D DAY!

So today was the big day and what a big day it was! I got in slightly earlier to meet the technicians who had the key for the projector cupboard. We then hooked it up to Chris's laptop and ensured my blog on the internet was running ok and loaded Jack fm and the blitz street on.

I then helped out Rich blow up the balloons for the ice breaker and tidied the room ready for the presentations. The students arrived just after 9 and megan gave her intro. They then did their ice breaker and popped the balloons to split them into groups. There were a lot less students than first anticipated only around 11 showed up so there only 5 - 6 per group.

Our room went really well and without any major hiccups; I was really pleased with Jessie, Dean and Monish's presentations. Unfortunately in the other room there were a few hiccups with the set up so they were running a little behind and our group had an extra couple of minutes break. The second presentation for group B went even better I think because we'd almost had a little warm up. We were asked to try and extend our room a little to give extra time for group A in the green screen room, but half way through Megan came down and said they were running out of things to go through with them so we finished normal time and let them go to lunch. (They were thrilled with the free food!)

After lunch was more relaxing as we got to watch the guest speaker Ciaran O'Connor who was brilliant and a real inspiration to the students. After we showed a small montage to music of pictures we'd taken through the day edited by Sean and Matt which they found amusing! And lastly they had to fill out an evaluation.

All in all they seemed to really enjoy the green screen demo and I think this was because it was so hands on and something for them to actually do, where as our presentations weren't very interactive so if I was to plan the event again I think I would scrap the presentations and plan more for the claymation activity as I think they would of really enjoyed it. The day also taught me a lot about improvisation and using you initiative when things don't quite run smoothly.

Media Event - Meeting Two

Meeting two and our initial plan was to have one room green screen and one room claymation and split our students into 2 groups and swap them over after each activity. Unfortunately we don't think we have enough time to achieve this what with easter breaks,other projects and peoples absences so we are now going to do a green screen demo in Dairy G10 and 3 presentations on students work experience and documentaries in the main house. Megan is going to be away for 2 weeks so Chris is taking over as main organiser in her absence.

I had already booked the green screen equipment for my room but I was then needed to do a presentation at main house so I'm no longer runner of that room and James,Ciaran and Dan will now be looking after things. I will now be looking after Main House 111.

In the mean time I have to plan my presentation for the main room and what I'm going to talk about, I was thinking of running through my blog I created on a projector as it has some visuals and a short interview and just running through my general experience at Deal - chucking a few sneaky comments about Noel in here and there!

We went to recce main house and to ensure we had all we needed for the day, then wrote down a plan of who would talk and for how long. Jessie was doing a presentation on her re edit of the blitz, I was doing my work experience at Deal and Monish and Dean would do their behind the scenes at Jack fm. We'd have a 10 - 15 minute slot each and have a bit of time either side just incase.

We finally came up with a days schedule which I wrote up for Megan and sent to Lesley and Chris, we had to loose half an hour somewhere so cut their lunch a little shorter and their breaks would be walking from main house and vice versa.

Only 1 day til the big event!

Media Event - Meeting One

As part of our module we have to plan and hold a media event for BTEC students at Bath College on the 30th April on campus. We will need to assign people roles in the event and do so by having our first group meeting in which I was held head of to ensure everyone gets their say on what they would like to do. Roles included chief organiser of the event, 2 deputies, meeter and greeters, finance, head of rooms, tech, photography, editors and refreshments.

The meeting was successful and everyone had now been assigned roles and I have a role I really wanted as deputy and runner of green screen room. Megan is head organiser for the event and her first task is finding out what how many students we have and to begin thinking about the plan for the day.

Finance wise we have an estimated £200 to play with that will need to pay for catering and a guest speaker if we can get one. Jessie is in charge of this task and already has a few ideas up her sleeve!

My main role now is to recce the room I will be looking after Dairy G10, think of some ideas for tasks and activities and help Megan with any support she needs.

Deal or No Deal - Last day

So today was sadly my last day. I was first with Jecery Rossini 1 of 2 camera assistants on the studio floor. She's worked on lots of other programmes including Big Brother, and said the cameras they were using were actually from the Big Brother series. We first went over the cameras and the only control they actually have over them are the focus and zoom control and they actually see the shot in black and white. I got to have a go and practise on small things like Jess walking around the studio, then during the live recording shoot some of the audience cut away shots which was exciting.

