Preparing demonstrations
Demonstrations cover anything from making toys on children’s programmes, to cooking, fashion parades etc.
Preparation is all
It is vital that you have done your homework as a director. You must know what the demonstration is all about, in what order events will take place, what the important or difficult bits are, and how your presenter is going to demonstrate it.
Find out well in advance what the demonstrator needs (electricity, water, fire etc.). Is the demonstration noisy? Is it dangerous? {A car in a studio can pump out carbon dioxide at a very unpleasant rate.)
Rehearsing
Find out if your demonstrator is left- or right-handed – it makes a great deal of difference as to which side you shoot your close-up shots from. ...
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