DATE: 10th March 2007
LOCATION: Herrington Park, Sunderland following Jade Allen and Natalie Grant
FILMMAKER: Marie Dainty

When we first arrived at Sunderland I met Jade and Natalie and we started by doing some quick interviews with Jade and Natalie’s mum before the race. Just before the race I was given a camera and discussed with Dean what parts of the race we were going to film. We had to try and capture as many shots of Jade and Natalie throughout the race. This involved filming them set off from the start line, and then running across the field to find them through the race, and eventually run to the finish line to get any last shots of them both.
After the race we interviewed Jade and Natalie asking them how well they thought they got on, we also had an interview with their team coach.
After this, we had to wait for the presentations. The team had won gold for the best team and again carried out interviews and asked them how they felt. We filmed Jade and Natalie receiving their awards and after asked them what this achievement meant to them.

I found the whole day enjoyable, even though it was really windy it was still fun. I really enjoyed having the opportunity to work on my own and I also liked working with the sound as well as the camera. I enjoyed filming on my own, even though I found it difficult to try and find two people out of a whole crowd, it was still good experience.
I also enjoyed interviewing people as I have never done that before. I enjoyed taking part in an exciting atmosphere and it was good to see the whole team supporting one another and their happiness from their achievement.