Hi All,
The pulse has started again for our project...:-)
Just a quick recap on what was discussed in the Skype meeting:
Filming Schedule:
Saturday: Libby on farm, focusing on pre-production...meeting people, sourcing good shot locations
Sunday: Libby & Tom on farm, really focusing on getting loads of face interviews, action shots
Monday: Libby, Ellie & Zadrian on farm, focusing on getting landscape, animals and action shots
Libby will act as main point of contact for this weekend's filming as the farm people are most familiar with her.
Important tidbits to remember:
Logging:
1. It's important that since we will have so much footage coming in to ensure that all tapes are labeled with date as well (Tape 1, Tape 2, Tape 3, etc.)
2. For each filming day, one person should be in charge of keeping a chronological log of what is being filmed (brief synopsis) and the full names of interviewees.
3. At the end of each filming day while everything is fresh, if logs can be typed and organized and submitted to Tom it will make the whole process organized when we get to the edit room.
*This will make post-production much easier.
Filming Children:
1. Overview shots are okay.
2. Get approval from parents for close-ups shots.
Also, Libby purchased 3 tapes today, will need to work out reimbursement and how many more tapes we need. Will have a better idea after this weekend's filming.
Other Updates:
1. Libby made an amazing contact with Rankin!!! Sent questions to him, etc. and visited gallery. Art section coming along nicely.
2. Ellie has had trouble contacting someone with regards to the food section, but plans to visit in person. Focus might revolve around organic, eco-friendly to tie in with the farm. She will bring further research on Monday.
Monday Dinner:
Libby will finalize time for dinner after filming on Sunday. Dinner will follow filming on Monday at Pizza Express.
1. This meeting will be an important creative meeting as we finalize name of magazine and select a tentative layout. Please bring all final ideas to be discussed.
2. Bring any section ideas, etc. as well.
Enjoy the last few days off.
~Zadrian Smith
Monday, 2 May 2011
Wednesday, 30 March 2011
Plan of Action
Firstly to sum up the progression made today:
Alexia's Feedback
Of our three ideas the urban vs rural idea was by far the most popular, however Alexia was keen for us not to separate the two sides too much; our magazine still needs to be a true reflection of Kentish Town.
With this in mind we have come up with the idea of creating a standalone magazine about Kentish Town that has an urban feel with a pull out magazine reflecting its urban side in the centre. This shows the way in which Kentish Town is a pocket of calm within a big city and how the rural elements of the place sit alongside its urban nature. Initial ideas have the pull out magazine being around A5 in size, rustic, organic looking and very 'rural' in feel, with the urban magazine being around A4 with a much more modern visual identity.
Alexia also brought up the idea of TEXTURE being important and using texture in our magazine to reflect the feel of Kentish Town. Further research needs to be done into the practicalities of this and an idea of interactivity but of a professional (and affordable) nature.
Name ideas
We are still searching for a name and thought about the idea of two things working together and the idea of one thing within another.
This in mind I liked the idea of something along the lines of 'bread and butter' - two things that need each other in this way. Perhaps it could be two things that you wouldn't necessarily think to put together (e.g peanut butter and jam) but that work and are well known. The main magazine would then be called the first thing and the smaller magazine the second. If it's a foodstuff it needs to be something traditionally British.
I'm not suggesting we use these but here are some ideas to demonstrate the idea:
- Toast and Jam
-Mash and Gravy (thought Gravy would work particualry well for the rural magazine)
- Beans and Toast (or Toast and Beans)
- Pepper and Salt <-------- Thought it would be interesting to switch around a well known phrase to show how the mix of urban and rural is unexpected but still works. You don't expect to hear pepper and salt - the natural order would be salt and pepper - yet it still makes sense because you know that pepper and salt go together)
- something and Spuds
- Apples and Oranges / Oranges and Lemons
- Marmalade and Jam (different but the same...)
... ok so I can't think of any more right now but will keep thinking and please do too!
Content Ideas
Everyone has been allocated different sections to cover, that will fit into either urban or rural:
The sections are as follows:
URBAN:
Music / Talent
Fashion
Art
A day in the life
RURAL:
Food
Pubs
Life: A day in the life (of someone who works at the farm)
Religion
ELLIE: Rural, FOOD - focusing on wholefoods, organic etc. Interview deli / restaurant owners?
Rural, Fitness - review of a Gypsy belly dancing lesson!
TOM: Urban, Music: find up and coming talent in Kentish Town, bands based in the area? Recording studios?