They have 7 cameras operating on the studio floor 5 large cameras on bases, 2 hand held and 1 steady cam. The steady cam I think was the most impressive piece of kit valuing at around £30,000! You also need to be quite strong to hold the weight of the vest on your shoulders and there were a few protein shakes kicking around back stage!

After being with cameras for the first show I quickly seized my opportunity to get an interview with very experienced Floor Manager Greg Williams in between the break. He's used to being behind the camera so was a little uneasy behind it!

For the second show I was with uncle who are the post production house for Deal or No Deal. It's actually quite unusual to have a studio right next to a post production house and I'd heard it can be good and bad. I was first in with Senior Editor James and he showed me the ropes of Avid and how simple but fast paced the editing was. A show takes around 4 days sometimes 3 to edit and at 3 shows filmed a day they are about 3 months behind actual production. James explained it's not so much that the edit takes along time that can be finished within a day if that; it's the cutting down of the show from 90minute recordings to 35 minute coherent entertaining shows. Although it was interesting to see how everything works I did get a little bored after a while as I wasn't actually able to do anything but watch and was itching to get back in the studio!

After editing the last shadowing of the day I was in the production meeting. Unfortunately I didn't get to spend a lot of time with the research team or the producers as I would need an extra week just to be able to shadow as the casting process is fairly lengthy including auditions etc. However the meeting gave me a little insight into their job; they hold auditions all over the country and from that need to come up with a short list. With 3 shows being filmed a day and 3 new contestants coming and going every day they need to be organised. In the production meeting they went over the call cards Noel would be given in the show that tell the audience a little bit about the contestants. They discussed stories that should be kept that Noel could bounce off throughout the show and stories to drop. They also have to find out in detail all about the contestants, their stories and their lives.

I've thoroughly enjoyed my placement and to tell the truth didn't want to leave! Which is why I was so happy when Annelise told me she wouldn't hesitate in giving me a job at entry level and to call when I've finished my degree! It was quite sad saying bye to everyone as I'd got on with all the runners and audience team and only wish placement would have been another week longer! I also got a contact from Jacqui the Production Assistant in the gallery who's freelance and works on shows like Strictly and XFactor and said she's working on a range of things so to get in contact if I needed a job anywhere.

From working and shadowing there it's definitely swayed me more into production as I loved being in the studio. I'm now particularly interested in the Floor Manager role so will look for more experience as an AFM and then who knows!

Lastly my top tip from Dan Winterburn vision mixer : 'Firstly you need to know how everything works and how to do the job; but the thing that's going to swing it in your favour is will they enjoy working with you? You must be able to talk to and get along with people because they'll remember you, and when a job comes up they'll think, hey, yeah she was good'

Deal or No Deal - Day 3

Day 3 started off with an introduction to the lighting team, they have one main man (Kevin) who controls the lighting deck and a lighting director. Also in the room with them are two camera technicians who throughout the show adjust the gain, colour balance and a lot more technical things (!) on the cameras (the camera operators in the studio have no control over these settings. If they did every camera would look different as they are each positioned in different places and focus on different things. There are also lighting changes throughout the show so they need to be adjusted as and when these changes happen.)

Kevin first talked me through the lighting desk and explained it is all preset for each stage of the show so with the touch of button he can change the whole studio to 'the bankers call' or the end of show etc. We then looked at the lighting rig in the studio in which I noticed instead of using tracing paper as a filter they use a wire

mesh to soften the light. They also position it in a certain way for example on the contestants as they do not want to light up the desk and just the contestants face they place the wire mesh where the light will land on the desk. Therefore softening this and lighting up the contestants faces.

After watching Kevin do the lighting for first out of 4 shows we were recording that day I was then with Greg the Floor Manager. He also had an AFM (Assistant Floor Manager) Eddie. Their main roles were to ensure everything on the floor of the studio was running smoothly. For example today Eddie had to get all 22 contestants through make up and on to the studio floor, then ensure they had all picked out a ball to get their box. His main worry then is getting Noel on set in time and encouraging audience to clap as and when. He also listens to direction from the gallery as to where the director wants friends and family placed in the audience etc. After the show has finished they also tend to re-record a few snippets of the show if there were any glitches first time around so the floor managers job is to listen to the director via talk back and action these re-recordings. Eddie also explained to me that the Floor Managers job on Deal or no Deal wasn't the same as others for example in some studios you would collecting props and getting people on and off set etc.

