Major Project: Liam Allan Interview Shoot

After a lot of struggle in finding a shoot location, me and jack were successful in contacting an old friend of Jacks who is a commissioner at ITN. Jack met Rachel at a work placement before he joined uni, and after struggling so much in finding a loaction this was ideal. She offered us a gallery to film in which considering Liam is based in London and we needed to film him outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London. Traveling to Kent to film the interview would have been difficult and more costly. This location was also ideal as Liams case was very heavily publicised in the media and being a tv gallery fits in with that.


When we reached the location we were required to sign in at reception and went to recce the loaction. Amongst the gallery was a voiceover ecording studio which was small and whilst looked nice, didnt offer much room or relivance. Once we worked out the best spot in the gallery which wasnt too overpowering/distracting with monitors (this is an operating gallery) we were able to setup both cameras and lighting to adjust accordingly.






Again, this interview was a multi-camera setup. I wanted the wide shot to be positioned more towards the left hand side of the subject (Liam) to make the most of the background and establish more where he is. I do now regret the decision to position here as it is slightly jarring now it is cut together to match up the cameras.








Floor/Setup plan





ISO: 200
Shutter Speed: 1/60
Kelvin: 3000
Frame Rate: 25 FPS








ISO: 200
Shutter Speed:1/60
Kelvin: 6500
Frame Rate: 25 FPS







What Went Well
I was really pleased with the location for such a last minute change of plan
We planned our time well and were able to shoot Liam outside the Royal Courts of Justice and make it in time to ITN for our gallery booking. We achieved this with no budget.
The questions were well structured and link well to some of the answers we have to other interviews with experts and also Eddie and Jan so post production should be easier.

What did I learn?
Planning is essential and although we had a last minute location dropout we could have planned a backup sooner to avoid additional stress and looking disorgansied which reflects badly on us.
Make sure to go more on the camera settings than what the screen is showing. The colors on the built in display were really off and meant the kelvin was higher than it needed to be.

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