Dragons’ Den Online is back in full swing and I jumped at the chance of filming the After the Den interviews on DSR.
You may have heard about the new online only version of the show from fellow blogger Lee Collins.
This photograph shows Manchester at 6AM, just as I arrived at the location.
We filmed with Dom Byrne who you may know from The Chris Moyles Show or Oddbox. He was great and you can find him on Twitter!
Although we were late in starting the first pitch because of an issue with the lift, by 10AM we were ready to start and the first entrepreneur went to pitch their idea to the two Online Dragons; Shaf Rasul and Julie Mayer.
We watched each of the pitches in the Gallery so that Dom could make notes and ask the intrepid entrepreneurs questions corresponding to the action in the Den.
The main thing that I learnt from it all was FOCUS! The last time I filmed the Dom Interviews, a lot of my footage seemed to be out of focus which was a real shame. However this time I made sure that every shot, wherever I moved to, was in focus.
I did this by zooming in, checking the focus, and reframing quickly while the Entrepreneur answered the question.
It was a fantastic day despite the 12 hours of running up and down four flights of stairs. It made the lamb curry at dinnertime all the more satisfying.
Bring on the next block…
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