For the rest of the afternoon I was then with the Director Rich. As I'd been in there before with Dan the vision mixer he only had to run through a few things for example what he's looking out for and the way he's always looking for the next shot. This was show 3 of the day and was due to finish at 3.45, however I knew they were recording another show so decided to ask head of audience Charis if she wanted any help with the last show. She was very thankful and I helped seat audience and then book future audience until the end of the last show.

Last day tomorrow and I don't want to leave!

Deal or No Deal - Day 2!

So I've come to the end of my 2nd day and have already decided I would love a job at Endemol!

Today I was with the audience team for the 2 morning shows. The audience line up outside at around 8.45 and we make sure the room they are taken into is clean and prepared for them. I then had the job of collecting any aerosol cans or cameras as audience members are not aloud either of these in the studio. Once the audience have all been searched and sat down George and I went over to the studio whilst the others gave a quick talk to the audience to run over rules and regulations. George and I had to wait over at the studio and radio back to the audience room once the boxes were being put out and they began to make their way over. (I was also given a cool Britney Spears type head mic so I could listen to what the audience team were saying to each other! which I loved)

Once the audience are in the team then guide them where to sit. There are set places for example friends and family to sit (top let) as they can't be seen too much on camera because they will more than likely be there for more than one show. There are also black boxes beneath the seats to put bags etc in and I'd watched the team also collect coats for people so I thought I'd make myself useful and help them out. Once the audience are in the floor manager checks the arrangement and as soon as Noel comes on it's their Que. to leave and every things OK.

They then go back up to the office and call people who have applied for audience tickets online and book them in for the dates available. George showed me how the database worked which I picked up fairly quickly and helped book audience members on for the halloween show. They do this until the show is coming to an end which is there Que. to get back to the audience and take them for their mid morning break.

During the afternoon I was with Dan the vision mixer for the show. He actual travels down from London for the week and stays in Bristol to work on Deal or No Deal. We had a good chat first as we got into the gallery ear

ly and he gave some good advice about filming and cutting as much of my own footage as possible, just to get that experience of what cuts right and how to tell stories (which is basically his job) he also really liked the PD (Producer/Director role) and was keen himself to get into that.

We then went over the vision mixer and which buttons did what. He also tried to wind me up making me think I'd be doing a live show 10 minutes after going over everything! But I did get the chance to cut to 'camera 1' twice during the live edit ( which the director said was a delightful cut...

After vision mixing I was due to be in a production meeting but unfortunately they'd gone in half way through the live show so after speaking to Annelise she said it was OK to fit it into my last day. I wasn't due to finish til 4.30 and it was only 3.45 so remembering what advice I've been given instead of going home I decided

to offer to help the audience team with calling audience members as I knew they were behind, which head of audience Charis appreciated.

Day 2 over and I'm looking forward to day 3 with lighting and floor manager! ( I also managed to take some pictures of the studio before the audience and contestants came in see up and below)

Deal or No Deal - Day numero uno!

Day one was very exciting and I've returned home buzzing about the show. Within 5 minutes of getting there I met Noel and welcomed him in (and he actually asked how I was too!)

I first went through safety forms and confidentiality agreements with Annelise - General Manager of the site and Amy - Reception and runner for the site. They are actually on a contract base there from around September to May so explained their jobs are quite fixed and it is unusual to get such a long contract within television.

I then got to see everything in action by being a fully fledged audience member! As I don't watch the show that often I found myself strangely hooked on the tension and story behind the contestant and enjoyed watching amongst the hardcore crazy fans. I also found myself looking for cameras and seeing how many they had operating, and looking at the lighting rig which looked quite complicated!

After watching the 1st of 3 shows they were recording that day I was with studio runner Becca. Her job does literally reflect the term 'runner'. I helped her with most of her tasks which firstly entailed of once everyone had picked a ball out of a bag to select which no. box they would get - writing it down on a sheet with all the contestants names on. We then had to quite literally run around the set to photocopy 12 of these sheets and give them to sound,lighting,editing and floor crew all before the show begins. Which she did explain sometimes is impossible. We then had to write down on the sheet which box was chosen when and the value in it and Becca had to write up a summary of the show including what happened, when, and any particular stories the contestant told which was sent to the series producer. After the show Becca's job is to then clear the studio and check everything's clean for the next recording.

