FMP Doumentary Log - 3rd May - 8th May

This week we were in preparation for the vintage fair we were attending in Cambridge. From the 3rd to the 7th of May we all helped in contacting the places we were planning to go to, and planning out the narrative of the documentary. I made some mock story boards of what we needed and how the interviews would be, in the end the interview shots were pretty much the same but with varied backgrounds and locations. Schedules and risk assessments and questions for voxpops and interviews were also made. I made a rough shot list of what shots we needed as well.
On the 8th we made our way down to Cambridge for the Affordable Vintage Fair. We were greeted by the founder Judy Berger and then filmed cutaways and footage of the fair, we then had an interview with Judy about the fair and how it started. In this time we managed to get some voxpops of student shoppers as well as a male stall owner. For most of the day we split into two groups so we could get two lots of filming done as there were four of us with two cameras. I thought over all the day went well as we were professional during the time we spent there as we made sure that we wore high visibility jackets as the area was crowded. We thought it was a good idea that we were paired too as one person could watch out for any obstacles approaching while the other had the camera.
Throughout the day I filmed some of the cutaways and presented the questions, I also had to present the day as I was chosen as presenter of the documentary. I didn’t feel there were any major issues during filming but I feel we should have captured more footage so we have more than enough to work with just in case some of it wasn’t as good. For example some of the vox pops captured were not good enough to use as the camera work was shaky and sometimes grainy.