A new change to the shoot and the script is the performance with Tanya. Now rather than filming a performance we've organised we're going to be able to film an actual event that she is going with some other Drag Queens.
Speaking to Victoria and Jemma, the shoot is taking place up in Blackburn and it'll be a good few hours of filming. Jemma and me sat together and I asked her what she wanted in terms of coverage. Jemma explained that she wanted to film both Tanya's performances (there's 2) and also wanted to get footage of the performers getting ready and interviews with Tanya before and after her performance. Speaking with Jemma and using my researching into the filming style of Ru Paul's Drag Race in the terms of a 2 camera set up going from a wide to a mid shot. I explained that I could adapt the camera plan I made for the Tom Thumb Theatre. Jemma said she wanted the actuality of everyone getting ready and she didn't see how 2 cameras set up on stage could help us get that.
After some discussion I explained that I could set up 2 Panasonic DVX200's on tripods in front of the stage filming in 4K to ensure we have high quality footage of the performance and Jemma explained she wanted to film the other queens as well as we may want to show them in the edit but all of Tanya's performances need to be filmed as a must. I'm also going to bring my Sony A7S camera with my shoulder rig and Rode VidMic Pro to film the vox pop style interviews (interviews won't be more than 2 minutes long apparently) and also to use this to grab some actuality of the queens getting ready as it's a lot smaller and easy to operate on a rig than the Panasonics.
I need to write up a shot list for myself and our other camera operator who will be Simon Lawrence and then make up the kit list as well.
The communication here with Jemma is exactly what I need to be doing as a DOP which I found from talking to Lee Thomas, Lee explained "You're their right hand man. No communication means no film, or at least no good film" (Lee Thomas) when talking about Directors and DOP's working together and this is clearly true. After talking with Jemma I'm fully aware of what she wants from this event and we'll still be communicating through the event when it comes to filming performances and then the actuality.
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