Documentary: Shoot Day

When it came to shoot day we first decided that we would walk the Medway Smile, we started off in Maidstone and started to make our way to Rochester. We took the public path along the river hoping to get some shots of the wildlife and nature around the banks of the river, however, we never came across much that we could use in the time we walked. We did not get much from this shoot so we decided on plan B.

After the first day of shooting, we found a place called Kent Wildlife Trust, they are a company based in Maidstone that work with volunteers, they aim to work with people at all levels to bring about a renaissance of the natural heritage through the local and national programme of a living landscape and living seas.

The first day shooting with them we were only able to shoot around where they are based and the sites they have to offer, we were given permission to film on site, this included any nature and wildlife that was around. We managed to film quite a bit on this day, being able to film around the site was an interesting experience and taught me a lot about what they really do there.

The second day we filmed with them was where we got the main concept of what we really needed. We were given the opportunity to go out with one of the experts from the trust and a few volunteers, we were given permission to film them working on fixing up the fence and to film around the area a little and to explore around by ourselves filming what we thought interesting. We were also able to get an interview from the expert and she told about what the volunteers were doing and what the Kent Wildlife Trust does as an actual company.