Camera 2....It's time!

Last week the daunting Camera 2 and I came face to face. I arrived at work to discover the director had placed me on camera 2 for EMT.......! There wasn't really any pressure or anything to worry about I was just responsible for operating the most demanding camera during a live news show on the BBC......Aaarrrghhhhh!

It went surprisingly well considering. There was one particular shot where we hand back from sport that I was a little nervous about. The shot goes from a 3 shot to a 2 shot in one sweeping move with the camera starting at its maximum height on the ped for the 3 shot and finishes at the bottom of the ped for the two shot while also moving about 4 metres forward across the studio floor travelling towards the presenters. The shot didn't quite go according to plan, It started well with the 3 shot and then as I travelled forward while lowering the camera on the ped to frame up my two shot and I lost my movement a little and ended up with a two shot but the camera wasn't at the bottom of the ped like it should be. I feel as though I did the right thing at the time because I noticed my error part way through the movement, I knew I couldn't reach the desired finishing position on the ped without making a second movement so I adjusted my move so that I still finished with neatly framed 2 shot albeit from a little higher position than usual.