Ollie Tristram

From Wednesday to Saturday I have been working as the sound assistant for an indie short called "Coffee".

The film is about an underground betting organisation that bets on when volunteering insomniacs will fall asleep. It follows the main character Jeff as he suffers from sleep deprivation and his relationship with his friend Jack who is betting on him to stay awake also.

As for the experience as working as part of a film crew, I enjoyed it so much. To watch professionals at work, such as Felix Weidemann, the Director of Photography and to be using all the proper equipment it was a brilliant insight into how it all runs. I think the most interesting thing I found was how they light all the sets and the different techniques they use to do this.

The days were all at least 12 hours and there was lots of hanging around between shots, but I expected that to be honest, and it was at these times where I got to have conversations with some of the crew. Not only that, but I made friends with some girls from the Design for Film and TV course at Uni, whose roles it was to keep continuity notes as well as props.

I worked with Ian Currie on sound who has been working freelance for over 20 years. He has done a lot of TV work for shows like Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind and Grand Designs, but also worked on film sets with actors like James McAvoy. He gave me a lot of help in knowing how sound recording for the screen works and couldn't really have asked for any one more patient. I will also be working with him on the post-production of the film's audio so there is still some more exciting to work to be looking forward to.

Here are some of the best pictures taken from the 4 days shooting in the various locations.