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Yell.com
So I have been working freelance for the past month or so to fill in the gaps between employed work. My main project has been with a London based production company 'Next Shoot'. The company are currently working with a nationwide network of camera people on a nationwide project for Yell.com. Basically my role has been to self shoot and produce a number of 20second videos showcasing local retailers. I am given a list of retailers and Its up to me to approach them with the idea, arrange a good time to film, then once done, edit and send off to the company.
Its been a lot of work, but a decent experience in all areas of self shooting. Working on my own I've had to of course be self motivated and organised which is not a problem at all, however being responsible for selling the product as well is something that I wasn't keen on at all, but a jobs a job and the people that have agreed have been lovely. Shooting to the brief set out by the production company was easy, though for just 20seconds I did sometimes find myself coming back with a little too much footage from the larger, prettier places. Editing it down was quite simple though most of the time, although on some occasions I had been confronted with a business that simply had nothing but a room and very little in it, which made for some inventive shots and edits. I think the most significant thing really has been using the camera on a daily basis, although I'm very familiar with the equipment I still found myself getting quicker each day at completing shots a piece and moving onto the next. To begin with I was taking too much equipment with me, I began to lighten my load and get into a rythem of the types of shots I would work on each day. So yes, it was very helpful undergoing this experience.
None of the work I have done is currently online just yet as Yell currently only have London based videos. However in order to get the work I had to provide a sample which I did for a local coffee shop called 'Pretence', where you can see my mini sample vid shot on a PD150. I must say everything I've shot since has been shot on the Z5 and not transitions are used in any of the paid work as they do not compress very well, a quick learning curve from creating the sample video.
Anyway, once they are up, I'll be linking :)
Its been a lot of work, but a decent experience in all areas of self shooting. Working on my own I've had to of course be self motivated and organised which is not a problem at all, however being responsible for selling the product as well is something that I wasn't keen on at all, but a jobs a job and the people that have agreed have been lovely. Shooting to the brief set out by the production company was easy, though for just 20seconds I did sometimes find myself coming back with a little too much footage from the larger, prettier places. Editing it down was quite simple though most of the time, although on some occasions I had been confronted with a business that simply had nothing but a room and very little in it, which made for some inventive shots and edits. I think the most significant thing really has been using the camera on a daily basis, although I'm very familiar with the equipment I still found myself getting quicker each day at completing shots a piece and moving onto the next. To begin with I was taking too much equipment with me, I began to lighten my load and get into a rythem of the types of shots I would work on each day. So yes, it was very helpful undergoing this experience.
None of the work I have done is currently online just yet as Yell currently only have London based videos. However in order to get the work I had to provide a sample which I did for a local coffee shop called 'Pretence', where you can see my mini sample vid shot on a PD150. I must say everything I've shot since has been shot on the Z5 and not transitions are used in any of the paid work as they do not compress very well, a quick learning curve from creating the sample video.
Anyway, once they are up, I'll be linking :)
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