First meet up

For this documentary I will be working with Poppy Stanton and Jonathan Copeman. We agreed to meet up on Monday the 4th of February to discuss ideas.

On the Monday we met up and each pitched an idea each.

Poppy's idea was to do a documentary on the situation of artists now that the arts budget has been cut by the government. though this story got a lot of publicity when the cuts were being made an aftermath has yet to become widespread. After discussing it we felt that though it was an interesting idea finding someone or a multiple of people who were affected in a largely visible way may be difficult and maybe be hard to stretch out to a minimum 5 min length.

Jonathan's idea was to do a documentary about the effects of the sheffield Ski village burning down and how it affects local businesses, skiers and snowboarders. Jonathan already new a professional skier who would be willing to talk to us and get us access to a different ski village. the potential for the great visual shots alone made this a great candidate but my main concern was the health and safety risks of filming in such locations.

My idea was to do a documentary following the SHU drama society from start to finish of getting ready for a production, following them from auditions to rehearsals and the final show. i think it would be a fun and interesting production as the people in front of the camera tend to be very open and not shy. also thanks to weekly rehearsals we would always have something to film and interview about with last few minutes showing highlights of the behind the scenes for extra drama.      

In the end we settled on my idea due to the potential for interesting people and natural times to film. we hope to discuss this idea with Chrissie on Tuesday and see what she thinks.