Today’s journey
1) We all got to
the train station on time after taking out the equipment early that day.
2) We got the taxi
to Norris Green.
3) After a 15
minute journey to the youth centre in Norris Green we have met Barry Kushner,
he was very polite and he came in about 10 minutes after we have arrives which
was convenient because we had to set up our equipment. We also took a little
time choosing which room was best to film and which one had the most light
since during the prior interview we had a set of lights and this time there
wasn’t enough people to carry a very heavy bag along with our other equipment. This
time we took out one of the bigger cameras XF100 which was much better at
dealing with little light availability then the Canon 60D. The interview went
smoothly, Jake was the one delivering the questions and Barry responded to them
very formally. I expected him to be more involved with the community and know
the people from the estates better, there is about 30 minutes worth of footage
and we should be able to pick something that will fit with the story I am trying
to tell which is how winning the capital of culture has effected the centre of
Liverpool but didn’t help the deprived areas yet there are people that are
there to help the less fortunate like the couple that we were lucky to
interview.
4) After the
interview Barry took us around the area where the houses were being built and
in some areas there were people already moved in with their families which was
nice to see. He took us around telling us about the history of the place and
how he helped to put things in place so the regeneration was possible.
He showed us where Bowler green was where the kids from the exhibition talked and made art about. This was the place that they spent some of their time. It was just a field with a grey fence around it but it was very nice to see that it was clean. We have filmed there for a while matching some of the images we saw in the gallery. This place looked much better then what we heard from both of our interviewees but I can also relate the fact that we were there during the day and not in the afternoon when kids get home or night when the teenagers emerge.
He showed us where Bowler green was where the kids from the exhibition talked and made art about. This was the place that they spent some of their time. It was just a field with a grey fence around it but it was very nice to see that it was clean. We have filmed there for a while matching some of the images we saw in the gallery. This place looked much better then what we heard from both of our interviewees but I can also relate the fact that we were there during the day and not in the afternoon when kids get home or night when the teenagers emerge.
5) Afterwards we
went to visit St Teresa but we were greeted with a funeral.
6) We went to the
Liverpool Cathedral in which we filmed and recorded ‘atmos’ sound. This is
because the art was oriented around the St Teresa and the graveyard near by
which we were not able to get to today. This meant that we could try and
recreate some of the shots and give it a similar feel. We also went to a near
by graveyard in hope that it may be useful in our film. We didn’t spend that
much time there as we wanted to film the centre of the city.
7) Taxi failed us.
We have waited for over 45 minutes for a taxi and it didn’t turn up and after
calling another company that taxi go to us within 10 minutes. We were not able
to get any shots in centre of town before the sun set because of this mishap.
This was very unlucky but I think we have enough shots in the other three
locations to cover much of what we were missing in our documentary.
8) We filmed some
of the city centre after the sun set, it was not too dark but I think it may
not fit with the rest of the footage as everything else has been filmed during
the day.
9) Food
10) Train back.
Over all I am happy with today.
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