Major Project: Peter Jones Interview

Peter Jones was our first interview shoot and overall I was pleased with the way this came out. The initial setup wasn't easy as the room was difficult to work with. However, after research recceing the location myself and Jack realized that the lack of depth would be an issue. We spoke to Peter on the phone asking him about the location and he described it as a 'Blanc Canvas' which wasn't actually great news for us. For the shots, we wanted we really needed to show what his practice was. Locations can be a big giveaway. In preparation for this, Jack and I brought along a bookshelf with some props such as books and a plant to give a nice depth of field and also give a little bit away about his profession as mental health in prisoners expert. We had a long Journey there but we finally reached him on time and began setting up for his interview. Once we had the camera set up it was clear the room needed more depth of field, it was just as well we brought along the shelf and props. Once set up it was important to get the correct lighting together which we had practiced and perfected in test shoots. The setup time took as long as expected (around 45 Minutes) which is the typical setup time when shooting in pro-res, especially with a multi-camera setup.

After loading all our equipment in we set the cameras up on tripods to establish what the best positioning was. Given we were in a small room it was important to make the best of small spaces. The window in the background brought in too much light which would have bleached out the background. I order to avoid this we brought the blinds down; although we wanted as much natural light as possible, it hindered the look more than brought anything to it. The three-point aperture lighting kit produced nice levels of lighting.


This wide shot was shot on a 50mm lens with the Blackmagic Production Cinema.

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


This close up was shot closer also on the 50mm lens but this time with the Blackmagic URSA Mini.

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










Floor Plan/Interview Setup:



What Went Well
The questions were answered well with knowlege. However, Peter did repeat a lot of what he said so more varied questions may have helped this?
The shots looked really nice and was a great first shoot.

What did I learn?

Clock in the background has the time showing which could impact contunity in the edit if the time jumps.
How important it is to have at least photos of the locaiton before hand. Knowing it woud be a bland background we brough along a shelf of props to help make the background more interesting.Although shot ourselves in the foot with the clock. 

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