The main aim for the final day of filming was to gain various cutaways of wall displays around the classroom and also gather few more shots of the teachers interacting with students. All of these shots were easily successfully achieved in the morning and this allowed us more time to then film another interview with a star student in the Gaelic department. She was nervous prior to starting the interview and this was evident when answering questions however it was still useful information to gather moving forward and potentially the interview could still if a small section fits in well. As the interviewer I hold myself partiality responsible for not making the interview environment comfortable and natural and this is something I need to try and improve on in the future and avoid getting complacent after a few successful interviews.
Following the conclusion of filming we went to the Head Teacher to ask her to sign the Location Agreement, the emails Tommy had from her showed she was more than happy for us to make the documentary on Greenfaulds but that she would seek further confirmation from the council. However she never responded that she had gained that confirmation from the council, we originally planned to go on the Monday and seek permission from Mrs Parks however on the week we have filmed at Greenfaulds High School it suffered an infestation of Fruit Fly’s which made national headlines so the start of the week was very busy for Mrs Parks so we felt the best solution was wait until the end of week and ask for permission then, although we were both very worried about the outcome Mrs Parks could not have been nicer and is looking forward to seeing the finished documentary. This is perhaps a lesson that I should always be upfront and open with what I’m going to film and not let the worry build up as the week progresses. I was still pleased with how both of us handled this situation and we ultimately achieved the desired outcome.
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