Challenges

Filming in Rubyz Cabaret Club posed many challenges.

Rubyz had rather dim lighting and therefore, whilst filming we had to ensure that the camera was set to suit the environment as much as possible. When filming interviews, we tried to position the interviewees where there was the most light. Despite, our efforts, the images were still rather dark and often we had to use the colour corrector in the editing suite to enhance the images.

When filming the pantomime, the large number of people that attended, meant that often our filming was restricted, due to people walking in front of the camera. As a result, we simply had to position the camera in a suitable place for both the guests and ourselves, although this was not a complete resolve.

Editing the documentary, also posed its challenges, as there were many technical effects that we wanted to add, in which we were unfamiliar with. The title sequence, in which we had a silhouette stripping and slowly revealing the title 'Burlesque Undressed', was the first hurdle as we were uncertain as to how to create a silhouette and get the title to appear gradually.

In order to overcome the challenges of editing, we worked as a team, using each individuals specific skills to produce the documentary in which we desired.