Yesterday we interviewed a friend of Lauren's, who is also called Lauren just to confuse matters. Although she is not a 'chav' anymore, she was throughout the noughties and is still a part of 'chav' culture.
We interviewed her at her house. The interview lasted about an hour or so. There was a nice relaxed atmosphere and even though there was a set structure and scripted questions, Lauren's answers were really natural. We hooked her up with a radio mic and also used the directional mic, just to cover all our bases when it came to sound.
After the interview, we filmed some sequences in and around Lauren's house. The first one we filmed was of her smoking in the back garden. The sky was starting to turn a rather unpleasant shade of grey and we were worried that it might start raining, but there was still enough light to get some decent shots. We then visited her bedroom where we filmed some GVs of her boyband posters and personal photos.
We then filmed a sequence in Lauren's car. We conducted an actuality interview whilst she drove. Obviously this had to be shot handheld rather than using a tripod!
She drove us to Vinters Park where we interviewed her in front of the shops where she and her friends used to hang out. It was definitely starting to rain by this point, but luckily our shoot was coming to an end anyway. Shortly after this, we drove to her boyfriend's house to get some shots of his car. Then it was a wrap!
Overall, it was a really good day. We're both feeling confident now about conducting interviews and filming actuality sequences. It turns out we got so much footage, we could probably make a documentary just about Lauren herself, but we're looking forward to the shoots to come over the next week.
(x-posted to jo coulson's uca blog)
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