Rural, Pubs: Do a pub crawl with friends - write up your experience - about the stories, the atmosphere, the people etc
Urban, Celebs: to contact celebs that live in Kentish Town to try and get a '20 seconds with' interview
ZADRIAN:Urban, Fashion: to focus on the tailor's and the womenswear shop
Rural, Religion: to talk about the role of the church within the community
LIBBY: Urban, Art: to contact the galleries / interview the artists in Kentish Town
Rural, A day in the life of the farm
Other page ideas:
A day in the life - for each section (urban and rural) I would like to have few 'A Day in the Life's which we can split amongst us - I will assign these at a later date but if in your research you find someone interesting who would make a good candidate, let me know
Shopping page - the weird and wonderful things you can buy in Kentish Town,
Contact details for all businesses mentioned
To be assigned at a a later date
Editorial ideas:
Urban - using clothes from the womenswear shop Zadrian found - either style ourselves or get them to style an outfit / outfits to show how they view fashion and to reflect the fashion of Kentish Town.
Architecture
Rural - a photoshoot on the farm combining high end, urban clothing with the farmyard surroundings. e.g a man in a suit shovelling manure, stilettoes on cobbles etc
At a nearer date Zadrian to organise clothes and models.
Magazine Plan of Action
In the handbook it says drafts of our pieces need to be all finished by the 9TH OF MAY
I know this is unrealistic as some of us are away over Easter, but that first week back (commencing the 3rd of May) I would like to see from you all a detailed plan of your pieces. By that stage if you haven't managed to conduct any interviews you may need for your piece you should at least have chosen and contacted your interviewees.
In the meantime it would be great if everyone could continue researching their specific areas - keep in touch with me if you have any queries about what you're doing / to pass ideas by me as well as keeping your brains ticking over name ideas for the magazine.
By the time we come back after Easter I will also have made a rough flat plan to show to Alexia.
Also when we come back we need to be able to discuss the visual identity of the magazine so between now and then if everyone could collect any imagery that relates to the look we want - pages from magazines and digital images but if everyone could have at least something to contribute to a group folder of inspiration.
Broadcast Plan of Action:
I will be borrowing a camera and tripod all throughout the Easter holidays. Tom and I will go to the farm on Saturday the 9th of April to do some initial filming.
Then we will all meet there on the weekend of the 30th of May to film May Day. This will be an early start but I will let you know the times soon.
Also today Annie recommended a link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/8411746/Kate-Humble-countryside-walks-should-be-mandatory.html
Please look at it as it is very relevant. I am going to try and contact Kate Humble to feature her in our programme as I think what we are doing is so relevant to her.
Summary of what everyone should be doing:
- keep thinking of magazine name ideas
- detailed drafts including details of either conducted or scheduled interviews to be given to Libby week of the 1st of May
- Tom and Libby to film Saturday 9th of April
- Everyone to film Saturday, Sunday (and Friday??) of the 30th and 31st of April
- Everyone to find sources of visual inspiration to hand to Libby week of the 1st of May to put into a group inspiration folder
- Keep in contact with me about the progression of your ideas
Hope this is all clear. :)
Libby
Alexia's Feedback
Of our three ideas the urban vs rural idea was by far the most popular, however Alexia was keen for us not to separate the two sides too much; our magazine still needs to be a true reflection of Kentish Town.
With this in mind we have come up with the idea of creating a standalone magazine about Kentish Town that has an urban feel with a pull out magazine reflecting its urban side in the centre. This shows the way in which Kentish Town is a pocket of calm within a big city and how the rural elements of the place sit alongside its urban nature. Initial ideas have the pull out magazine being around A5 in size, rustic, organic looking and very 'rural' in feel, with the urban magazine being around A4 with a much more modern visual identity.
Alexia also brought up the idea of TEXTURE being important and using texture in our magazine to reflect the feel of Kentish Town. Further research needs to be done into the practicalities of this and an idea of interactivity but of a professional (and affordable) nature.
Name ideas
We are still searching for a name and thought about the idea of two things working together and the idea of one thing within another.
This in mind I liked the idea of something along the lines of 'bread and butter' - two things that need each other in this way. Perhaps it could be two things that you wouldn't necessarily think to put together (e.g peanut butter and jam) but that work and are well known. The main magazine would then be called the first thing and the smaller magazine the second. If it's a foodstuff it needs to be something traditionally British.
