Sue Mcgrane, who established and organised the collective, has worked closely with the Wrexham Community Choir previously and has connections with the people that run it. She was approached by the choir and asked to film their performance at the rugby game. We encountered a problem straight away. The rugby game was to be televised live and the BBC had the contract and rights for this.We let Wendy know that there might be a problem and she chased it up. The BBC were kind enough to let us film. However, there were terms and conditions.Firstly the BBC would only allow two of us in with recording equipment. this meant that we were limited to one Panasonic film camera, one boom mic and a Canon DSLR, capable of capturing film. This limitation of equipment also limited the amount of footage and the variations of angles etc. We were then informed that the two people would not be allowed pitch side during the actual performance. We were, instead, granted permission to perform the rehearsals on the pitch. We decided that we would just play it by ear, as it was useless trying to plan much as none of us, including the choir members, had any idea what was going to happen on the day.
We arrived at the sports hall on campus early to ensure we got all the information as it became available. Nobody still had any idea of what was going on. Suddenly, it was announced that we had to make a move and get over to Glyndwr Racecourse Stadium for rehearsals. We were whisked over there and barely had time to set up the tripod, camera and mic before the rehearsals began. it was all very rushed but we were then told we could still film the performance, just not pitch-side. We had to stay within the barriers. This news was a great relief as we did not have sufficient quality footage. When we were allowed back in for the actual match, we made sure we got a pitch-side seat in order to film. We filmed with the Panasonic and Canon, using on deck sound. After the choir had performed, I had a chance to do some sports photography. I used the Canon with a zoom lens and enjoyed myself trying to get good images. I have used some of my images to illustrate this post.
Sue Mcgrane, who established and organised the collective, has worked closely with the Wrexham Community Choir previously and has connections with the people that run it. She was approached by the choir and asked to film their performance at the rugby game. We encountered a problem straight away. The rugby game was to be televised live and the BBC had the contract and rights for this.We let Wendy know that there might be a problem and she chased it up. The BBC were kind enough to let us film. However, there were terms and conditions.Firstly the BBC would only allow two of us in with recording equipment. this meant that we were limited to one Panasonic film camera, one boom mic and a Canon DSLR, capable of capturing film. This limitation of equipment also limited the amount of footage and the variations of angles etc. We were then informed that the two people would not be allowed pitch side during the actual performance. We were, instead, granted permission to perform the rehearsals on the pitch. We decided that we would just play it by ear, as it was useless trying to plan much as none of us, including the choir members, had any idea what was going to happen on the day.
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