We want to have a shot of some downhill mountain biking. We have selected Danbury common as our shooting location, It is a popular location for mountain biking. We had the idea of attaching the GoPro to the handle bars of the bike. We would need to attach this probably with some electric tape to ake sure the camera does not come away from the bike. Securing the camera to bike will be the toughest part of the shot this is because we need exactly to right angle in order to get the shot. We need to have it of the cyclists face as he is travelling down the hill. This will also help us to capture the up and down shot. Ideally we would like to see the camera being placed onto the handle bars by the cyclist however this will be challenging as the tape will be awkward to attach. We would perhaps need to use some editing tricks to make it look like the camera is just being placed onto the handle bars. In the other shots in the video the camera is being held in the person other hand. Due to the extreme nature of the event, it is not possible to hold the camera in one hand as both hands are needed to control the bike.
The first picture i have attached is the actual shooting location compared to the second which is just a generic mountain bike. I have previously been to the area of the common we have used both to recki the course and make sure it is appropriate for our needs. The only thing that could affect our ability to film is previous heavy rain. This would mean large puddles in the dips of the course this would make the course quite dangerous meaning filming would have to be delayed.
Although it is quite a trek for us to reach the common. It will take us roughly 30 minutes to reach it. This does not include setting up test runs and repeating the shot or dealing with problems. This means it is going to take a long time to film the event including travelling so it would be ideal to get the filming done within one recording session.