There will be pictures and videos added to the blog. The experience is also under my company Grizzly Productions, my plan to network is to hand out my business cards and try to meet as many people as possible. Dave Cochrane contacted me in November 2013 having seen my highlight reel for the Six Nations that I did.
Day 1
Leaving Cardiff at 10:45, I arrived at Grantham two hours early arriving at 2PM, this is a day before the event I met with Michael Loveder who was the official photographer at the event, upon greeting we exchanged business cards and talked about projects we worked on. He has been a photographer for the BTTAD for a long time, he has been a good contact made since he is well connected with the Great British Squad. Later we met Dave Cochrane who is in charge of organising the event, he offered me to take me to the hall where the event will be taking place, when we arrived to the location I inspected the hall, the conditions were difficult but suitable. I had noticed there as another place where we could film, a bigger hall, with better lighting conditions and also a balcony so I could set up my camera in a high place and I mentioned that it would be better to film there and benefit the athletes with more space, unfortunately they did not take my advice.
We started planning the layout of the hall and where we could put the show table. The hall was small with limited space where we needed to fit 16 Courts inside. I was placed in Court 1 with ample space and a table to increase the height. I was satisfied with the layout and prepared for filming the next day.
Day 2
On the second day I encountered several problems. The first being that the layout had been changed without being told, the size of the showcourt changed and I was given a smaller area with less flexibility. Thankfully I had come prepared with an extension cable so I could continuously charge my batteries, I had a limited amount of SD cards, so I continued to fill my card, by the end of the first day I had gathered 75GB worth of footage. Throughout the day I was asked by a lot of people where the footage will be uploaded, I told them where and also gave them my business card if they required any services.
Day 3
On the 3rd day, I repeated the same process as yesterday, although whilst I was filming, a staff member moves the table I was filming on and the footage is ruined, I asked what the meaning was behind moving the table, and it was to retrieve the trophies in the storage behind me. I missed 3 matches because they had the wrong keys, what I could salvage from the rest of the day saved the shoot.
Editing
No problems in editing, with every video I uploaded I directed to my social media sites.
Below I have put the links of all my work done in Grantham, clicking will open a new window to the video.
Davies v Pegram Class 3 Semi Final
Palmer v Bullen Class 4
Feltham v Taylor Class 11
Feltham v Robinson Class 11
Evans v Bullen Class 4
Evans v Palmer Class 4
Taylor v Robsinson Class 11
Bland vs McAdam Hunior Class 6-10
Thompson v Robinson Class 11
Thompson v Taylor Class 11
Thompson v Feltham Class 11
John vs Bland Junior Class 6-10
Spicer vs Bland Class 6-10
John vs Morgan Men's Class 10 Semi Final
Gordon vs Bland Junior Class 6-10
Gordon vs McAdam Junior Class 6-10
Gordon vs Spicer Junior Mixed Class 6-10
Hales v Matthews Mens Wheelchair A Group 2
Morgan vs Cox 6-11 Open. Band B. Semi Final.
Plowman v Hunter-Spivey Mens Class 1-5 Open Singles Final
Bayley vs Zarafshani Mixed Class 7 Singles Final
Matthews vs Bullen Wheelchair A Group 2
Mixed Class 6-11 Doubles Final
Bayley v Daybell Mens Class 6-11 Open Singles Final
Newcomb vs Hales Wheelchair A Group 2
