Whilst working for Dreamtek I joined them on a shoot which was for Shortlist Magazine. This was an interview of the band The Killers. It was based at the London Holborn Studios. During the production day i helped out on many things including the following:
Setting up studio- this was the part of the day which took the longest- around 2-3 hours. It included duties such as:
- Setting up the studio for the recording
- Setting up all the recording equipment
- Helping to find the best places to put the cameras and lighting
Sound- This meant that I was in charge of the boom pole during the actual recording time and listening to the sound making sure that it was clear with no interuptions through out. Also making sure that I was getting clear feedback from each band member when they were talking by holding the boom pole in the appropriate position.
Taking set and equipment down- this was general at the end of the day duties including putting all props back in the original positions they were found in, taking down all equipment including lighting and cameras and cleaning down things that needed to be.
I found this experience really fun and learnt a lot about the organisation of a interview production process. There were parts of the day that made it more difficult and less smooth running, such as the band turning up quite late for the shoot, which meant we had a much shorter amount of time to do our shoot then we had anticipated. Also problems with some of the bad members not participating in the interview as much as we would have liked caused problems with filming and the general feel of the interview. But seeing how the crew from Dreamtek dealt with these issues let me learn a lot.
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