In advance of today’s filming at Paul Gregory’s home and
workplace in Wolverhampton we booked out and
collected all the camera, sound equipment and lights that we required and also
wrote a few more questions to interview Paul with including new questions about
his work and responsibilities, and his home life.
Four of us travelled to Wolverhampton
to do the filming; Hannah (Director), Luke (Sound), Jacob (Camera) and myself
as Producer.
Joe stayed in the edit suite at SHU
to work on converting the rushes from Saturday’s filming and continue work on
editing the two minute poetic piece.
This also meant that Joe was able to represent the team at the rushes
tutorial with Chrissie.
Paul changed the time that he wanted to see us at his place
of work from 1300 to 1400, so we used the extra hour in Wolverhampton to film
shots of Wolverhampton Wanderer’s Molineux Stadium, thinking that we could use
the shots as cut aways when interviewing Tango Man about why he supports Sheffield
Wednesday and not Wolves.
We arrived at Hills Coaches and set up an interview with
Paul in the office. We discussed the
best angles for the interview, the first being a mid shot of Paul with a
noticeboard and calendar in the background to establish the shot as an office
(which we also dressed with his stuffed owl SWFC mascot which he keeps in the
corridor). For the second take of the
interview Hannah and Jacob setup a close up shot which looked really good on
camera. So as not to waste Paul’s time,
I stood in for Paul when setting up the shots.
We used the rifle mic and boom pole and the tripod for the
camera to ensure a stable picture. Paul
answered the questions better this time, remembering for the most part to give
full answers. Where he forgot Hannah or
I asked him to answer again in a different way.
After the interview Jacob and Luke took atmos shots of the
office, office equipment, coach yard etc to use as cut aways.
From here we went back to Paul’s home where he showed us his
‘den’, a games room complete with fruit machine, darts board, television and
sofa. Along with SWFC flag and various
memorabilia that he has gathered or been given.
Paul has made a great many friends and contacts from other clubs
throughout Europe and the UK. He has appeared on German TV and s good
friends with fns from Austria
and the Netherlands. It was a good point that came across in the
interview that we conducted with him in his den, that instead of being the thug
that he is sometimes made out to be, he does actually show how football has
changed for the better since the hooligan days of the ‘80s, he knows fans from
opposing teams and they all meet up as friends before and after matches and
drink together. There is never any
trouble and it is a nice sign that the community spirit is coming back into our
national game. As a die hard rugby fan I
am used to drinking with opposing fans at matches, and I think it’s a positive
step forward in breaking down stereotypical attitudes towards football fans.
We managed to keep to the filming schedule and got all the
interview footage ad shots on the shot list.
Paul signed the contributor’s agreement and all filming was
executed in accordance with the safety notices that I wrote up for the risk
assessment brief to crew.
It was another good day of filming, and again I chalk that
up to careful preparation on my part and having some flexibility and having a
contingency plan in place, and also the enthusiasm and hard work of the whole
team. We are all working really hard on
this project, putting in lots of man hours and effort to make sure that the
film is a success.
I am really enjoying working in this team and think we have
produced a lot of good footage, and executed all the filming and editing in a
professional manner, with proper use of equipment and with great courtesy and
respect to our contributors.
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