Major Project: Jerry Hayes Interview Shoot

Today we went top the Temple Chambers, London to shoot our interivew with Barrister Jerry Hayes who has spoken out openly about the trials and cases which have gone wrong or where real miscarrages of justice have taken place or nearly taken place.

Blackmagic URSA mini
Lens: 50mm

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








Blackmagic URSA mini
Lens: 24mm

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




We allowed enough time for the train and everything. We liased well with the receptionist and organised to leave our equipent there whilst we headed off to get some lunch. We had panned a lot for this shoot perparing questions, and needed to know the all the details surrounding Jerry and his job. Given he was involved with the Liam Allan case it was important to acknowlege some Liam specific questions.

When we recced the room we found it was a great space. There was a huge table in the centre of the room making it a litttle awkward in terms of the positioning of lights and cameras. We initially setup on the wrong side of the room which wasn't as effective but luckly we arrived early and had a chance to play around with this. When researchign interviews I have noticed they will sometimes include a prop such as a glass of water on the table for an interview, and this is something I really liked. There was water on the table available for everyone and I thought it would be nice to give Jerry a glass to help in his interview as he will be doing a lot of talking. Keeping the water in frame was good for looking natural and realistic.

Floor/setup plan:




Natural light was nice to have but it was evening when filming so in terms of continuity it would get dark soon. I set up one light next to the window to reflect onto the side of jerry like a key light.











To avoid the change in natural lighting two LED panels the fill and key light were positioned in its place which gave off a nice light for interviews.





What Went Well
I was really pleased with the location at the Temple Chambers and the wide shot is one of my favorite overall interview shots. After grading it will look really cinematic with the nice combination of red and green books. This will help achieve the look I want.
The questions were well structured and link well to some of the answers we have to other interviews with our other contributors. Having researched Jerry and his job as barrister we were able to target questions to apply to this.
Jerry was farmiliar with eyelines so we didn't have many issues telling him what to do.

What did I learn?
To prepare the cameras better. Because shooting in pro-res can cause a lot of problems if not setup properly it can be quite time consuming. But today for some reason it took longer and I'm not sure if thats becuase I craked under the pressure of Jerry or not. He is very important and having a television/radio background himself he is no stranger to a set.

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