MONDAY
19/9/2016

Today, instead of attending our usual class; Rob, Fiona and I helped Serena on her first documentary shoot with her artist, Megan Evans.

The shoot took place (mainly) in her studio at her beautiful home in Werribee and it went really smoothly – despite Serena having forgotten to book out a Zoom recorder and us only realising just as we got there! We solved that problem by recording the interview on Rob’s iPhone 6 plus which actually came out with decent audio. Hopefully it doesn’t pick up too much background noise and it can be used for the documentary – we haven’t managed to check the whole recording yet.

I think I speak for all of us when I say that we work well as a team! We used two DSLRs to film (mine and Rob’s) and one light facing Evans, as well as the back lit by the window she was sitting by. The lighting wasn’t exactly the way we’ve been learning to make it in class, but I think it looked really lovely in a way that it “matched the vibe” of her artwork. Was vibrant, yet had some kind of dark undertone. For the shoot; Serena was interviewing, Rob was recording from his camera on a tripod and I was capturing handheld shots from my camera. Fiona helped with the light and camera set ups and stood by for assistance when we needed it. Very pleased that we make such a well-rounded team and seem to be teaching each other a lot as we work together.

Unfortunately, I won’t be able to make it to Fiona’s first shoot with her artist at 5pm on Wednesday in Caulfield, as I have a photoshoot at 4:30pm in Coburg. It’s a shame, because I’m finding that getting to know about these new artists is really inspiring and shows product of creative minds which were otherwise unseen by me until filming for this studio.