Major Project: Eddie Gilfoyle Interview

Eddie Gilfoyls interview was fundimental to our project, and so on our second day of filming we headed to cheshire to conduct our interview. The locaiton details were strictly confidential due to Eddies disposition as he is still under probation, meaning that he is still under watch fromt eh police despite his innocence. It is an interview that needed a lot of sencetivity and we needed to be careful when dealing with Eddie. He has suffered such trauma and the last thing myself wanted to do is trigger too many flashbacks. It was importasnt to still get his story across as well as possible and in many ways the more detail the better but we didn't want to push him too far and we needed to gradually ease him in with the questions.
Something we really wanted to get across was the appeal process and how it works, somehting we would be speaking to Jerry Hayes about as well for that professional insight into the police appeal process. They refused to re-appeal eddies case due to lack of evidence to procesed. He appealed agian with a substantial amount of evidence and this was also rejected as he wasnt allowed to appeal twice. 



Close up shot of Eddies Interview shot on the Blackmagic URSA 50mm Lens

ISO: 200
Shutter Speed:1/60
Kelvin: 6000
Frame Rate: 25 FPS








Wide Shot of Eddie shot on Blackmagic Production Cinema with 24mm Lens


ISO: 200
Shutter Speed: 1/60
Kelvin: 2000
Frame Rate: 25 FPS




We had a long break halfway between the interview to sit and chat casually with Eddie and his family about his case. This was to make Eddie a lot more comfortable with th einterivew as it was clear he was a bit nervous.

We kicked back into the interview with questions about what it was like being in prison as an innocent man and Eddie protested how much harder it was when you won't ever admit guilt. This made great content. He also discussed the four walls and how being confined to the affected him mentally, somehting futher analysed by our prisoner mental health expert Peter Jones. This would be a great point to cut to.


Floor/Interview Setup



This shoot was a success and despite being slightly late to the interview, we managed to successfully get Eddies story across well on film.

What Went Well
I was really pleased with the way both shots came out both the wide and close-up. In many ways I wish we positioned the wide to the middle in the end as it looked really good with Eddie at the Centre of position. However, it looks great for what it is and is a great shot to cut to from the close up.

What did I learn?
Time is so important and after being late due to a mis-hap with directions we risked lookign unprofessional, especially when Eddie and his family were sat around waiting for us.
Natural light is really helpful but can affect the continuity of shots. 

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