The Westminster mile is an annual event open to all in which participants race a mile around westminster through awe filled locations as buckingham palace and The mall located not far from. The event is a community event open to anybody who applied before the deadline, this means everybody of all ages, ethnicities and character will be running from young boys and girls to old folk, gold medalists to olympic hopefuls, fancy dressing fun lovers to charity fund raisers. The event will be celebrating Diane Leather becoming the first woman to run a mile in under five minutes and the 60th anniversary of Sir Roger Bannister becoming the first man to break the four minute mile. Also, Paralympian David Weir is hoping to become the first athlete to run the mile in under three minutes.
There will be 5,500 runners participating in the race and 5 different races special guests such as Mo Farrah taking part
There are races for:
- Families
- Juniors
- Elite Athletes
- Wheelchair Users
- Adult & Vets
My production crew set up for the day will be 3-4 cameras (2 film and 1 still photography DSLR), One camera at the start and another at the finish with the still photography camera catching the highlights throughout the day (crowd reactions, runners preparing/stretching/laugh and smiles and the overall atmosphere and vibe the events is bringing). Cameras will be on a tripod panning when the runners come passing by and will capture all the action and movement from most of the runners/crowd; this camera will be targeting fancy dress runners and families/groups taking part to add insight to the huge variety of people taking part but overall shot sizes will be more close up/extreme close up and wide shot for crowd shots and more full body long shots for the runners
My main task for the day is to try and capture the overall variety and inclusive and on camera. I will be interviewing runners before hand and after the race in a voxpop format in which i'll hear how the race went, what happened and the overall views of the runners and audience members
I've drafted some rough questions for the day
Before race (Preparing):
Are you nervous/have any worries about the race at all
What are you most looking forward to during the event
What time do you think you'll clock in
Do you think a world record is going to be broken today
After race:
What was that like ?
Did anything strange/nice/funny happen during your mile
What was your time/are you satisfied with how you done
Would you run again/Recommend the event to anyone
