Michael Targett and his team (pictured right) are doing some awesome work from the Farnborough Air Show this week - their rolling coverage is all aggregated on the main site. Well worth a look, even if you don't give a hoot about aviation, to see what a skilled and enthusiastic team can do with a major event.
As a taster, here's Flightblogger and Runway Girl summing up the first day of the show:
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"awesome" coverage? Really? get the guy a box to stand on or sit them both down. And give her a hair tie. If you're going to shoot outdoors - prepare.
Put them in a MCU (the plane in the background is the star of this shot - takes the viewer's eye away from the talent). Get a script, or a better understanding of what you're going to say before you roll the tape. And how about more B-roll of the planes. yes, the planes.... it's an airshow! Did anything fly on day 1?
Who is the target audience of this? If it's serious industry types, was the script/topic aimed at what interests them? How much was the contract for the 51 planes? Who does he intend leasing them to?
If it's a piece for plane-spotters, cut back on the business and show more planes in the air.
Where's the personality in this? Surely there are some incredible pilots at the show, test pilots from the big manufacturers, or people of interest.
Nice effort, great idea and concept..... need to do more on execution.
I think you're missing the point - I wasn't talking about that video specifically, which is just some end of day fun, but the whole breadth of the coverage they did, which you can find on the aggregation page I linked....