I'm not suggesting we use these but here are some ideas to demonstrate the idea:
- Toast and Jam
-Mash and Gravy (thought Gravy would work particualry well for the rural magazine)
- Beans and Toast (or Toast and Beans)
- Pepper and Salt <-------- Thought it would be interesting to switch around a well known phrase to show how the mix of urban and rural is unexpected but still works. You don't expect to hear pepper and salt - the natural order would be salt and pepper - yet it still makes sense because you know that pepper and salt go together)
- something and Spuds
- Apples and Oranges / Oranges and Lemons
- Marmalade and Jam (different but the same...)
... ok so I can't think of any more right now but will keep thinking and please do too!
Content Ideas
Everyone has been allocated different sections to cover, that will fit into either urban or rural:
The sections are as follows:
URBAN:
Music / Talent
Fashion
Art
A day in the life
RURAL:
Food
Pubs
Life: A day in the life (of someone who works at the farm)
Religion
ELLIE: Rural, FOOD - focusing on wholefoods, organic etc. Interview deli / restaurant owners?
Rural, Fitness - review of a Gypsy belly dancing lesson!
TOM: Urban, Music: find up and coming talent in Kentish Town, bands based in the area? Recording studios?
Rural, Pubs: Do a pub crawl with friends - write up your experience - about the stories, the atmosphere, the people etc
Urban, Celebs: to contact celebs that live in Kentish Town to try and get a '20 seconds with' interview
ZADRIAN:Urban, Fashion: to focus on the tailor's and the womenswear shop
Rural, Religion: to talk about the role of the church within the community
LIBBY: Urban, Art: to contact the galleries / interview the artists in Kentish Town
Rural, A day in the life of the farm
Other page ideas:
A day in the life - for each section (urban and rural) I would like to have few 'A Day in the Life's which we can split amongst us - I will assign these at a later date but if in your research you find someone interesting who would make a good candidate, let me know
Shopping page - the weird and wonderful things you can buy in Kentish Town,
Contact details for all businesses mentioned
To be assigned at a a later date
Editorial ideas:
Urban - using clothes from the womenswear shop Zadrian found - either style ourselves or get them to style an outfit / outfits to show how they view fashion and to reflect the fashion of Kentish Town.
Architecture
Rural - a photoshoot on the farm combining high end, urban clothing with the farmyard surroundings. e.g a man in a suit shovelling manure, stilettoes on cobbles etc
At a nearer date Zadrian to organise clothes and models.
Magazine Plan of Action
In the handbook it says drafts of our pieces need to be all finished by the 9TH OF MAY
I know this is unrealistic as some of us are away over Easter, but that first week back (commencing the 3rd of May) I would like to see from you all a detailed plan of your pieces. By that stage if you haven't managed to conduct any interviews you may need for your piece you should at least have chosen and contacted your interviewees.
In the meantime it would be great if everyone could continue researching their specific areas - keep in touch with me if you have any queries about what you're doing / to pass ideas by me as well as keeping your brains ticking over name ideas for the magazine.
By the time we come back after Easter I will also have made a rough flat plan to show to Alexia.
Also when we come back we need to be able to discuss the visual identity of the magazine so between now and then if everyone could collect any imagery that relates to the look we want - pages from magazines and digital images but if everyone could have at least something to contribute to a group folder of inspiration.
Broadcast Plan of Action:
I will be borrowing a camera and tripod all throughout the Easter holidays. Tom and I will go to the farm on Saturday the 9th of April to do some initial filming.
Then we will all meet there on the weekend of the 30th of May to film May Day. This will be an early start but I will let you know the times soon.
Also today Annie recommended a link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/8411746/Kate-Humble-countryside-walks-should-be-mandatory.html
Please look at it as it is very relevant. I am going to try and contact Kate Humble to feature her in our programme as I think what we are doing is so relevant to her.
Summary of what everyone should be doing:
- keep thinking of magazine name ideas
- detailed drafts including details of either conducted or scheduled interviews to be given to Libby week of the 1st of May
- Tom and Libby to film Saturday 9th of April
- Everyone to film Saturday, Sunday (and Friday??) of the 30th and 31st of April
- Everyone to find sources of visual inspiration to hand to Libby week of the 1st of May to put into a group inspiration folder
- Keep in contact with me about the progression of your ideas
Hope this is all clear. :)
Libby
Tuesday, 29 March 2011
Concept Meeting, Kentish Town, 25/3/2011
Hey everyone! So this is a round up of everything we discussed today, and follow up tasks to complete. I've started with some external information on our Easter Plans!
