A Day in the Life
TV Presenter
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 06:30 | Up early. Stayed at a hotel in Sardinia last night - filming a piece on the launch of the new VW Polo |
| 07:00 | Meet with crew for breakfast and discussion with Director about the feature |
| 07:30 | We've decided to include a gag in the piece where viewers can hear what I'm thinking. My 'thoughts' are going to be recorded as voiceover when we get back and then dubbed onto pieces presented to camera without me speaking, just pulling faces! |
| 08:00 | Loaded the kit into the crew-bus and yes, I did help! Spent half an hour roaming the hills of Sardinia looking for a location where we can park the car and film the opening links |
| 08:45 | Finally find somewhere, set up the camera and then wait whilst the inevitable parade of cars, buses, trucks, dog-walkers, ramblers and low-flying jets pass through and over the shot. |
| 09:30 | Opening piece is shot - glad to say I never fluffed a line but it took some doing - at one point I have to stop speaking and stand there pulling faces at the camera whilst I go over the words in my head that will be added on later in the edit suite to make my 'thoughts' audible to viewers. Think I'm getting a headache now! |
| 11:00 | Looked for locations, again! This time needed somewhere to film the concluding piece to camera - the bit where I sum up what I think of the car |
| 12:00 | After the concluding piece to camera was shot, the crew rigged the small mini-cam inside the car for me to present the in-car links, talking about driving and handling |
| 13:30 | With all the in-car stuff done, time for lunch. The Director's mean as heck (they always are!) and gives us just thirty minutes |
| 14:00 | Away again and time to film all the exterior shots of the car. I spend an hour driving up and down the same few stretches of road whilst the crew get all the shots of the car moving they need |
| 15:30 | Finished the driving shot and gave it some welly to get to the airport in time to check in all the kit. |
| 19:00 | Back on the M25 heading for home and trying to think what to say tomorrow morning about the new Honda Civic we're filming in Macclesfield. Life goes on...and on...and on... |
| 00:00 | Richard, BBC Presenter |
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