Chrome productions was a company I looked at during last year at
University whilst I was looking for certain jobs to do with extreme sports as
that’s what I wanted to do at the time last year during BBC production. I found
Chrome productions and spoken to one of the colleagues who worked there asking
for some work experience.
He said he couldn’t offer any at the moment due to there being none
available but once there were some he would let me know.
He later emailed me saying I could be a runner on a music video and I
happily accepted.
The music video was for Andy Burrows, who was the drummer out of
rasorlight.
On this day I had to go and get lunch for all the crew and make sure
everyone had a period to eat before getting on to the next shots after lunch.
I was also in charge of the music so that Andy could play and lip sync
to the track so there were no mistakes when editing the music video. There was
one scene at the end which involved a lot of extras to the video. I had to be
behind the stage giving instructions to the extras when and where they could go
when the director shouted action. I had a walkie talkie to know when the AD
shouted action so then I told people behind the curtain when to go.
I also with another runner had to set up a set for the music video so
that the characters who were judges were sat behind a table to make the theatre
look like they were holding an audition.
After doing the music video shoot I then got an email asking if I
wanted to help out on another shoot which was a short film. The short film
entailed of boy from the 80s who
found a rubix cube and could so the puzzle unlike the bullies at school. I
again was a runner at this production and my main job this time was focusing on
food and trying to look after the rest of the team whilst they carried on
working. There were two days of this shoot one was at a local school in Notting
Hill when the other was a house in Ladbroke Grove. It was very interesting and
a again I have not worked in this area of field before. So again I got to see
first hand of what it was like for an independent short film.
This has helped me this year with my project as I know what things I
need to look out for or accomplish before I begin shooting my film.
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produce online content for the world's leading brands, virals, promos,
commercials and TV programmes.
Having started out in the
world of extreme sports films and programming, Chrome prides itself on always producing work that
is unique, adventurous and spectacular.
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