i have been asked by the anti-academies alliance to film their conference tomorrow, at the congress centre, in london. their cameraman had to pull out so i got a last minute call asking if could do it. i’m on a train to london as i write this from my phone. i’ve got lots to sort out and very little time to do it in ie. clearing off memory cards, charging batteries, learning how to use the zoom h2 recorder etc.
i will be filming the first opening plenary (6 speakers – 1 hour) in the morning and the closing plenary (5 speakers – 1 hour) in the afternoon, as well as some of the workshops taking place in-between. pete jackson (the guy in charge) said he wants mid-shots of the speakers throughout and a very simple edit that they can easily upload to youtube. i managed to borrow a fluid head manfrotto tripod off a friend and will borrow a sound recorder off my brother tonight. i do not trust the quality of sound on my nikon plus i might be quite far from the speakers so having a seperate sound recorder could be vital.
i’m getting paid 100 pounds for this which is nice but its also great experience for me and if i do a good job, i may be offered more work in the future.
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