Today was the final day of FMP, so I left the editors to finish off editing while I put together all the work the group needed, this was:
1) Contact Details of everyone we used
2) Schedule of the whole of FMP
3) Logistics page
4) Documentary shot list - I wasnt meant to do this but I ended uo doing it
5)Location Recce
And I also finished off my documentary evaluation, so today was a productive day and everyone got their work in so i would say it was a success!!
Thursday, 1 July 2010
25th May 2010
We had our last chance to interview someone from Upskill again today so I drove down to Derby again to meet the other owner of Upskill Frank Dunne, who is a twin of Mick. This was probably the best interview of the lot as they gave us a lot of time to set up the equipment and get the sound working and the shit ready.
Frank gave us very good answers and they were the sort we desperately needed for the documentary so we were extremly pleased!
Also they let us go back to the construction site so we could do some cutaway shots of the place as we didnt get to first time round.
Frank gave us very good answers and they were the sort we desperately needed for the documentary so we were extremly pleased!
Also they let us go back to the construction site so we could do some cutaway shots of the place as we didnt get to first time round.
21st May 2010
Today we interviewed our lecturer Joe Hibbert as he used to work with youth offenders and he gave us an insight into the stereotype and how wrong people can be. The interview was extremely helpful and that gave us more valuable footage for our documentary.
10th May 2010
Today we had an interview in Wolverhampton with Pauline Jones who works at Job Centre plus and she told us a little bit about the link between JCP and Carillion, it was sort of a wasted journey as she couldnt really help us with what we were looking for which annoyed myself and Chris Ross as we drove all that way for nothing really, so we decided to not use any of the footage we got from her.
7th May 2010
Today josh, Emily and I went to Derby to film at the company Upskill who specialise in offering courses to youth offenders and help them get qualifications to get jobs. I drove down and although it was hard to find we finally got their.
At the start we interviewed Mick Dunne who co-owns the company with his brother Frank, and we got a good long interview with him, only problem we had was the sound so after he had gone we realised that the microphone cable was no good so we couldnt use any of his footage.
The second interview we had was with one of the course instructors Trevor Wade and he went into detail about his personal feelings about the youths and the course and we got very good footage from him as he really knew what he was talking about.
The final interview was the big one as this was the youth offender called Matt Fretwell, he was very nervous at first so i tried to make him as comfortable as possible and we ended up getting a very good interview with him and some of the stuff he talked about would be perfect for our documentary.
At the start we interviewed Mick Dunne who co-owns the company with his brother Frank, and we got a good long interview with him, only problem we had was the sound so after he had gone we realised that the microphone cable was no good so we couldnt use any of his footage.
The second interview we had was with one of the course instructors Trevor Wade and he went into detail about his personal feelings about the youths and the course and we got very good footage from him as he really knew what he was talking about.
The final interview was the big one as this was the youth offender called Matt Fretwell, he was very nervous at first so i tried to make him as comfortable as possible and we ended up getting a very good interview with him and some of the stuff he talked about would be perfect for our documentary.
6th May 2010
Today we had our first interview with one of our contacts
Anne Mulliner who works at Carillion, came in too talk to us about how Carillion help young offenders and what courses they offer.
I greeted her at the door and tried to make her feel comfortable but she was very confident as she has done this many times and the interview with her was very smooth and went well and i was very happy with the answers she gave and how the footage turned out.
Anne Mulliner who works at Carillion, came in too talk to us about how Carillion help young offenders and what courses they offer.
I greeted her at the door and tried to make her feel comfortable but she was very confident as she has done this many times and the interview with her was very smooth and went well and i was very happy with the answers she gave and how the footage turned out.
27th April 2010
PITCH DAY!!!
I was extremely nervous before our pitch as the group didnt get a practice and i wasnt sure if we were all prepared so i was slightly concerned.
But when we started our pitch it just came together and I feel as a group we did extremely well, I thought I presented myself during the pitch as I knew what i was talking about and I was confident in what I was saying.
the feedback we got from the lecturers was excellent and they said our pitch was the best of the lot and the whole group should be extremely pleased. I was very pleased as i worked really hard to get all our contacts and put the pitch together as the producer so i was extremely happy with the outcome!!
I was extremely nervous before our pitch as the group didnt get a practice and i wasnt sure if we were all prepared so i was slightly concerned.
But when we started our pitch it just came together and I feel as a group we did extremely well, I thought I presented myself during the pitch as I knew what i was talking about and I was confident in what I was saying.
the feedback we got from the lecturers was excellent and they said our pitch was the best of the lot and the whole group should be extremely pleased. I was very pleased as i worked really hard to get all our contacts and put the pitch together as the producer so i was extremely happy with the outcome!!
