Faversham - Location Workshop

To aid our learning of what it's like to film on location we were given the opportunity to film at Shepherds Neame Brewery in Faversham. This is n incredibly busy and noisy environment which can make it very challenging to film at. When making documentaries, you often have to get coverage from working environments that have the same level of activity, especially factories where there is a high level of production. We met in town as a group and were split in half so that half of us went into the brewery and half filmed in the market square. I was part of the group which visited the brewery. Once inside, we put on steel toe capped boots and protective wear and were instructed to get into smaller teams of four. I worked with Ellen, Troy and Sammi. In groups we then were given someone to walk around with who explained a little bit about the different processes whilst we filmed the action. We started right at the beginning of the process with the empty glass bottles all making their way to be filled. We took it in terms when filming so that we each had a go with framing and shots. I really enjoyed filming the process and finding ways to film it creatively. In the afternoon, we were given some time to film some exterior shots of the brewery and town to give us some establishing shots. We then had to work as a team to create a short edit of the clips showing the process in order and cut it as if it was a segment from a documentary. After a viewing with Helen, we had some positive feedback which made me feel quite confident about cutting our own documentary.