Week 3 TVP107

My roles for the new drill segments were boom operator and stage hand. This was my first time operating the boom and found it to be enjoyable and I think I got the hang of it rather quickly. I found standing instead of sitting on the ergonomic chair far more comfortable for I felt allot safer and also felt I had more control. I think I performed the task well by being able to keep the mic out of shot and out of the way as well as pointing it in the right direction and and keeping it at a good distance from the talent. The booms shadow never got into shot either which was handled by keeping the extension arm at the right angles and elevating the boom to the highest point. The whole group seemed to work really well together during the run through when I was Boom Operator with the camera operators and stage hands maneuvering round the floor from the different shots with no hassles whilst getting the required shots. the talent was also very good with Marcus and Lauren putting on quite a cooking show.
I have been Stagehand many times before and even by myself so am fully aware of what is required even though there was allot more quick maneuvering during these drills. My fellow Stagehand Rod and myself due to the way the cameras were positioned were given a difficult task with the different maneuvers of the cameras and due to quick hands and feet and even crawling on the ground I think we did quite well. There was one point where we had to stop because cameras couldn't get around each other due to them being blocked in but there was nothing that either of us could do as it was the positioning of the cameras and the tasks they were designated. After this was sorted out by the Director and camera operators everything went according to plan even though I think some shots the Director was calling were not getting done by the camera operators. Overall a much much better and focused group performance to the last one.
On the road to "w!cked" I have been running around trying to find a guest chef for my midnight snack segment which will be a healthy snack for kids to leave out for Santa. I have 3 possibles that I know of that would be good for the show and they are Mic an English Chef who works at the Cafe Delish and I know him from the pub and he is very charismatic which would be good for the show, my 2nd choice is a girl named Bianca who has won apprentice chef of the year 2 years in a row and another really good chef who I have in mind is Bec who works at the Astor and also would be fantastic to get on the show. I'm yet to get in contact with them but shouldn't be long and they all would be valuable assets to my show.
Pete my director and I have also been having various meetings about different ideas for the show and what we can do to make it special. Pete has also been discussing with me about how to set up sound for the choir and even though we have different ideas about how to do it I appreciate his advice and knowledge but have decided that in the end I'm going to let Jake who is the sound supervisor for my show to have the final say on how he wants the choir sound to be done.