Look at that!
In Manchester with the man Tim Gee!
On the job!
Right, we are literally in the shadow of Old Trafford.
Hotel Football is the venue today.
Got three Contributors to get filmed here.
Bright and early.
It's about 07:45 or so.
We've got about an hour and a bit to set a room up.
So as always what you're looking for is space and the
ability to control the light.
So space is not a problem.
Look at that - absolute massive area.
We've not got a problem in terms of depth or anything like that.
Bit echoey, quite low ceilings, hard surfaces.
So a little bit of echo, but it's not a problem.
As I say, just looking at the windows, you've got
blinds, which is a really, really good touch, with the
Sun may punch through today.
It's always a bit cloudy of Manchester, but look, there's
a bit of blue sky over there, so it could pump through.
Tim's brought loads of kit.
I brought a fair amount, so we've got massive amount
giving us plenty of options.
I'm going to get down to it now.
About five minutes before Talent's due in and we are set.
So the setup we've gone for his Camera 1 Sony FS7, Mark
One, still a trooper though.
Shooting HD.
We got this little B Cam, I guess, A7S Mark Two.
And then I'll shoot on this, on the old JVC GYLS-300.
Talent obviously in there.
Now we've got a couple of additional lights on
at the moment, so we will lose light in a minute.
But in terms of lighting the Talent we're keying
with a couple of panels.
Bit of fill there from another panel.
Got a Dedo for a backlight.
To be honest, Tim and I brought so many lights up together and
we've used every single one.
So in the background there, we just got his new HMI,
just throwing a little bit of fill in, in the gloomy
area in my back shot.
And then I'll just use done of my panels just to light some
softer little seats that I put into the background, just to add
a bit of interest into my shot.
Now my shot I've actually taken...
it's not aesthetically wonderful, but just so it will
cut nicely with the others I've come right round and just
much more profiley for me.
But then I had a big space to fill, so I filled that with
just that little colored shape, just to add some interest.
And then audio-wise, we're using this, which
is a great little thing.
Forgotten what it's called.
I think Tim calls it a 'Boom Buddy'.
I think it was actually called something else
on the one I bought.
So that is a little brace that'll take the boom pole.
And that's my C-stand, weighted down with Tim's sandbags.
It's a real combination of production here...
Tim's sandbags, my C-stand, my boom, his mic, his cable.
But the point of that is it will lift it clear of the
Talent, just out of shot.
Very clever.
Then obviously you've got one boom mic perfectly placed
throughout the interview, which will be about 45
minutes, times three.
And then as I say, just in the background, we've got these
two lights here, my little panel, an old Tim light because
we just want to do a little Behind the Scenes 'walking in'
shot when the Talent arrives,
and it's very gloomy here.
So we've thrown up these two lights.
We're going to kill them for the interview.
It was a little bit of a late start with the first Contributor
running a bit late, which is always the way isn't it?
But we were good to go.
That was the main thing.
And then just smashed out the three Contributors back to back
really.
So lovely position to be in, 11:30 derigging now.
And then I'm going to head home. Straight down, back
south, head towards London.
Just got to get this little bit of kit packed away
and into a couple of cars.