Making Coffee with Daniel

The final story we shot for this first brief, definitely proves the rule ‘keep it simple’ because it really and allows for experimentation.

We shot on the 5D camera again, and the sequence follows Dan making a cup of coffee in the kitchen of the Media Centre at Tremough Campus. Dan fills the kettle, boils the water, fetches out the milk, adds coffee granules, stirs, slurps and gives a cheeky wink! All these actions are timed to sounds we recorded during production on a zoom recorder and the soundtrack is a version of the ‘Spanish flea.’

This was a really good experience, we put the camera in the kitchen cupboard so we could film Dan’s face-to-camera while he chooses a mug and we re-boiled the kettle four or more times to get really good quality sound of the bubbling water and steam. Additionally, it was a good test of our editing skills as the sounds needed to be on-cue with the action and Dan’s movements needed to be snappy but provide enough content to fill a minute.

One misdemeanour in that when Dan opens the cupboard door to the camera, Catherine is caught on the sofa in the shot but this way none of us will forget to “clear the set” next time!