Filming Update; Chris Finill interview and footage at work.

Last night I staged my first full interview for the filming of this documentary with Chris. I Intend to do this for all the immediate people involved in this trip, with the main focus being on Chris and Steve.

I'm always a little anxious before an interview, as I tend to rely heavily on the answers given to explain and drive the story I am endeavouring to tell ( I am not a fan of using a narrator ). This means that a lot of the success of the interview depends on the questions which I'm asking (obvious I guess) and the mood which I create when interviewing, so really even though I am just sat behind the camera, I am putting a lot of pressure on myself to perform correctly for the interview as much as the subject being filmed.

I'm very lucky in that Chris Finill is an excellent interviewee and is very happy to talk in front of the camera, and I believe that I had a very successful interview. If the rest of my interviews turn out as fruitful, I will have an excellent starting point for the documentary.

I also filmed Chris working hard as ever at the Duke of Kent school. These shots will probably only feature for 20 seconds maybe in the finished film, but I was still happy with the shoot.

I was hoping to have my staged interview with Julia today, but unfortunately it didn't come off and I will have to reorganise.

So to sum up, all is going very well and how I had hoped so far, I hope that it continues that way :)