Practise makes perfect?

We had a day in the studio and gallery yesterday with a short 5 minute script, with the first years on cameras and as stand ins.
Although being a good experience being in the gallery and on the vision mixing equipment, the day kind of knocked my confidence as i hadn't been worried about it, but after pressing the wrong buttons multiple times im a bit more apprehensive. Hopefully i'll be able to get better before next thursday, although theres not a lot of time for me to practise.

Sergent Script-a-lot

Dylan has been hard at work getting a script together, which i have just had a read through, and it looks really good!

Really looking forward to seeing it all come together, and especially looking forward to mixing vision on record day!

Dog and Gunning

Casey, Will and I went along to the Dog and Gun during the week to film our VT for their team, and the lovely landlady let us in before opening as that was the only time the team were available. The team is a complete contrast to that of the The Fox, but "Lord" Trotsky is very funny and makes for an excellent team member and captain!

I also met our presenter, Ant, for the first time and thought he was really good too, also discovered that we have a lot in common as we went to the same primary and secondary schools, even if he is a little older than me.

Foxy Shoot

We shot the VT for The Fox on monday, and it went quite well. The pub was full of characters which should be a good thing for if they come down to support their team on shoot day!

Will did a good job as director/producer in that he kept the team members briefed and informed of what he wanted them to do, and also that he explained that any retakes we had to do where because of something we werent happy with (light/sound/tightness of shot) and that it wasnt that they hadnt said their piece right. He also helped me as camera man as he had a detailed shot list and knew what he wanted me to film, which should also help for the next shoot at the DOg and Gun, as i will be better prepared for what i need to shoot.

The News

Went to watch the south eastern news being broadcast yesterday. Although the news wasn't overly interesting, the experience was! It was really good getting to see the gallery in action, and how calm everybody stayed even though there was a couple of little mistakes made.

I doubt the atmosphere in our gallery will be anywhere near similar to theirs!

Vt shoots

We had a productive day today (go team!) we tested twister and decided how we want that which is good, and we then told the caft people what we want from then. We also arranged a vt shoot for Monday at the fox which is nice especially as we are hoping to be able to shoot the other vt on either tuesday or Wednesday. Must remember to make sure everything is set to SD!!!

Trip to tonbridge wells tomorow to watch a live recording which will be informative

As live

We've now pretty much got everybody sorted for our team members and hosts, with the exception of the barmaid/co host. Two teams, one from the Dog and Gun pub, and the other from The Fox.

We are scripting up VT scripts, and planning the filming of them, as well as talking about getting our presenter down to meet with potential barmaids to see if they have good chemistry and have an audition together.