Published Thursday 5 September 2024 by Mark Brindle in Crew Hire

Crew and kit for Corporate team building Day in Bristol

We have been working with Waggle Events and ACF Bristol again for a 'lights camera action' team building and corporate training event, this time in a Gothic mansion near Bristol. The event was run for an online film streaming company who knew a few things about genre films and they split into two teams who worked to produce their own scripted videos for the day and assisted by Mark from Maniac Films to train them in the use of our lighting, sound and camera kit.

Teambuilding camera lights action event in Bristol - outside looking down title shot

As part of the day, the attendees were split into teams to produce the initial film ideas, script and storyboard and then to be actors and to become the film crew themselves. There was a huge amount of props and costumes available to choose from, and the gothic location led to some quirky genre films being produced. Mark was on hand to train up the clients/crews on lighting and sound and camera and as they were well versed in cinema lore they chose to try some practical effects / split camera effects and camera techniques like trombone shots (zooming whilst moving camera).

Gothic horror genre - a frame from a short film made in the Bristol hotel by one team

Once the filming was complete, Mark was handed the storyboards, script and the footage with some basic instructions so that he could edit the masterpieces into enjoyable movies to play back later in the evening. It was a very fun day and great to be working with ACF and Waggle Events again. The teams both did brilliantly, creating quite funny (not always intentional) films for each genre.

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