After a speedy dinner I was then with George gallery runner who ensures everyone in the gallery has drinks and if they have everything they need. She then also helps out on the studio floor putting out the boxes for all the contestants. I then spent the rest of the afternoon/evening with Neil who was office runner for the day. He explained that the runners often switch jobs every week or so, and also get the opportunity to shadow a department for a day. So they will swap between studio runner, gallery runner, office runner and audience team. Neil this week is an office runner so it entails of opening post (reading crazy fan mail) and sending out application forms for contestants; checking Noel's dressing room and that he has everything he needs and tidying up the contestants room and locking up at night. I finished off the day helping Neil with clearing up the contestants room then shutting everything off in Noel's dressing room.

After speaking to the runners throughout the day they explained what a great way it was to get into the industry and meet and get the right contacts. A lot of them had other running experience on shows such as strictly come dancing but over all said you just need to be enthusiastic and willing to do any job.

Home time!

The End of an Era for Green Gage Entertainment

So our hand in was yesterday and everything is completed, we had a final get together yesterday to double and triple check everything was OK and mix our sound. I'm really happy with the way our group worked together and I think that's why our piece has come out so well. Working with a group of boys I did think my opinion might of been ignored at times but it wasn't at all. They listened to my opinions, and ideas I had for the script and final editing were used. Matt and Sean did most of the editing however we were all together throughout the whole process, suggesting things that others may not have considered which I think worked really well. Also small things such as continuity in the piece, things I noticed they may not have thought of.

To begin with we had a lot of ideas on the recession and unemployment, firstly coming up with the idea of following an unemployed person who was struggling to get a job. However finding it near impossible to find a contributor and feeling that our piece was lacking something meant we came up with the idea of using myself as a student pondering my future in the media industry. This worked really well and gave the project a personal touch and an emotional journey to follow. It also relates well to all students in the university as we had Rob Mear's a lecturer at the uni and Don Foster Bath's local Lib Dem MP.

Today we had a final look at everyone projects to give feedback. This is a good exercise as it gives us an idea of what other people think of the project and things we could of changed or done differently. However we had really good feedback from the group and the only criticism they had was the angle at which Don Foster was filmed was the wrong side. But due to the room being very small and Don Foster being in a rush the day we were filming we had no choice but to film that way.

I think in future projects I wouldn't change much as I think everything went well. However we did loose our vox pops so I think labelling the tapes and logging our clips more carefully, so I would of changed that if I could. I also would of done a little more camera work and editing but overall I think the piece looks very professional and I'm really happy with the way our group worked together.

Lidl Love

So Lidl Love is finally finished. I'm happy with my final piece and really enjoyed filming with my Nan and Grandad. Because they were a little uneasy behind the camera at times I decided to leave it rolling in between takes, getting some really good outtakes. And they were so funny and I think portrayed my Nan and Grandad's relationship more than the actual 3 minute film that I decided to include them at the end which they were happy for me to do.

I had a few problems when shooting ( mainly them starring into the camera lens!! ) for example I wanted some shots of their lovely garden and my Grandad watering the flowers for cut aways but unfortunately some neighbours from up the street were very noisy so I couldn't use some of the footage. And although I did pick this up on the sound it was impossible to get them to be quiet so I just had to do the best I could with what I had. Another thing I think I needed to do was to shoot the cutaways for a longer period of time. For example shots of the flowers etc I didn't shoot for long enough so tried to slow them down on Final Cut but this can ruin the quality and make them look jumpy and uneasy on the eye. Another problem was lighting; as I filmed in the kitchen the light from outside appears to change the darkness of the picture as the sun goes in and out of the clouds. It's not a major problem and can be solved by colour correction on Final Cut. However I don't want to do too much to it because I don't want it to look unnatural.

But other than those few minor problems I really enjoyed making the project and am happy with my final piece.

Lighting Demo

I attended a lighting demo over the Easter break so thought I'd put up a few pictures from the day. I really enjoyed the demo because it was hands on and we were taught how to put up the lights and pack them back away as well as how to position them. We also were taught about 2 point lighting in which 2 lights are placed on the subject at different angles. This creates a shadow so depending on what kind of look you're going for usually a 3rd light is added, a key light, which fills the background. Or another way to fill the background would be to use a spot light which has a kind of iris which you can adjust to make the background look more interesting.

As well as the lighting demo I also attended a grip demo. Although we don't necessarily need the grip equipment just yet, I thought it would be a good idea to get a head start. This was also really hands on and we were able to set up the equipment, experiment with it, and then pack it away again. This will be useful for future film projects next year.

