The aim of the visit was to go to a section of the dockyard and film a sequence, so that we could practice filming on location, and somewhere we may not necessarily know a great deal about. We also needed to consider:
- Risk Assessments - looking for any risks and hazards that could arise from filming in our location and accommodating for them.
- Permissions - seeing what and who we could actually film and asking for permission to film certain areas and people.
Once we had been given a tour of the dockyard, each group was assigned a different part of the attraction to film. We were given the ropery, and so we went there and carried out a risk assessment so we could ensure our filming was as safe as possible.We looked over the footage that everybody had shot later on, and found a number of issues with the footage we had shot. We found that we had not shot enough establishing shots, and we had broken the 180° rule several times. Despite this, we learnt that it is important to consider, not only the potential risks of shooting on location, but also that it is vital to get enough coverage during a shoot, otherwise meaning and purpose can be lost.
Part of our filming also involved a demonstration by the ropemakers, which was a very quick process, meaning a lot of our footage was very shaky and disorganised as we did not really know what was going on. Therefore we also learnt that it is important to check with your contributors that you both understand what is being filmed and the considerations for how you are going to film it.
Here is an edit of the footage that Jason and I put together:
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