Easter Plans:
Zadrian: In South America all holiday!
Ellie: Is home, but can come back to London at weekends if needed.
Libby: Work experience for the first two weeks, then home.
Tom: Leaves mid-holiday.
Agreed return weekend: Saturday the 29th- 2nd of May
BROADCAST
Easter Plans:
Zadrian: In South America all holiday!
Ellie: Is home, but can come back to London at weekends if needed.
Libby: Work experience for the first two weeks, then home.
Tom: Leaves mid-holiday.
Agreed return weekend: Saturday the 29th- 2nd of May
BROADCAST
- The farm is very much on board
- 8-10 days of full filming
- The project has been around since the 1970's (so over 30 years)
- Started as a community project, and now the concept has been carried out across the UK
- Gardens came first, then animals
- People live in flats next to the farm are often volunteers/workers. Surrounded by flats. Two train lines.
- Volunteers from homeless and mental health charities
- school trips- heavily involves young children who often don't want to leave
- Interest in community projects of this nature is becoming more frequent. Rise of organic farming.
- The farm does not sell any produce made, 'farm' its animals and is a donation based organization
- 15 plots- owned by families, organizations and charities
- Recently received a grant
- Very organized, has a 99 year lease!
- Educational- children from the inner city, builds confidence, non restricting
- summers and weekends are busiest
- MAY DAY CELEBRATIONS
- The idea of a double life.
- Start at the May Day. Build up to Summer Projects.
MAGAZINE
- focus on community
- editors letters
- village
- tree branches, mixing elements- origins (Sainsburies!), food (deli's, multi-cultural), home grown talent (music and artists) sports (hot yoga, belly dancing), community (farm)
- Many stories which interlink- central link?
- Rustic, organic
- Seeds- present in a seed packet, give away seeds? "Build the next village"
- It started with... (Ed letter)
- Community, seedling
- Harmonious, out of the ordinary but perfectly fitting
- Adverts- local companies, the farm- giving back to the community
PRESENTATION/PITCH
- Sum up concept meeting
- community- but not tacky/touristy
- the village- 1 town, many communities, many stories
- Out of place
- Off the beaten track
TO DO:
- Contact 3xM and then lecturers
- Pitch magazine ideas
- Meet again to finalize ideas
- PERHAPS come up with article ideas to research and draft over the Easter
- Begin building "THE BOOK". Who will keep the book?
Hope your all well. We had an incredibly productive day, and lets work towards getting final ideas by the end of the week.
E
Wednesday, 23 March 2011
Broadcast Pitch Review
So what did we learn from today's pitch?
- focus on the gritty reality, make the documentary honest and thorough
- however, if we feel that the farm needs more promotion then try to show this
- find individual character to focus the story and give it direction
- juxtaposition- city child on the farm
- make a story by building up to an event
- why did the farm come about? meet the owner. what does a farm in inner city London represent?
Hope you're all well.
Ellie
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
Meeting Minutes: 22 March 2011
Creative Team Meeting Agenda
22 March 2011
8:00PM via Skype
Meeting Minutes
Broadcast Concept Idea:
· Producer: Tom Williams
· Public Relations: Libby coordinating relationship with the farm and the broadcast team.
· City Team: Zadrian interested in heading up this team as Assistant Producer.
- Priority: Farm vs. City Life
- A documentary that will focus on juxtaposing a character on the farm and in the city. Tom will have a link to a documentary about a French school to use for reference. The broadcast team will split into two teams, a farm team and city team with Tom as Producer, the unifying link.
- 2nd Priority: Farm vs. City Life with Presenter
- Presenting the same idea as the priority concept, but adding in a presenter. However, the group discussed that using a presenter takes away from the essence of the documentary. Let the story tell itself.
- 3rd Priority: Farm (Longer)
- This concept will focus solely on the farm, maybe a day, week, or month in the life of the farm. No presenter.
Documentary Style: Fly on the Wall
Proposed Channel to Air: Channel 4
Presentation Layout: 23 March 2011
- Libby presents idea.
- Tom to expand on idea.
- Zadrian prepared to back up by controlling images on blog and presenting secondary ideas on the blog if necessary.
Magazine Concept:
- Libby discussed the next step for the editorial team is to develop a coherent theme. This way over spring break everyone can focus on a section and begin to build their section to contribute to the overall theme/concept of the magazine.
