We’ve been continuing with our #cameramoves experiments over at MDI studio for a few weeks now. It’s been great working with the different groups who have been open and interested in our experiments and it’s been fantastic working with Jennie Hale to develop the idea.

I was initially nervous about how people would take to the idea – it’s an unusual concept, crossing movement and camera work but everyone we have worked with so far has really run with the idea.

Marketing the open call out sessions proved harder that anticipated, mainly I reckon because we are working with two different disciplines, film making and performance. These genres are usually kept separate, so bringing them both together in an experimental workshop may have made some people wary of getting involved. Once people are able to see how the process works and the collaborative nature of it, they got it.

It’s been particularly interesting working with the different age range and seeing what people make of the opportunity. With each group you can really feel the concentration in the room after shouting ‘Action’.

There’s also been lot’s of interesting discussions around how it feels to be creating something in a room with so many cameras. It seems that when lot’s of people are filming, it takes the pressure off – it’s impossible to avoid the camera – it’s everywhere, so you just have to go with it.

What has been interesting is taking the footage from each of the sessions and mixing them up. As most of them have been shot in the same location, it looks as though everyone has been performing together.

We’re having a final showcase event this Friday 5th July at METAL in Liverpool from 6pm – 8pm to show some of the footage we’ve collected and chat about our findings. We’ll also be running another workshop with live music provided by Germanger – it’s free – you should come – and you can book tickets here.