Studio set up/Hairspray

On June 11th 2015, our department was asked to film and make a live video of the performance of the musical Hairspray, performed by the practicing actors and actresses in performing arts. We were first asked to watched the play before beginning to film to get an insight of what we were working with; this give us the chance to make sure we had the cameras set up in the right place and where to get the best shots of the performers. We set up four different multi-camera and placed them in the best possible places to film. Looking at the way the cameras were set up from the front (from the perspective of the performers) the first camera was set up on left, the second multi camera was set up in front of the crowd in the middle directing straight ahead, the third camera was placed just to the side of the piano player and fourth and final camera was set up symmetrically opposite from camera one. Throughout the day our team switched roles every half an hour so everyone got the chance to take charge of a production role; There were eight different production roles that were set up that our team had to assign different people too, the roles were: floor manager, camera men (one, two, three and four), vision mixer and the director. Unfortunately as it was a busy time there wasn't much time to get every little thing organised, so I took the production role of a camera man and never changed roles. However, as at the beginning of the day I was on camera one sharing roles with another student, I changed sides to camera four during the second half of the performance. With different live vision mixers changing every once in a while, they had the job role of telling us camera people what instructions to follow, this meaning where we need to shoot the camera and also if our camera is being used and whether or not to stay still. The day as a whole was productive, motivating and interesting to experience; our team successfully fulfilled our tasks of creating a live performance with excellent shots and live mixes, although at times it got stressful, I believe the day of shooting was successful and I believe the actors and actresses in this performance would be proud of the film we made.
(Above is the studio plan of the performance, showing where the cameras were set up and also where the stage and crowd was placed.)

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