A day shooting with the Green Gagers

We were all out shooting on the 7Th and had a really productive day. Due to our previous error not recording sound during cutaways, we managed to re-shoot all of these and more. We also had our interview with Don Foster local Lib Dem at his office in Bath. This went really well and he gave some really good answers on advice and the future of Bath and Britain as a whole during this recession. The office wasn't that big but we managed to shoot the whole interview first just with Don Foster in the shot, and then after shooting the noddies and over the shoulder shots as we didn't have 2 Z1's. Although having booked a lighting demo for the group we unfortunately couldn't get in on it until after the interview, but the office was OK for light and after adjusting the iris and other settings on the Z1 we managed to bring the level up a bit. Don was very welcoming and although being in a rush and very busy still took the time out for us and wished us the best of luck for our documentary. I also remembered to make he had filled out all of the appropriate paperwork such as release forms and location agreements as this is important for our portfolio. Here are some other pictures from the day.

G.G.E

So with the 6th May looming Green Gage Entertainment are so far on track to hit the deadline. We have cutaways,an IV with Rob Mear's and are due to shoot IV with Don Foster local Lib Dem tomorrow which should give us some good material to use. We just need to sort montages of newspapers which we already have, and archive which is prooving to be a bit of a tough cookie to find. After that all that needs to be done is the recording of the VO.

The only real hiccup we have had so far is that we unfortunately forgot to record sound on some of our cutaways and shots of myself walking in and out of shot, figuring they would only be cutaways we completly forgot about sound. However we have the Z1 all day tomorrow so will shoot more then to replace the ones we can't use. What ever cutaways or establishing shots you use, you always need atmos, even if it's going to be laid under a VO or music it still needs to be there, and then you have the option to dip it or bring it back up during pauses you may need throughout your piece.

Here are our latest minutes.

Green Gage Entertainment

Meeting Minutes
02/04/09

Hannah,Sean,Rich

This week:

- After realising we hadn’t recorded sound on cutaways we arranged to shoot them again, including Hannah walking through Bath, Hannah walking into Rob Mears IV and out of IV.
- Need to shoot some sort of establishing shot with VO to introduce Hannah and the situation/topic of programme.
- Also need to book possible time in Publishing lab to take pictures of our newspapers to put into Final Cut.
- Need script for VO complete with facts etc. Sort in am of 7th April.



Dates to remember:
- 7th April Don Foster IV at 3.30pm
- 8th April lighting and grip demo for group 10am – 2pm
- 26th April we need a sound sync to hand in to Holly
- 30th April – rough cut
- 6th May – DUE IN 4PM!!!!

Grizzly Man

Grizzly Man (2005) is a documentary that focuses on amateur bear expert Timothy Treadwell. He ventured out to Alaska every year to study and live with the bears. He was killed, along with his girlfriend tragically by a rogue bear in 2003. Werner Herzog obtained the 100 hours of film that Timothy shot whilst out living among the dangerous species and created this documentary with it.

I think it was edited really well. With over 100 hours of footage, cutting it down must of been a very hard task. Some conventions of the documentary I thought were similar to Green Gage Entertainments project. Using archive and experts opinions, in a similar way Grizzly Man used footage of Timothy Treadwell's and then back to IVs with family and people he knew. The documentary built suspense and strangely made me want to see him being eaten at the end? However I was informed there was only an audio recording of this.

The pilot however gave a graphic description of what app reared to be a bear and a rib cage, where Timothy's camp was set up. The pilot would drop Timothy off and pick him every year.

It is evident from the footage that Timothy was suffering from a mental illness. Trying to do 8 takes of one shot, with a bandanna, without a bandanna, with a red hat, with a blue hat. Another part I remember clearly is one in which he begins a normal take, and then slanders the park service and government, stating he is the only one protecting the animals. With the commentary over the top it makes it an analysis of his behaviour. Here's a snippet of the video below. Unfortunately I cannot embed it so here's the link to clip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlqSiP2WIuU&feature=related

Green Gage Entertainment

As Green Gage Entertainment we have decided to make a change on the angle of our documentary. With all the right content and contributors booked, we realised the documentary didn't have an emotional attachment or something to keep the viewer watching.

With that we thought of introducing an emotional story,which would make editing and linking our piece together much easier and flow better. I would be the student who can't get a job, and wants to find out why, so looks to her local MP and other experts to investigate the history of the last recession, the behaviour it caused within the British Society and if it's possible it could all happen again.

