Practise Filming

Today Sophie and I used the equipment that we would use for our interview with Darryn Lloyns and practised so that we knew what and how to use the camera and tripod etc ready for our interview. We also got to see the camera angles that we can use and where to position it to get a good effect and documentary style. This should help maximise our time so we can get really good shots for our documentary.

Sam

Questions to Daryn Lloyns

I have drafted some questions to ask Darryn for when we have our interview with him and I am still thinking of some more, this is just a draft;
How did you get into the business?

So, how long have you been in the industry?

How did you start up the business?

What do you think of the celebrities stereo typical views on the paparazzi?

Have you had any trouble with any of the celebrities?

How do you deal with the complicated rules in place, like, Sienna miller under anti- harassment laws not to photograph her at home or pursue her for pictures?

Have you got any funny stories to tell us?

The public are also quite debated about the paparazzi, how do you feel about this?

What is your revenue stream?

Is there anything threatening your industry?

As I said there is still some more to think of but they are in progress.

Sam

Interview with Darryn Lloyns

I have written up a letter to Darryn Lloyns asking if it possible to get an interview with him to ask all about his career in photography and his buisness. Darryn is a famous photographer who specialises in photographing celebrities. He now no longer takes photo's himself but has a company and employs people to do it for him. He is away in france at the moment but when he gets back he is free to have a slot with him to ask information for our documentary.

sam

Darryn Lyons

Darryn Lyons is a well known photographer. His website includes over 5 million celebrity images ranging from the first intimate pictures pictures of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, to the explosive holiday snaps of of prince William and Kate Middleton. After his photos of princess Diana holidaying with Dodi Fayed earned him the title Mr. Paparazzi. He now no longer takes photo's himself as he is too busy behind the scenes of his business. His business is one of the largest celebrity photographic agencies, called MrPaparazzi.com. He says that celebrities use the media when they can to sell a CD or a book, but scream for privacy when it suits. He quotes "I got into the showbiz world, chewed up and spat out."

Perez Hilton

Mario Armando Lavandeira (born in march 23, 1978), better known as Perez Hilton, is an American blogger and television personality. His blog, Perezhilton.com is known for posts for covering gossip items about musicians, actors and celebrities. He is also known for posting tabloid photographs over which he has added his own captions or "doodles".
Hilton's angle on celebrity gossip includes an unapologetic desire to mingle with and be part of celebrity culture. He purports to have befriended Paris Hilton. He rarely reports on stories or reports showing Paris Hilton in a bad way. Bloggers, journalists and photographers alike have charged that Hilton Posts paparazzi photographs and other copyrighted content from their sites. Hilton defends his use of this material but claiming it falls under the fair use exception to the copyright act. Following Michael Jackson's death Hilton posted an article about the stars illness, claiming it was a publicity. Hilton's original post featured sarcastic comments such as "get your money back ticket holders!!!" and also "Jacko pulled a similar stunt when he was getting ready for his big HBO specialise '95 when he "collapsed" at rehearsal!" Hilton has received backlash for the incident, becoming entangled in a Twitter argument with Pete Wentz about the situation.

Sources;
Wikipedia
perezhilton.com