Work Experience
On the 15th of December CCTV Productions set off to film a theatre production of the Peter Pan story at the Arc in Stockton (01642 525199), under the supervision of Sara Durkin. Located on Dovecot Street, the Arc is an independent theatre and cinema. The filming of the production will allow those who went to see it to buy a DVD copy and see it again at their leisure. All members of CCTV Productions had the same job, man the cameras and film the production from start to finish. The production started at 1 in the afternoon and we stayed there to film till 5, so we were there for 4 hours. At the end of the panto we were asked to film a short 'mannequin challenge' video for the actors so they could post it on their social media.
EDGE Bar Ad – 11 hours
On the 9th of January, CCTV Productions had a meeting with Mark from EDGE bar in Stockton, (01642 604471) about filming a short ad for a new drag queen night they were doing on Thursdays. Located at Castle Gate Mill, Quayside, it is a new business open to the public that does functions and late night events. The creation of this ad would allow for people to gain more insight into the different kinds of events the bar does and gain information about the drag queens antics. While we were filming I was given the task of operating the camera that would film the public and get their reactions to the strange phenomenon. Filming went on from 11 in the morning till 4 in the afternoon, so another 5 hours of filming. After this was done we went back to college to extract the footage and put the gear away, which took another hour.
Music Lead the Way – 10 hours
On the 1st of April I was asked by my mother to film a show that she was a part of. The show would be an on stage production at the Hartlepool Town Hall (01429 890000). The show was being put on by Kate Sirs and her music school (01429 232952). I went down to watch rehearsals for an hour the week before to see where I could place the cameras for the best angles. The next week I went to the town hall at 5:30 and began setting up for the show to begin at 7:30. The show finished at 10:30, so I was there for a total of 5 hours. Since I was the only person working on the film I had to direct, control the camera and do all the editing. I began the editing of the film the next Monday, and it took about 3 hours to fully edit together all the clips, but it took almost a week, on and off, to export properly. Once it was finished I had it burned on CD’s and put on memory sticks to be given out to the people who wanted it.
Jack the Musical – 12 hours
As the second years began to make their PMP’s, some of them
were huge productions that needed extra help, so Danniella went to us first
years for assistance. I was asked to help on two days, a Monday starting at
8am, ending at 4pm and a Wednesday, starting at 4pm and ending 8pm. On the
first day I was asked to be a runner, running between groups and helping out in
any way I could or was asked to. An example of this would be when Danniella’s
group had an issue with their sound not being recorded. She asked me if I knew
how to fix it and I did, so I went out of my way to help out and fixed it. On the
second day I was a boom operator for the second group. This was a shorter day
so there wasn’t as much work to be done but tried to be as possible. All in all
it was fun working with the second years.
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