Dinner Date Filming

Having my own Video Production Company, I was aware of the process, the kind of thing they want to cover, and what I would need to do! They needed some establishing shots of me, as well as interviewing me at home to find out about my ideal date etc  I play badminton at a club every week, and I thought this would make quite interesting viewing, rather than the usual shots of people walking dogs. My lodger Rachel is really into her fitness so I roped her into coming and being my playing partner, we had quite a fun game, whilst the camera struggled to keep up and get some good shots. I just hope my better shots are used, rather then some of the misses! My lodger is very concerned her bottom will be featured! 


Having my own production company, I decided that it would be good to feature that, so I set up a video shoot with a client of mine that is based locally. We visited her office, and they filmed me setting up the shoot, and doing at interview. All quite surreal, but they seemed to get some nice shots, so hopefully it will come over well! 


Then back to my house for the interview. I was able to help out here, setting up a suitable shot, sorting the lighting, and the assisting with the content...good fun! The questions were all fairly simple, and stuff that we had covered over the phone already. They also wanted some shots of me cooking for the opening cooking montage, so I put my best chopping skills to the test and made a stir fry, which would then form a very rushed lunch for me and the producer! After gobbling the food down, we rushed to the restaurant to film my menu selection.


We took lots of walking shots of me arriving at the venue, which took around an hour! And then took a long time setting up the shot inside the restaurant. This was made more complicated by the venue being surrounded by mirrors...this is really difficult to light and shoot. Fortunately, I was able to help again, and we eventually got the ideal angle. I then had to mull over all 5 menus, giving a blow by blow review of the food, and what I think the person might be like. There is only so much you can say about palma ham! Again, there was a lot of starting and stopping, and after a couple of hours I was feeling pretty shattered! The producer was getting more and more frantic, but we did manage to get everything we needed. There were SO many shots of me picking up and putting the menus down, it got pretty tiresome! 


So, that was day 1! I gave my choices, I picked some of the more interesting menus in the hope that the girls behind them were more interesting too! For some reason all of the girls were quite a distance from me, and they didn't know how I was going to get to each date. Never mind, bring on my Dinner Dates!