Location Recce- Live broadcast

Today George and I visited the area outside the Medway Maritime Hospital in order to assess any risks or hazards that would present themselves at the time of filming. A problem we came across upon observation was the noise of the traffic. We didn’t have the equipment on us at the time to see how we could change this through the camera/ sound equipment but will try and put some measures in place for the final shoot. This could include using clip mics which although wouldn’t cancel the background noise out completely, could help reduce it significantly. Another problem that we noticed when we arrived was the parking, there was a large queue to the hospital car park and the parking in the hospital grounds was quite expensive. Not only this but we deemed it to be morally questionable to take up a parking space that someone who genuinely needed medical attention may have needed.  Considering this we drove around to see if we could find any closer parking near the filming location. To our surprise there was some right next to it, however it was permit holders only. There was a place we could park further down which was a 10 minute walk away from where we were filming so we will just have to count for that time on the shoot day (Monday 16th October). It was only £1.00 parking which is worth saving the money for the walk, we can now accommodate it time wise, especially if we only have 20 minutes to do the interview.

Another problem we noted was the general public. Local residents and staff from the hospital seemed to have adopted the area in front of the Medway Hospital sign that will be our back-drop. We would therefore have to make it clear we are filming with a sheet of proof, risk assessment and high visibility jackets. The high visibility jackets are also important to have when filming next to a road of traffic so our presence is prominent.



I believe it was very beneficial for George and I to go and recce the location as it meant we could plan well in advance so we aren’t late and don’t waste any time on the actual day of shooting. We came across some issues we may have with the location on the day but those are dependable variables that can be prevented by planning parking, information and equipment. All being well the live broadcast shoot should be successful.

NOTE: POST SHOOT

Unfortunately we did not factor in the traffic on the journey to the hospital. Though we were not late, it left us with very little if not any time to set up for the interview and by the time we had walked to the shoot location from the car, the student nurse was already there. Due to this fact and the fact that she only had 20 minutes of lunch we did not have time to set up the clip mics and adjust the sound levels accordingly. Therefore we had to rely solely on the boom mic, which proved a struggle when busses would pull up alongside us with their loud deep sounding engines.