Today Vic and I went down to Kent Life to film our news package. I was really excited to film at Kent Life as we got to work with the animals and see what it was like to work on a farm.
When we arrived at Kent Life we got told to look for Hollie Bourne, who would be escorting us around the farm. Hollie was really helpful throughout the day and showed us round the farm giving us access to all areas including parts which the public aren't allowed to see. We also got in free of charge when it usually costs around 6-10 pounds and had access to everything including a ride on a tractor around kent life which was really fun.
We filmed a lot of footage throughout the day - definitely enough to use to edit. We saw animals such as goats, alpacas, chickens, cows, sheep and many more. The farm was really lovely to us and even gave us some wellies to wear as we forgot to bring extra footwear with us! One of the woman that worked their introduced us to the Cobtree Young Farmers Club and we met a LOT of people. They was a range of people from young kids to teenagers in college. We found that the group doesn't just help around the farm, they actually have roles and work really hard to learn about how to look after each individual animal and clean out their bedding and feed them. A group member Sophie was especially helpful as she told us a lot about what she does and was really excited to be part of our news piece. The group was really nice and even had their own little uniform to wear so they was easily recognisable. We filmed some interviews with them discussing if it's what they want to go into when their older and also got some interviews with the livestock officer Alex Hadaway and the managing director Tony Reed who was also very helpful.
Throughout the day we went around the whole farm taking it in turns to film actuality and sequences of the Young Farmers Club along with footage of the animals. We also filmed sound bites such as cows mooing and chicken noises to use in the edit.
The day was a huge success, we was there for a few hours and got everything and more filmed what we needed to. The day wasn't just informational but it was actually really fun to film there and me and Vic always work well together so it was nice filming with him again.
In conclusion, the day was a huge success, however if we had to film again I would definitely make sure Charlie was with us as it was hard doing sound and camera during the interviews by myself. I'd also like if we interviewed more Young Farmers as looking back their interviews wasn't the best. Also another critique is our piece to cameras didn't turn out too well sound wise - however this did work to our advantage as we decided to change our story after filming so it is more newsy and has facts and figures about the decline in farming over time and if more young farmers are essential to the world. So therefore we would have to re do the narration anyways therefore we are having the reporter as a voice over now.
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