Having made this decision we all feel a lot more confident on how the final piece is going to look. Also after re-writing our script we have started to come up with the visuals we want and how the documentary will look from beginning to end.

Meeting Minutes

Green Gage Entertainment

Meeting Minutes
26/03/09

Hannah,Sean,Matt

Changes:

Now thinking about possible emotional personal journey – Hannah?
Raising question will she ever get a job as a student with unemployment hitting 2 million. Would help documentary flow better and make links easier from point to point. For example … I went to visit my local MP to find out what he has to say on the recession and unemployment. Hannah will then do VO’s etc linking the piece together and giving it more of a beginning, middle and end. All agreed on change.

Need:

- Atmos from street scenes.
- Log shots when we are next shooting – someone writes down time codes and description of shot. Next filming time 31st March Rob Mears.
- Music to use: so far, I predict a riot. To use over rioting archive and stills.
- Need to think about new title – discuss Tues.
- Book a lighting demo or everyone to go on – Sean email Karen
- Re – write script.

Green Gage Entertainment

Meeting Minutes

23/03/09

Rich,Hannah,Sean,Matt


What we now have:

- Filming for vox pops and some cut away footage done today. Release forms signed.
Have a few good vox pop answers to our questions and a variety as well. Need to shoot more cutaways on Panasonic – sort Thursday.
- Now have lots of newspaper on articles on unemployment/recession etc to use for cutaways and montages.
- Have questions for Don Foster interview on 7th April.
- Have a rough script of what we want and where. Will wait to see what interviews bring before we re-draft again.
- Some moving footage of riots and problems with recession.

For next week:

- Book all equipment needed for next few interviews.
- Questions for sociology lecture – to do with future of Britain and past recessions causing rioting and violence etc.
- Sort BNP speaker. He wants an audience but not really the angle we want – think about what we’re going to do to get him in a one on one interview.

Green Gage Entertainment

Green Gage Entertainment

Meeting Minutes

19/03/09

Rich,Hannah,Sean


What we need in the next 2 weeks:
-Questions for contributors - Everyone think of for next week.

-Script – We will work on after filming Monday

-Call sheet for filming – Hannah will do for Mondays filming

-Talk to local libraries about archive newspaper articles – Next week

-Check forecast for shooting on Monday – Done

-Print release forms for Monday – Hannah to edit and print

-Call contributors before we see them for the interview – Next week

Z1, Boom microphone and tripod are booked for Monday. Forecast is overcast but hopefully dry.

Montage to music

Here's a montage of images to music done on FCP. We had a screencast from Mike which I found really useful, especially when I couldn't remember how something was done, it was easy to rewind back to the chapter I needed. I chose a song by Moby to put it to because I though it fitted well with the sunset scenes and reflected the calm theme of them.

Green Gage Entertainment

So as you can see below by our minutes of our weekly production meetings, so far so good. We have a list of possible contributors, 2 of which we already have interviews set up for end of March/beginning of April. We also have a planned pre and post production timeline which so far we are sticking to.

Our idea is based around the question are we the British loosing our jobs to foreign immigrants? With a rise in BNP votes it seems more and more people think so as the recession hits Britain hard and unemployment is worse than ever. In 2008 the number of foreign workers went up by over 175,000, are statistics like these helping spark support for the National Front?

Archive footage will show the damaging effects the previous recession had on society and we will also talk to experts in sociology and economics, local lib dems and a member of the BNP to find out their opinion on the future of Britain. We will also be asking the public what they think through the use of vox pops. With narration our documentary will guide the viewer to form their own opinion.

Green Gage Entertainment

Green Gage Entertainment

Meeting Minutes
16/03/09


Rich, Hannah, Sean


Contributors found:

Danny Lake – X Leader of the Youth BNP. Student at Bath Uni.
Email sent: failed – search phonebook.

Nicholas Coombes – Local lib dem
Emailed. He suggested Don Foster – Local Bath MP.

Don Foster: Arranged interview for 07/04/09 3.30 at his office. Need questions.

BNP – emailed

Find a sociologist lecturer in the University for our Expert Interview. Go to reception and ask where they teach and contact details.

Lecturers:
- Professor Rob Mears Head of School Sociology
- Dr Alan Buckingham Sociology
- Dr Andy Smart Sociology
- Ms Rosemary McKechnie Sociology

All emailed today.

