Week 7 The day we filmed viva and we had no cameras

We were finally ready to shoot Viva and Viva was ready to come to our shoot. It was supposed to be different to last week and be a week of smooth sailing with no dramas. However, this was not what happened. We had major drama's with video cameras. We had a plan to pick up the HDV camera from the honours student, who uses the Video camera on tuesdays. But this week, she didn't use it. Maria went to uni to pick up the camera. But unfortunately, there was a replacement employee in the equipment store, who did not know what he was doing and informed us that there were no HDV camera's in the store room at all. We found out later that the camera was there all along but he didn't know what it was we were asking for or where it was.

Maria was able to borrow the Sony EX but we still needed a second camera in order to capture all of the required footage needed to make a tv show. After an anxious phone call from Maria, i suggested that we use the video capabilities from the Canon 5D camera to get those extra necessary shots. Fortunately for us, another student from Creative Arts who was familiar with manual focusing was able to work the camera for us, and basically save the day.

Viva was a great guest on Nonna's Kitchen. She was efficient and provided us with great ethnic recipe's. With Viva's help we were able to capture a great footage that will be an asset to our project. Once again we were able to put all of our problem solving skills to great use and create a positive outcome against all odds.