For our second one minute story, Dan showcases his acting skills again to be lured into the sea by mythical creatures or ‘Sirens’; obviously Dan could have waded in up to his neck but as the story was only finished that morning and Dan had not got any spare clothes with him we stopped at mid-calf fully-clothed!
I learnt a number of top production tips on this shoot; firstly that you must not allow yourself to become to attached to footage because even if you spend ages framing your actor’s reflection in a rock pool or shoot multiple takes of your actor throwing a pebble into the same pool, the sequence still might end up on the cutting room floor!
My second top tip is if you are using shells, seaweed, pebbles, etc. dip them in sea water before shooting. We did this to some shells and seaweed we used for a close-up and it definitely heightened the colours but obviously just dip don’t drown the objects or the result will be unwanted dripping on camera!
My final and third top would be to fit the location to the story rather than tailor the story to the location. We really wanted to film on the rock pools which we all really enjoyed but we rushed the story-writing process to get there and this meant some last minute planning on the beach. Last minute is always less than ideal.
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