I found this week a struggle and was not as pleased with my output as I could have been.
This week I had organised my councillor interview on Friday so this was organised days in advance, I just needed to secure my case study. I spent this time over the weekend to plan my questions and shots.
My story would have to include lots of GVs which I filmed all of on Tuesday, I managed to film traffic and moving pictures with rich, natural sound. I wanted to get the roadworks with a drill or digger to begin the package with – I achieved this aim. I wanted the angle of misery and chaos for travellers being put across for viewers. For this I particularly needed a case study of local residents being affected by the closures. I tried to get a bus passenger, taxi drivers and just general vox pops in southampton but with no luck despite several attempts and going back later in the evening as well.
I made sure I had lots of raw footage and different angles to work with this week when editing. Due to there not being a people aspect, my package was a short 50 seconds. The best shots were my sequence for introducing the councillor.
I only had to change the top line of my package. I made sure my interviewee stood outside and held the mic close to him to get the most clear sound. Framing of he interviewee was nice and tight this week.
I tried to film all cut always free hand again but because it was windy the balance wasn’t great and shots were shaky. I will use a tripod next week unless they are action shots and I need to get in extremely close.
Due to there being a lack of public interaction in this package, I originally had archive footage in the report from Simisola’s last year to represent the disruption the bridge has caused but the news editor’s decision was to take this out as it was not the same story.
My voiceover this week was much more authoritative and clear throughout the package.
Despite these issues, my report was still in the headlines.
megrosefisher 