Philip Whittaker wrote:
> David,
>
>
> Thanks for the chance you gave to my flute playing daughter to get on TV
> with her fiddling pals. Did the school day lunch-time session on the TV
> give the flavour of the Friday night sessions? Did the school garb look
> obvious?
>
> Looking forward to seeing your banjo virtuoisty.
>
Yes, the school garb looked obvious and when one of the girls decided she wanted to
take
the school sweater off, she had to put it back on - continuity, the same
as my bl**dy banjo... they even had to play the same tune twice, so that
bits could be cut together with different camera angles, and it was all
done without rehearsal of any kind at all, so I fear that what they got
right I may have spoiled. The banjo is seriously not good, wrong chords
and stuff in places - I just hope they have an editor capable of
spotting the occasional bar or two which was RIGHT, and cutting the
wrong stuff. But I was not able to STOP, because that would have ruined
the continuity too...
But with the pub fire lit, and close shots of the fiddles and flute,
and apparently quite close shots of my hands on the banjo neck with Pete
and his guitar sort of in the background, it may be quite abstract and
give a decent feel. Also during the interviews (the girls got the do a
few words) the diners in the pub were laughing at jokes and stuff, it
was quite relaxed, and with luck it will sound like a reasonable atmosphere.
David
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