Last week, as we were filming, we found out that the local council contacted us and asked if it would be possible to organise 5 or 6 musicians to play in the main street of the town on the 20th (today), as it is the beginning of the 'Round Ireland Yacht Race'
We accepted, and the musicians were asked, and while that was going on, I organised the crew to make sure we were ready to capture it.
Today
The music was organised to start at 12, so the crew and I made sure to get into town at 10:30 to get ready and start filming B-roll.
We filmed the musicians as they performed, and were able to snag interviews with each of them after their performances. This was a great opportunity for them to introduce themselves on camera, and it will cut nicely with them playing.
In a typical documentary, it is common to see someone doing something (in this case, singing and playing) and usually that would fade out and fade into a short introduction/ interview which plays alongside their performance, intermittently cutting to interesting parts of both their interview and songs.
We got a lot of footage over the course of the three hours, and with the interviews too, we are looking to use roughly 5 to 10 minutes of this entire day's shoot in the finished documentary.
Everyone sounded great and presented themselves very well.
B-roll
To set the scene, we headed off for about 30 minutes to film the yachts down at the harbour, where a huge crowd of spectators had gathered.
Because the yacht race was the reason the Collective was asked to play, it would have been a shame to miss it.
We also got general B-roll of the town, in order to capture some of the atmosphere of the day.
The day was amazing, and we got incredibly lucky with the weather as it was perfect and had people in high spirits.
While filming, I got to speak with a woman who actually works for the tourist board and is one of the people who contacted us.
Showcasing the town, as well as the collective, is a good call as far as I'm concerned, because who knows? Maybe they could offer us some film work if this documentary turns out well.
Also, today we were told that some presenters of East Coast FM, the local radio station, are going to be at The Taste of Wicklow and would like to interview us.
I believe they want to speak to some members of the Collective about the music and what we are doing, but they also want to speak to the documentary crew, apparently.
We are three days into shooting, and already this documentary seems to be opening doors and gaining some attention... It's amazing what can happen when a bunch of gobshites walk around with cameras and sound equipment.
All jokes aside, this project is going great, and we have done some really good work together so far.