The worst moment from my early attempts working with a camera crew was when we were recording a show in Cardiff, in Welsh with a studio audience. There was one point when I was driving the senior cameraman and had to make a pretty nifty movement from one set of marks to another. I never did get the hang of having the steering on the rear wheels and in my haste managed not only to steer a somewhat wobbly route, but came into sharp and very loud contact with the front of the audience seating, causing several members of the public to leap for their lives. Extracting myself from the mess I managed to slice over the camera cable, exposing some nasty live-looking wires. The cameraman got off his perch in record time and I went to radio shortly afterwards! |
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