We started off the day with a talk from Ian Knox on Set Etiquette. He basically gave us a run down of all the basic procedures and protocols for working on a professional shoot, including the general 'rules' for working with other crew members. These included things from reading the day's call sheet to knowing exactly how to say the word "action".
We then spent the next 5 hours working in craft workshops according to what skill we will be doing for the film; mine will be sound, so I was taught by Fraser Barber (Silent Witness, Confetti) along with NFTS graduates about how to practically use a boom pole, radio mics, a mixer etc. We spent a large part of the day working in smaller groups mastering the basics of using microphones to capture a simple two-person conversation, before working up to some of the more complex stuff (for example, using an additional radio mics to capture the sound from a long distance). One of the big things I learnt was that it's not as easy as you think- it's actually really difficult (certainly not just holding a stick)! As Fraser Barber said, holding the boom is probably one of the "most skilled job on a set".
At the end of the day, we watched three NFTS student films, followed by chances to talk to the Directors and Writers of each about the processes they went through to achieve such high standards of film- in some cases in a similarly short amount of time to what we have. We also watched another short film, the Director of which was unable to be there (he was working on a project with Sky TV).
Overall, fantastic (but very long) day!
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