FILMING DAY 2- LIVE
We had originally planned to film out live segment outside the studios in the car park, but unfortunately, due to a very heavy rainfall, we had to make alternative arrangements. Instead we ended up filming the live in production room 1.
Before we invited any of the talent into the room, we set up, which involved removing all the chairs, and placing a table in the centre of the room. We then set up the two cameras we were using, one in front of the table with a wide shot of the room, and the other on a shoulder rig, so we could use it for multiple shots.
Once everything was set up, we invited our presenter, George, into the room to run through the blocking of the live, the script, and the timings. Becca decided to give 30 seconds for the intro, 1 minute for the challenge, and 30 seconds for the outro. After we ran through it with George a few times, we invited our two contestants into the room. Becca explained what was going on, and allowed them to get a little practice. She also explained the rules to them.
Before inviting our audience in, we filmed a rehearsal as a backup in case the real thing went wrong. This also allowed Becca to test out her timings. Once all this was done, we invited the audience in, positioned them, and began filming. We explained to George that Becca would keep track of the 2 minutes, and Patricia's score, and that I would keep track of the 1 minute challenge time, and Gavin's score. We showed him the hand signals we'd use to communicate with him during the recording, as we could not speak.
The recording ended up going really well. The audience and the contestant really enjoyed it, and George was a great presenter. Unfortunately, we did finish 8 seconds ahead of schedule but, we can fix this in the edit. This was due to the 1 minute challenge ended slightly before 60 second was up because of a hand signaling mix up. This didn't really matter to us through because the live went really well and we're really happy with it. During the live Nisserin operated the shoulder rig camera, and Ida operated the main wide camera.
FILMING DAY 2- GREEN SCREEN
Before we could begin filming, we had to set the green screen up. First we cleared the room and then we set the green cloth up on the C-Stands. We used sandbags to weigh the screen down and remove any creases that may be visible on camera. Next we set up the lighting. To do this we used to wide LED lights to light the green screen, and two spot LED lights to light me. We angled the lights to help reduce the amount of shadow on the green screen. Finally, we set up the camera, and the auto cue. We chose to use the auto cue to make presenting a lot easier for me, which would help us speed through each shot a lot quicker, ensuring I say the same thing each time.
Once all of this was set up, we got on with filming. We ran through the script in order, filming each segment a few times so we had a few takes. For sound we used a clip mic that was linked straight for the camera to make editing a little easier. This also allowed Ida to monitor sound as we filmed.
Everything went really well, and we had no issues during the filming. We managed to film everything during the time we had. All of the footage came out really well, and we beleive we should get a good key off the green screen as we lit it well, and all the lighting was well balanced.
FILMING DAY 2- PROMO
For the promo, we decided to film in front of the green screen so that I could replace the background during the editing process. As we decided our promo would be in the style of a 1950s/60s TV advert, I dressed as a businessman who was baking social media in his kitchen.
Filming the promo was pretty easy and simple as we had already set everything up for the green screen shoot before it. We used the auto cue for the promo as well as it was still attached to the camera.
Overall we were happy with the shots we got for the promo. Quick and easy.
MORE PHOTOS FROM THE SHOOT
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| Our setup |
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| Framing the camera |
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| Reading from the autocue |
Images:
Credit- Ida Frank
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