April 26th 2010
I found today quite annoying as this was the final chance to practice our pitch as we hadn't yet done so and I was keen to get a practice but some of the group didnt turn up to our practice pitch and that made it difficult for myself and other members of the group to practice fully so I wasn't best pleased.
I also got the confirmation from Anne Mulliner that she was free to come to Stratford College whenever we needed her to.
I also got the confirmation from Anne Mulliner that she was free to come to Stratford College whenever we needed her to.
Friday, 30 April 2010
Friday 23rd April
Today for our FMP we were able to get permission to leave early, and go into the radio room and add more to our FMP pitch slide show and presentation. We decided to discuss about what everyone was going to talk about during the pitch, we decided I was going to talk about the things I know about which is our contacts and the company which we are using to help us.
Thursday, 22 April 2010
FMP Documentary, Pitch ideas
Today we didnt really get a chance to talk about it much but I was able to reveal all he contacts I was able to get through someone which would really help us when we needed to film, the company was Carillion, they are a building company and they offer programmes to youth offenders and help them to get jobs and qualifications. I was able to have some initial contact Jobcentre Plus, David Massingham who runs the course SkyBlue and it was looking hopeful that we were not only gonna get an interview with a youth offender but also be able to get behind the scenes at some of the courses that are offered. I was also given a powerpoint presentation about SkyBlue from a contact and I was also given case studies on people who had used the course and benefited from it, but because of confidentality I cannot reveal who the people are and if they were youth offenders or not.
This helped us alot as were able to start out powerpoint which we were going to use in our pitch.
The golden rule 'its what you know but who you know'!
This helped us alot as were able to start out powerpoint which we were going to use in our pitch.
The golden rule 'its what you know but who you know'!
FMP Tues 20th April
Today we had a lesson with Phil Middleham and the groups were telling him there idea, he quite liked our idea but said we needed to choose a certain subject path to go down, he told us about the River House project. We also managed to speak to John Simpson and Tim Losinski about it and they gave us some contact number. We spent some time speaking about the different subejcts and we decided we would look at what courses and programmes are offered to young offenders as we found out youth offender institutes are a dead end and we werent getting anywhere with it. In the second lesson with John Branney we spoke about different types of documentaries before we were aloud to leave and I tried to get into contact with the River House Project and Onley Prison but none of them answered when I rang. So we started to look at plan B.
Monday, 19 April 2010
Pitch Research
Today, we really started to finalise our idea. After being told our orginal idea of visiting a prison and a youth offenders institute looked unlikely, we decided we would take a look at the charities and schemes being offered to recently released offenders and how they help. Joe Hibbert is going to put us into contact with someone he used to work with who works with a company called Soundbase and they are a charity music video making company so hopefully we can arrange a phone interview with him.
We also started our research for the pitch we have to next tuesday, so we started to look at what different local schemes their were around the local area and how many there are around the country, I started to research the young offender institutes and we were going to include all this information in our pitch.
We also started our research for the pitch we have to next tuesday, so we started to look at what different local schemes their were around the local area and how many there are around the country, I started to research the young offender institutes and we were going to include all this information in our pitch.
Friday, 16 April 2010
Start of FMP
Today at college we started to go through our FMP assignment brief with Phil, he was telling us what he thought about our orginal ideas, he wasn't too keen on what we had first thought of, so he mentioned some ideas to us. He said maybe we should do a documentary on the RSC or University/Colleges cutting places.
We werent too keen so we talked to Graham and we agreed that something about young offenders would be a good documentary. Graham said that the SBS part of college has links with young offenders and they offer courses to them such as catering, buliding and engineering.
We liked this idea so we started to look at what ideas we could do. Lisa knew someone who had recently been released from a young offenders institute and we were hoping to get an interview with him. We were also looking into visiting a young offenders institute and a main prison so we could see the differences between them both and hopefully talking to an ex-offender who spent time in both and can tell us the differences between them and how it changed him.
We werent too keen so we talked to Graham and we agreed that something about young offenders would be a good documentary. Graham said that the SBS part of college has links with young offenders and they offer courses to them such as catering, buliding and engineering.
We liked this idea so we started to look at what ideas we could do. Lisa knew someone who had recently been released from a young offenders institute and we were hoping to get an interview with him. We were also looking into visiting a young offenders institute and a main prison so we could see the differences between them both and hopefully talking to an ex-offender who spent time in both and can tell us the differences between them and how it changed him.
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