1. Did you enjoy the main workshop shoot day? What role(s) did you take and what did you learn? What were your best bits and why?

Me speaking to our director Dom about
the route he took through university and
skills he has acquired.

Acting as Dolly Grip for Jack the
cameraman.

I found the main workshop shoot day very enjoyable. I spoke to people in the various departments about their roles and the routes they each took through school and further education to get to their jobs.

A photo of me cable bashing.

I helped out a lot as a cable-basher, and also took on the roles of dolly grip and runner for various tasks a number of times.

I learnt how to assemble a dolly track and attach and remove the camera to the dolly itself, and how to create a smooth shot using the dolly. I also spent time on the clapperboard, changing the setup and take numbers as and when needed. This helped improve my confidence in time management and working quickly to a schedule.

I feel I learnt surprisingly more than I expected about the performance side of the shoot, participating in the workshop and speaking to both the director and the performance coach Jasmine made me realise how much certain crew members' energy can affect the cast's performance.

This was mainly made clear to me through how involved the director was in showing the cast how he wanted them to act, the role he wanted them to portray.




Though learning about the technical aspects of the shoot was very interesting to me, my favourite part of the day still had to be performing as it was just really enjoyable, and everyone gave it their all. I feel that the performance side of the workshop also helped develop my confidence.

Here is a short video of me performing on the shoot day.