We filmed our studio piece using a green screen. The idea is that we have a virtual studio in the background while Fran talks to the camera. As there is quite a bit of dialogue, we decided to use a teleprompter (an app on iPad) which would help Fran deliver the piece clearly and confidently. We didn't want her to keep looking down at her paper as we find that very distracting as a viewer.
We set up everything like what we did before on the test day; with the lights and filters being carefully placed to shine on the green screen equally, therefore getting perfect quality. After setting up for about 45 minutes, everything was in place and Helen went to get Fran. While Chris and I were waiting, we decided to shoot some profile videos for our website. We started off with myself, and I came up with the idea of walking onto screen and then stopping. This idea was based on Sky Sports when they got the football players to do the same. We believe this has a great effect, and will be a nice feature on our website.
Fran arrived, and we got started straight away. Chris had his usual camera role, Helen was holding the lights, and I was holding the teleprompter. It started off quite slow as we had to keep changing the settings of the teleprompter so Fran could deliver perfectly. First I changed the size of the text, then the speed of which it was moving. After a few takes I managed to get the settings right for Fran, and we ended up getting the footage we needed. Fran was very professional, and took all of our advice on board. Chris asked her to move her hands more so she didn't look like a nervous statue; and Helen and I asked her to put more emphasis on certain words - which Fran did perfectly. It was great that we managed to have good communication within our team as well as with Fran, as it meant we were all happy and got the job done.
Overall it was a very successful day! We got everything we wanted, and we were very happy with Fran. Next time I would practice with different softwares/apps beforehand, so the shoot doesn't get delayed. The teleprompter worked out great, however it slowed down our progress due to not enough practice. In the end, we were extremely happy with how everything went, and we are looking forward to seeing it all with the virtual studio
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