Final Major Project: Interview with Ray Sheppard - Head of The Poppy Appeal

On Tuesday we were lucky enough to meet again with Ray Sheppard who is the Head of the Poppy Appeal. Ray was happy to be interviewed about his work and what the Poppy Appeal stands for and aims to do.

We sent Ray the questions which we had prepared for him to answer, and he was so prepared that he had typed up his answers to each questions, which was great, however, upon starting the interview, he read from the sheet which he had prepared and it was very hard for us me to capture his eye on camera. Mel asked him to ditch the sheet and just talk to her off the top of his head. This worked perfectly and we managed to get a much more natural interview.

There was also a chance for me to take some actuality shots of him working in his office, and also get some establishing shots of the HeadQuarters. I am really happy with the style of the interview and it is of the right quality which I am looking for for the style of our Documentary. Here are some still shots from the interview and some of the cutaways and actuality shots which I managed to get in the short time we was with Ray.