Filming: Day One

Finally me and Conor got to film at last. It was great to get some filming for this under our belts and I think that it's really going to turn out well.

We filmed a lot of shots of Rory working in the workshop. The workshop is very  impressive and tells us a lot about Rory and the way he likes to work. It's a very relaxing and calming environment.

Some of Rory's pieces to be fired

 Conor was familiar with the workshop which was a great advantage as he was on camera and got some really beautiful shots. He used his Canon 550D mostly that has such great image quality. I shot a little on the Canon XF100, but we couldn't use it as well as the shutter speed settings are really strange to work out and did not look well in the lighting conditions. I fixed some settings that made it better, but overall, the best quality was on the 550D. I experimented a lot with some slow tracking and pulling focus.

We only filmed Rory working on some pieces as they will serve a great purpose for cutaways and telling us a lot about Rory and showing us how difficult and precise this craft is.

It's a massive confidence booster to get some filming done finally. We are going back to film on Sunday evening which will be a very exciting bit of filming as we get to  film Rory firing the kiln. After that we need to film an interview with Rory and some location shots and that will be us finished.