Next Monday meet at university 11.00am and drive into Bath to do Vox Pops. Book Z1 this week – Rich. Also visit Library in Bath to look for archive newspapers/ material.

Questions:
1. Do you think migrant workers effect the amount of jobs available to British workers?
2. Do you think Britain’s becoming a more Nationalistic country?


Also shoot cutaways of:
– Walking feet
- People walking through town
-Job Centre
-English flag?

Things to do:
Archive sources for everybody to look at (Sean emailed Matt):

- ITN Source
- BBC Motion Gallery
- CNN Image Source
- Huntley Film Archives

Think about script. Write next week. Also begin to plan production and shooting schedule.

Green Gage Entertainment


Meeting Minutes
12/03/09


Rich,Hannah,Sean,Matt



What’s done today:

- Proposal written

- Pitch is today – also written and allocated who’s to say what.


Meet on 16/03 at library 12pm – sort contributors and archive



Green Gage Entertainment

Meeting Minutes
05/03/09

Rich,Hannah,Sean,Matt


Research found:

Sean – facts and figures – BNP logos we can use in montages
Hannah – news paper articles – “The Polish dream turns sour”
Rich – The Times Online – “Don’t bank on a caring, sharing recession”
Can use as montage or narration material.
Now have:
· employment agencies in Baths contact details
· Our beginning, middle and end
· Our timeline for pre and post production

Need to:

- Call BNP, set up possible interview.
- Hannah + Sean – Find contributors in Bristol
- Rich + Matt – “ “ in Bath
- Figures on people coming in and out of the country
- Job numbers/ unemployment numbers
- Facts and Figures on other countries such as France etc
- BNP – their policy
- Archive of riots in last recession and old newspapers

Jobs:

Sean – riot archive
Matt – recent news footage on recession/employment
Rich – facts and figures/ contributors
Hannah – newspaper archive


Green Gage Entertainment


Meeting Minutes
25/02/09

Rich,Hannah,Sean,Matt


Research found:

-Article by Nick Lowles questioning If the recession is good news or the BNP.
-Trevor Phillips on how Britain could return to racism as the recession bites.
-Tyrone Times on more local fears of racism returning due to recession.
-Archive news articles from the BBC ‘ON THIS DAY’ online, about riots in 1977.
-More from BBC ‘ON THIS DAY’ online, teachers dies in riots.
-Article from the Guardian on La Pen’s National Front selling headquarters to a Chinese university.

Need to research now interviewees, archive footage, facts and figures, newspaper articles and decide on beginning middle and end.

Could possibly begin with archive and the comparison of the riots in the 1970’s to the riots happening again today. Also interviews with experts or local job centre owners/workers.


For next week:

All watch ‘The History o Nightmares’ 3 part series on Channel4.com. Look at structure, use of narration and archive footage.
Jobs to do:
Interviewees and contacts to speak to – Hannah
Facts, figures and archive – Sean
Story, beginning middle and end – Rich
More research and contacts – Matt

Also think about our timeline. How long for research? Shooting? Editing?

Next meeting: Thursday 5th March, 9am, Students Union.


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Meeting Minutes
19/02/09

Matt,Rich,Hannah,Sean


Possible ideas for documentary:

Accents – Regional accents – why do we have them?
Tattoos and piercing – what pitch or angle?
The homeless in Bath – homeless man kicked out of Bath
Unemployment - recession
Politics
Observational style doc – Alzheimer’s, anorexia, diabetes, OCD, disability



Final idea:

Unemployment

Could compare to past – the 70’s
National front
Older generations – their experiences of the recession – unemployment back then
Job centres – debate with Polish workers
Big companies going into recession – Zavvi
BNP – protests – would be good to film and interview.

For next week:

Everyone research Nationalist front, BNP and the future of employment. See what everyone comes back with at next meeting. Collect resources – newspaper clippings website links etc.

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Meeting Minutes
12/02/09

Rich,Hannah,Sean


Roles for the team:

Rich – Producer/director/camera assistant/production manager

Hannah – Researcher/AP/head production manager

Sean – Sound recordist/assistant editor/assistant production manager

Matt – Editor/camera man/assistant production manager


For next week:

Everyone think of ideas for documentary. Watch documentaries or influence, read papers internet etc. Meet up on Thursday 10am at library to discuss ideas.

Sean or Hannah to inform Matt about what is needed to be done.