Other Side of the Camera

Well it was the official re-opening of the West Kirby Marina today. A fair crowd gathered to see the local MP and head contractor, who took over the restoration project when the first company went bust, in the cutting of the ribbon ceremony. This was followed by a sail parade and a charity dragon boat taking to the water and other events during the day. The local BBC were there to film for the local news slot and yours truly managed to get themselves interviewed about how the lake had looked when under repair and what a big improvement it was now. I didn't expect to see it on TV as several people were interviewed but there I was on TV later on in the day on BBC North West News. People were ringing my mum to say her daughter was on TV!

It was fascinating to see all the preparation of shots and interviews with the dignitaries - The actual ribbon cutting was re-enacted with the councillor holding the cut ends together again - guess the press photographer wanted another angle!
The TV crew must have been there for at least 2 hours ...all that work with shot preparation and sound checks all edited down for approx one minute news slot.The TV report made a great job with using shots of the diggers at work in past weeks, shots of the new raised wall and also an aerial shot of the marina.