Well, today we finally got round to filming our Spring and Summer seasons. Initially we had planned to do these seasons, but then last night we saw the forecast and decided to change to Autumn and Winter, as the weather did not look particularly summer-y, but at the last minute, Jade rang up from Ickworth house to say that it looked sunny enough to switch back!
We arrived at about half past 11 (we had planned to meet at half past 10, but our actress was stuck in traffic) and although it looked a bit foggy, the weather seemed quite good. Setting up the camera was a bit of a challenge, but I think we managed quite well. You could immediately see the difference that the HD camera made to the normal camera, and we were all glad that we went to the extra effort to get hold of it. Amy looked really good, exactly how we had imagined (unlike some people, she actually looks nice on camera!) and Ickworth House looked amazing too. The only dowside of filming the Spring section at the front of the house was that there is scaffolding up at the moment, and an exhibition being advertised, and so we couldn't show the whole house, only the rotunda. However, we managed that quite well, I feel.
By this time, we had noticed that the battery was running low, only about a quarter power was left, but we thought that there was a spare battery, so we didn't worry. However, it wasn't until we were travelling from the front of the house to the back of the house that I checked the other battery and found it was flat. Luckily, we still had about half an hour of battery life left, so we decided to try and get all of Summer done - which we did. So all in all, a good days filming!
One last thing, I accidently took the camera charger home with me whilst Roisin took the camera, so I went back to her house a few hours ago to give it to her so we can film tomorrow without worrying!
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