Unit 23: Multi-cam production blog

27th November 2013

Today our groups were formed for the multi-cam production of "Cinderella." The first group consists of Isaak Hest, Rose Ashworth and Ryan Bartle. The second group (Our group) has Shemar Chawla, Leah Sharp, Jordan Dent and Dale Whyte (Me). The first group has fewer people due to our class being uneven with 7 students, as a result of this one member from our group will be helping them in their production by operating one of their cameras (Still to be decided). Out job roles in the group have been decided. Shemar will be our Director, Jordan our Vision mixer, Leah the Sound Recordist and I will be the Lighting Director. As the lighting director in this production I will have very little say as to what the lighting will be as it is mainly up to the acting Director Sonya. So I will have to speak with Sonya to sort out the lighting in preparation for filming. 

11th December 2013

We went to the theatre to map out the camera shots and draw out a risk assessment, recce checklist and floor plan. We now have a better idea on how we are going to film the Cinderella project.

Risk assessment
Risks that we found were, trailing wires, staircase (In the dark it is impossible to see where you are going up the stairs), small possibility of falling lights. To overcome these risks we need to, tape the wires down, have some form of light source when moving around behind the seats and going up the stairs, making sure the lights are secure.

Location recce
In the location recce we wrote for things to take, camera, risk assessment form. "Talking to people;" confirm ownership, exchange details, explain intensions, passes are required, local events. No tansport is required. "Camera and lighting;" Secure place for kit, cables. "Sound;" Electrical hazard, background music. "Things for director;" photos.

17th December 2013

Rehersal
At 2:00 today we went to the rehersal for the Cinderella production and now have a better idea on how to set up the shoot. We now know who to focus on in the scene depending on where you are on camera. As the rehersal was going on I took a few photos so we could refer back to them if needed.

 

18th December 2013

We filmed the production. There were no problems with eny equipment apart from a tripod that wouldn't allow us to remove a plate. We are now ready for the capture and editing process.

 

9th January 2013

We began the capture process with the first four tapes which were both of the right and left side cameras for acts 1 and 2. I also capture a 5th tape accidentally one of the other groups tapes which unfortunately took an extra hour out of out edit time.

 

13th January 2013

We thought we had the final four tapes and in capturing we discovered that one of the tapes was one used in a different production. This tape was damaged and was unable to record on so we were panicing a little about if we might have used that tape or not.

 

14th January 2013

We found the actual final tape and captured it. This allowed us to set up the multi-cam edit and in a few hours it was complete. We would have captured but we had to leave for the day and didn't have the time.

 

15th January 2013

Now that it was all exported we were ready to burn it. I burned two copies one for he acting students tutor and one for ours. Now we are ready for the hand in.

 

Here is our title background picture;