- The next step is for the team to visit Kentish Town together on either 28 March, Monday or March 29, Tuesday. The team will decide on three preliminary ideas to present to Alexia for March 30, Wednesday.
Will discuss what day/time works best for everyone on Monday or Tuesday and finalize date ASAP.
Organic Kentish
Hey everyone. I took a lovely trip up into Kentish Town today, it was all lovely and sunny! I have visited the area before as I only live around the corner in Camden Town. Just a quick mention though, that if we ever need a HQ my flat could be an appropriate meeting place, my bedroom is rather large so could be handy for us to use!
The first thing I noticed when arriving in Kentish was the hustle and bustle of the streets. I felt as if I was being poked and pulled left right and centre with all the goings on. There were lots of different smells and sights around the main road in Kentish, ranging from the massive fruit and veg stall to the small coffee cart just to the right of the station. I popped into a few shops such as the wonderfully organic 'Earth Store' where I cheekily purchased some wonderful juices and seeds. (Health Kick with me Tom Williams)
The whole feel of Kentish Town felt raw and I felt as if I could pick the whole place up and place it into the rural countryside of Yorkshire. Who would of thought somewhere in the grey city which we call London could feel so rural? The whole mix of café's and pubs all felt so homely and welcoming. A humble slice of the country in a big concrete city. Its a lovely thought that someone could move to London from somewhere more rural and still feel at home in Kentish Town.
I have already started to think of the creative aspects of our magazine and website and so forth. I do love the idea of the whole magazine being ethic and organic yet still very charismatic to look at. The character idea sounds fantastic we just need to find something or some influence on how these characters should look and the style in which we design them. I keep having the idea of the whole magazine being constructed from recyclable materials (the paper itself could look very aesthetic) yet retain a very arty/artesian look. However obviously all ideas are very primitive at the moment, still have lots of time to finalise these things.
When it does come to the concept of the magazines look I would prefer if we all met in person rather than on-line, the design will obviously have to be very hands on.
To summarise Kentish Town felt very organic and fresh and this was a different side to London to any I had experienced before. Go North London!!
Tom Williams
The first thing I noticed when arriving in Kentish was the hustle and bustle of the streets. I felt as if I was being poked and pulled left right and centre with all the goings on. There were lots of different smells and sights around the main road in Kentish, ranging from the massive fruit and veg stall to the small coffee cart just to the right of the station. I popped into a few shops such as the wonderfully organic 'Earth Store' where I cheekily purchased some wonderful juices and seeds. (Health Kick with me Tom Williams)
The whole feel of Kentish Town felt raw and I felt as if I could pick the whole place up and place it into the rural countryside of Yorkshire. Who would of thought somewhere in the grey city which we call London could feel so rural? The whole mix of café's and pubs all felt so homely and welcoming. A humble slice of the country in a big concrete city. Its a lovely thought that someone could move to London from somewhere more rural and still feel at home in Kentish Town.
I have already started to think of the creative aspects of our magazine and website and so forth. I do love the idea of the whole magazine being ethic and organic yet still very charismatic to look at. The character idea sounds fantastic we just need to find something or some influence on how these characters should look and the style in which we design them. I keep having the idea of the whole magazine being constructed from recyclable materials (the paper itself could look very aesthetic) yet retain a very arty/artesian look. However obviously all ideas are very primitive at the moment, still have lots of time to finalise these things.
When it does come to the concept of the magazines look I would prefer if we all met in person rather than on-line, the design will obviously have to be very hands on.
To summarise Kentish Town felt very organic and fresh and this was a different side to London to any I had experienced before. Go North London!!
Tom Williams
Creative Meeting Agenda: 22 March 2011
Creative Team Meeting Agenda
22 March 2011
8:00PM via Skype
Review of Roles/Responsibilities: Managing Editor, Zadrian Smith
Presentation of Ideas for Broadcast:
· Editor in Chief: Libby Page
· Creative Director: Tom Williams
· Managing Editor: Zadrian Smith
· Features Editor: Zadrian Smith on Behalf of Ellie Mathews
*At this point I have only received Skype addresses from the team members aforementioned which is why they are included on the agenda.
Discussion on All Ideas Presented: Creative Team
Selection of Top 3 Ideas: Creative Team
Outline Presentation for Broadcast: Creative Team
Preliminary Discussion on Magazine Ideas: Creative Team
Schedule Next Meeting to: Creative Team
· Visit Kentish Town for Further Research
· Finalize Top 3 Ideas for Magazine
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