Week 5

This past weekend we filmed our first interview! It was very exciting and overall I think it went very well. Before shooting and during the first days of pre-production, I think we were all a little nervous for how our shooting would go just because none of us are super experienced in camera or sound. It was definitely a learning experience, but now that we have the first day of production over with, I think we all feel more comfortable in this project. It helped that our first subject, Don Walton of Walton's Distillery in Jacksonville, NC, was very compliant and eager to help us with whatever we needed. Before we even began shooting, he gave us a full tour with so many details of having a distillery and distilling moonshine. His interview went well, but I am nervous to see how the sound turned out. I filled in as the sound recorder this week and having very little background knowledge, I was definitely nervous. We worked as a team, though, and in the end I think we figured everything out just fine. I am excited to see this first part of our footage come together for next class and eager to film our "in the woods" moonshine experience and interview next weekend (2/26).