Contacts Sheet

Crew

Name: Robbie Troth

Role: Director

Contact No.  07805430353

E-mail:  robbietroth@hotmail.com

Name: James Mellors

Role: Producer

Contact No. 07960466322

E-mail: james_mellors@hotmail.co.uk

Name: Christian Slater

Role: Editor

Contact No. 07518177464

E-Mail: chrisslater92@live.co.uk

Name: Jordan Jones

Role: Director Of Photography

Contact No. 07557733802

E-Mail: jonesy0550@msn.com

Name: Zach Atherton-Collins

Role: Sound Recorder/Designer

Contact No.  07780008150

E-mail: zach1993@live.co.uk

Staff

Name: Esther Johnson

Contact No. 0114 225 2676

E-mail: esther.johnson@shu.ac.uk

Name: Deborah Ballin

Contact No. 0114 225 2673

E-mail: d.ballin@shu.ac.uk

Name: Dominic Green

Contact No. 07769 845 826

E-mail: dominic.green@shu.ac.uk

Name: Neil Webb

Contact No. 0114 225 3965

E-mail: n.webb@shu.ac.uk

Liverpool Residential - Documentary Proposal 2

Back up idea

We have been tasked with producing a 5-minute long documentary with the theme of ‘Liverpool Stories’.
Obviously shooting for this piece will take place in Liverpool over the space of two days, the 5^th and 6^th of March.

Liverpool was crowned the European capitol of culture in 2008, we plan on taking advantage of the City with its prestigious reputation and hope to create a piece documenting the finest cultural attractions in the area, ranging from galleries, museums and theaters.

We are currently waiting on hearing from the majority of possible contributors, so far asking establishments such as – Merseyside Maritime Museum, FACT, The World Museum, The Open Eye Gallery.
The Bluecoat Display Centre is the only place so far we’ve heard back from, they have noted we have the freedom to film in the gardens and outside art center and will also be allowed 30 minutes to film inside,  we pushed for longer but due to the changing of exhibitions this is all we’ve been prohibited.
The bluecoat display center is a creative hub of craft and design and has been recognized as a gallery since 1959.

This specific piece’s target audience will be quite broad, ranging from young teenagers to the elderly, being a point of interest for anyone in to general culture to learning about the going’s on in Liverpool and any where in between.
The piece will aim to cover key points in the city’s cultural hot spots, highlighting the history of the place?  What’s going on at the moment? How does it benefit the city and its community? What do the general public think? Etc.

The style the film will be shot like will be that of a conventional short documentary, using interviews, voice-overs, vox pops and interesting shots and angles to keep the viewer attentive.

The soundtrack will be made up of spot effects and an ambient, background track created in garage band with the use of a midi keyboard.
Nothing too heavy, a mellow and melodic track to guide the viewer through the piece.

Cast and crew

Zach Atherton Collins  - Sound Production

Chris Slater – Editor

James Mellors – Producer

 Jordan Jones - Director of Photography

Robbie Troth - Director

Liverpool Residential - Documentary Proposal 1

We plan to make a 5-minute documentary in Liverpool on the 5^th-6^th of March. This pacific piece would be on Thelma Madine who is the dressmaker for ‘My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding’ she has now become well known around Britain and now has quite a big name for herself. The intended audience will be typical documentary lovers who are interested in how people made a name for themselves.

Our goal is to show how different the gypsy dresses are to make in comparison to normal dresses, we want to also become more aware of how she feels in being well known and now a small celebrity, and how complex it is to make and design such a large and well-built dress. The ides first strung to my mind before we had the brief and I realized that it would be a topic a very few majority of people will have knowledge on.

We would like to shoot in Thelma’s dress shop, which is called ‘NicoLiverpool’ I thought it would be a good idea to have her in an interview set up with her dresses in the background, then as she is talking we could then cut to her different dresses and maybe her making a dress if we are lucky enough. I don’t think we plan on using a sound track, but maybe it could be an idea for when she is sowing her dresses. Our group of 5 includes Zach Atherton-Collins who is our cinematographer, Robbie Troth who is our editor, James Mellors who is our Producer, Jordan Jones who is our sound recordist, then myself 

Skateistan: To Live And Skate Kabul by Orlando Von Einsiedel

Skateistan follows a group of young skaters in Afghanistan who run a chartity that operates against the backdrop of war and poverty. The Skateistan charity project is the worlds first co-educational skateboarding school.

The reason I like this documentary and have chosen to write about it is mainly because of how it tackles the issue its focused on. Normally what I think would be a stereotypical documentary of how the war affects the people of Afghanistan would follow a more generic style for the topic it is tackling. I like that it focuses on the issue through skating, its a very unusual thing for a charity to be run through skating, and the fact that Orlando Von Einsiedel plays on this, makes it a very interesting piece.

It conveys the message across though nonetheless, and powerfully too. Some of the vox pops are moving and upsetting. It is beautifully filmed, the colours work well, the landscape shots are appealing but express the poverty of Afghanistan also. The electronic beats go well with the skater theme.

http://vimeo.com/15841377

Pockets by James Lees

This documentary was filmed on the streets of London, and the complete production took 1 month. It entails people showing what is in their pockets, trinkets and objects that are important to them, or show a bit about themselves or what they do.

I like the style of this documentary, because it isn't just interviewing people of what are in their pockets, the way it is put together is a lot more creative. It has the camera set up for a specific close up shot which shows the object and the hand of the person holding it. This is cut up with some of the subjects speaking about their object. Its a nice way to do the documentary, rather than the 'standard' documentary style.

I think that documentary's done in this style are a lot more interesting, I like the creative approach. Obviously some documentary's need a lot of talking because they need to convey information that can't all be explained through imagery. But for a nice simple idea like Pockets, the creative style works well, and I'll take that on board when thinking of ideas for our documentary in Liverpool.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xerafy_pockets-by-james-lees_shortfilms

Sound List

The sounds we need to collect are mainly the everyday things were showing:

Light switch

Kettle switch

Match being struck

tap being turned on

water

phone being picked up

money spinning

paper folding

Atmos tracks.

Shot List

Close Ups

Everyday things such as turning on lights, kettle, picking up the phone etc.

Ice, Water, Flowers

Smoking a ciggarette

oragami shirt


Mid Shots

Lifting weights, candle, flowers.


Wide Angle

Sky (for timelapse)

Oragami man burning