Week 8 By Conor Brennan

Week 8 - Group Project 

This week was a busy one for the group. We arranged to meet with a professional mountain biker named Dan Wolfe and filmed all the footage we needed for our Prototype video.

In the lab, we decided on exactly what we were going to film for the prototype.  Our second meeting this week took place in the canteen after our lecture. We discussed what time and where to meet on Saturday. We also put together a kit list and a storyboard. We borrowed a tripod and two rode mics from the college. We had the rest of the gear ourselves.

We traveled up to the Wicklow mountains on Saturday morning and arrived at 10am. We spent the whole day filming and interviewing Dan and his friend. It was great to learn so much about mountain biking and to meet with a professional within the sport. Dan and his friend Nick were very welcoming and gave us fantastic high adrenaline footage that we plan to incorporate into both our Prototype and final piece.

Blog post by Conor Brennan and a line from Rob :)

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