The knowledge
We’re running our 4-day video bootcamp here in London in partnership with The Guardian.
Yesterday, former GMA student Daniel Houghton stopped by to say hello.
He was in London on other business.
Above is the piece that Daniel shot when he took the course here.
As you can see, he follows all the rules: Don’t move the camera, find a character, create an arc of story, have a multipicity of locations. He did this in two days – one to shoot and one to cut.
The story works. Â Note also that he never does a formal, sit-down interview with Robby, the cab driver aspirant.
The ‘knowledge’ and the work necessary to become a London cab driver are legend, but Daniel captures the whole story here in just over a minute.
Nice work.
We showed the piece to our advanced group here this morning. Now, they’re going out into London with their cameras to shoot their stories. Â They’ll have a high bar to meet when they come back – but there’s nothing wrong with that.
