Week 3 Production Task - 3 Shot Interview [Moving Camera Interview Exercise]

Practical Session Brief:

Moving Camera Interview Exercise (1-2min): 

Interviewer and interviewee are walking on campus. 
The interview topic: Is Brighton nightlife out of control? 

You are expected to shoot three different camera angles ONLY: 
1) Camera follows the pair from behind, 
2) Camera follows the pair from the side. 
3) In the last shot the pair walks towards the (static) camera, so all in all three shots. Please note you are expected to record synch sound with the K-6. Exercise will be discussed during the next practice session.

Questions/Script for Task

Before commencing the interview, the interviewer should introduce themselves and their interviewee to the spectator. They should also inform them of their location and the interview topic before questioning.

Interviewer: Hello, I'm here today with ....., a student at the University of Sussex and I'm here to find out his/her opinion on whether they believe Brighton nightlife is out of control. So....

Questions for the Interview:

• Brighton has always been known as a musical city, with many nightclubs, pubs, bars and restaurants all around town. Have you been to these in Brighton since you enrolled as a student in Brighton? 
• Have you ever had a bad experience as any of these places or heard about any?
• Are there any places you avoid in Brighton when you consider going out? Why?
• An aspects of the nightlife in Brighton's nightlife that isn't considered out of control is it's picture houses. Do you know any picture houses or have you been to any in Brighton such as Komedia or Duke of York?
• Some of Brighton's biggest clubs include Pryzm, Concorde 2, The Arch, Coalition, the list goes on. What do you know of these places? Have you been to any initiations for any Sport societies at these venues? 
• Would you say Brighton nightlife is out of control? Why? Why not

The Production:

This task seemed relatively simple on approach, by conducting an interview with three separate shot types which we we've already been given. 
Gokul suggested to use the Sony Z7 and K6 boom microphone for this task. Unfortunately, I was no present for the actual production of this task, but Gokul was holding the camera and boom pole, whilst Helen interviewed Luke outside the Silverstone building on campus. This wasn't an ideal situation that I had put the rest of my group in as there was on less set of hands when shooting, therefore it made the challenge for Gokul quite hard as he hand to be the sound grip and cameraman simultaneously. Once shot, we compiled the footage onto a Premiere Pro sequence and constructed the moving interview exercise, making sure the action and audio matched up between each shot.

Conclusion:

Overall, I don't think our group did very well on the production of this task since the other members of my group who were present during the the filming of the task didn't record all three shot types required. I didn't notice this until the edit, but there was nothing we could do since the hand-in for this task was the following day. I made sure that the edit of the task was good, but it was clear we hadn't reach the criteria of the task. It made me wary that I should be present for all parts of the production of the task if our group was to carry out the tasks ahead correctly.
Another aspect this task highlighted was the strength and weaknesses members of the group had. I seemed confident with manipulating the editing software, as did Gokul. Luke wasn't chosen to be the cameraman for the task and Gokul didn't want to be the one interviewed for the task and Helen chose to use the K6 microphone for the task which I thought was the wrong decision and that a clip-on microphone should be used instead, giving a clearer sound for the dialogue.