Website!

My website is a working progress but go check it out:-

http://mlrose.moonfruit.com

That's a wrap!

Final day of shooting has approached and the footage is all in the bag.

Throughout this process of getting the shots needed for the script, I have learnt alot. Not just about how to shoot in certain situations but I have become more aware of why we are making this documentary.

The 2012 Olympics is approaching and swimming is more than just a life skill, its something to do for fitness and fun and brings people a lot confidence. I feel that our documentary fits the 'why now?' question as it will challenge the statistic of  '1 in 5 children can't swim in the UK' and not everyone may have known this before, bringing awareness to the audience.

To find out more about how to get involved go to:-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sportrelief/bigsplash/ 

Emotional Interview

Today we interviewed one of our most sensitive contributors for our 3 minute wonder.

This was especially hard to do because most of the people we have interviewed as practice have been quite upbeat and the questions have been quite basic. When it comes to interviewing someone that has been through a traumatic experience we had to make sure we were very sensitive and careful of how we worded the questions.

Julie had been affected by drowning, when she was 9 her mum and brother drowned and she was rescued. She was very nervous throughout the interview and we made her aware that at any time we could stop if she needed a break. Even though her story was very powerful this was an amazing opportunity for us as a group to interview someone that made it more difficult. It has again tested my abilities, like most things that we have filmed on this project. I look forward to seeing the footage come together in the coming weeks!

To see the article on Julie Sammels go to:-
http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/Julie-reunited-hero-saved-life-beach/story-13383048-detail/story.html

Underwater shoot

Today, we did our underwater shoot with our semi professional swimmer. We had an hour to get the footage and as I have had no experience with filming underwater it was a little bit stressful.

At first, I found it difficult trying to swim and film and not drown! But as I got use to the equipment, the experience of shooting in a way that pushed my boundaries was enjoyable and our contributor was really good to work with.

Overall, I'm impressed with the footage we managed to get and have taken some screen shots of some of the best bits!

Work experience credited

Over the summer I was fortunate to gain some work experience with TwoFour for a week. Off the back of that whilst I was there, they offered me a couple of days on shoot. I learnt a lot about how shows are recorded behind the scenes and got to help out in different areas.

Recently the show was broadcasted and it was enjoyable to watch and look for the bits that I was there for. I was excited when I saw my name on the credits, and for once actually took notice of who did what role. This is something that my course has encouraged me to start doing as these are the people you may one day work with.

Underwater housing

In order to get some good visual shots for our opening titles for our 3 minute wonder we want to film some underwater shots.

To do this we needed to get inducted on the underwater housing, me and the producer of our group, James, went to have a look at how to keep the kit dry. The JVC 100 underwater housing is the smallest, apart from   the housing for the Canon S90 (compact camera) which wasn't suitable for what we want to do.

Looking forward to trying this out in the pool, hopefully won't feel as heavy as it is in the water, will definitely keep me underwater!

This is an image of one that looks identical to the one we shall be using.