Tuesday 25 April 2017

Documentary Unit - Shoot Day 1

Day 1 of our shoot was based mainly in Strood, with a little segment in Maidstone. Unfortunately on Day 1 Cailan's train was severely delayed and he missed us at pole fitness (our first shoot location) by a few minutes which was really unlucky and meant he could not help in the first day.

George and I met up with Andrew at the train station and we went to Pole Fitness just on time! It was a very little area to film in and also the lighting levels were less than optimal as well as a massive mirror. These are challenges we overcame whilst shooting and we got some really good segments, a massive thanks to Brook and Chloe who helped us at Pole Fitness.



We wanted to talk to the guys at pole fitness because we saw it as a slightly different way to exercise than normal, and once you look past the unwarranted taboo, you actually find that it is a sport that is very social and also very good for your body at the same time. We did not film in a chronological order, so we started with Andrew being show how do this exercise and then later we moved on to the opening for the segment.


Brook talking to Andrew about Pole fitness and what it actually exercises in your body - A really interesting piece and one of the more serious parts of our documentary.


We didn't expect Andrew to master the exercise, but he really did try which is good for the viewers. You feel most people would struggle in this sport when they try it for the first time.


Brook and Chloe explained to us that Pole Fitness is much more than a type of exercise - It's a way of meeting people and having a good time at the same time.


After we finished at Pole fitness we went to a field by the Maidstone Studios in which we are doing the exercise part of the documentary. This opening shot is out of focus and we are most likely going to re-film this segment anyway.




Andrew used the field to try a few types of exercise, which will be compiled into a montage with a segment reviewing what he enjoyed most (Which we will film at a later date)


I used my drone and when we re-shoot we should get some better shots - this is a possible establishing shot.

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