The first job was to film an interview with a local business owner and fashion designer. The designer is owner of the label 'Omni-king'. We were to meet up in Middlesborough for 10AM to conduct the interview in the subjects shop whilst it was quiet on the morning. This was going to require use of the sound equipment and a camera to achieve what the client wanted. However on the day of the Saturday on the morning we were set to shoot, the client pushed the time back from 10:30AM to 11:30AM. We were quite annoyed about this initially due to the lack of notification. When 11:30 came around we waited at the location ready to set up for the shoot. 11:45 came around, still no sign of the client. By 12:00 we had left and moved on to our next client which was scheduled in at 4:30. We thought it a good idea to get a head start on looking to see what we were going to do. As far as the first client went, I'm hesitant to even reschedule the shoot at all. We were doing this as a favour on behalf of our business partners, and to be taken seriously in the future as a group of people with skills to offer, we need to set a price per head and a deposit in advance. We will review this in due time, and even though part of today went against what we had planned, we're able to use it as a valuable learning experience going forward in our careers.
The second job was another local business, a coffee shop named 'Cupenos' in central Middlesborough. Located in the heart of the city centre, cupenos is an independent cafe serving hot food, drinks and snacks. This was a greater opportunity for us to take charge creatively as a crew. We were required to make the shop look appealing and to use moving image to prospectively 'invite' customers into the store through an advert. We were able to make use of fluid non-linear camera motion, including the use of slow-motion to achieve this. The owner of this business owns a few businesses throughout Middlesborough, and we were treating them as a high profile client. Even though we did not meet that individual today, we went in between the hours of half 4 and 6 o'clock and got the job done. We got various shots of subjects seated in the shop. The day before we rounded up extras to achieve this.
Seating one of the extras for one of the shots.
Overall as our first client based project independent from University, this went very well. We may have ran out of time but we're unsure at present. We'll only know once we edit together the footage and send it to the client. I think we demonstrated how competent we are with equipment and with our interpersonal skills in communicating with those involved. I look forward to our future endeavours as we look toward making some money and establishing our practice further. Below are some more images from the shoot at cupenos.
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