) Shoot Day 1

We started our shoot on the 1st May. This day consisted of Alex casually interviewing his grandparents about learning to drive when they were younger and generally how driving has changed over the years.

Initially we had decided on interviewing Alex's dad, however, his dad was unavailable and we thought that there would be a greater difference in driving between the time Alex's grandparents were learning and today - making it more interesting and suitable for the documentary.

The crew for this shoot consisted of myself and Jason (with Alex helping to set up but then presenting the scenes on the shoot).

For the shoot we used the Sony EX Camera, a DSLR (Canon 700D), clip mic on Alex, directional mic for his grandparents and Interfit soft box lighting.

I set up the lighting whist Alex dressed the set and positioned the seating. Jason set up the master shot on the Sony EX camera whilst I set up the DLSR to be used for close up shots and GVs.

We were ready to begin shooting at around 5pm. We recorded about 30 minutes of footage that could then be cut down and chopped about. The footage consisted of one consistent master shot (captured on the Sony EX) and many medium and close up shots (captured on the DSLR).

We did notice that there was some grain on the DSLR footage but this could not be helped due to the low levels of light (and the artificial lighting being used). We also experienced another issue which was easily resolved. Half way through a sentence, Alex's cat decided to walk over and sniff the microphone - we decided to briefly stop the interview and then repeat the sentence that was interrupted.