Shooting a film....a cautionary tale

As we can all atest to, when using electrical equipment in public there are a few issues that must be taken into consideration.

1. Security - When using a camera that doesnt belong to you this is of paramount importance, lets face it, you dont want to get beaten up for a measily camera and then adding insult to injury be forced to pay for it.

and possibly more importantly

2. Maintainance - Borrowing a camera is all about goodwill. The institution is showing its faith in you by allowing you to take the camera off site and to use it in situations and circumstances that may jeopardise the pristine working order of the camera.


I rencently had to deal with both of these issues when taking the camera to shoot the nightclub footage for our film. As I said before, WATCH OUT FOR THE FOAM PIT!!!!

The footage is quite good, but the fact that there was always a sense of intense paranoia not only about the fact that it was about 100% humidity indoors surrounded by people and wondering how this was going to hinder the filming process.

I ended up covering the camera for most of the night with a towel or material or my T-Shirt just to make sure that it was all working.

Then after returning the camera to Insearch I had to shoot action shots for another segment of the film. This led me to use a different kind of camera to film it, I am realistic in my approach but I hope the quality is not compromised....We are shooting again on tuesday night, this time I am sure we shall get the shots we are looking for to round out the film in style.

Burrowing Optimistically
TSF