Meeting 13th February 2013

Minutes for meeting 13^th February 2013

Members Present:

Latoya Wilson

Katie Allen

Adele Morris Robinson

Agenda

1.       Progress so far

2.       Effort towards the project and steps forward

3.       Setting tasks for the week

4.       Meeting with Caroline

5.       Any other business

1.    Progress so far

Latoya went that through the progress that the team has made so far in meetings and tasks that individuals were set. We had a lot of developments in the pre-production process. We talked about contributors, locations, and costumes and looked at the applicants on the Star Now website.

2.    Effort towards project and steps forward

Research has now been posted on the blog. Although it was slow at first we agreed that we would set aside Wednesday for meetings. Thursdays are set aside for individual tasks which include blogging and filming will be for Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. The team talked about logging their individual process in diaries.

3.    Setting tasks for next week

Latoya set tasks for next week. Adele must get some pictures of the locations, and hand in the insurance liability form to the community centre that we have hired for late March. She must also make a start on the audition script. Katie’s role this week is to come up with questions for the survey for market research. Latoya will continue to speak and work with the contributors. She must also print off some of the research to show to Caroline, do a bit of research on counselling and email Sue Heseltine to get her to show us some examples of student work so we know what else we can include in our production portfolio. Everyone must watch one documentary and write a couple notes on it, text each other the documentary that they intend to watch so that two people do not watch the same thing.

4.    Meeting With Caroline

Latoya has contacted Caroline updating her on our progress and asked questions about what else we should include in the production portfolio. She has set up a meeting with her for next Wednesday and had a brief discussion with her after our lecture on Wednesday. She is pleased with our progress and organisation so far.

5.       Any other business

Latoya had a phone call with Joe Jackson, a contributor in which she shed light on the project and what she expected from him. Joe is available to film on a Wednesday afternoon.

Questions involve:

His experience with gangs

How he got into his job

Are there any particular memorable stories to talk about?

What methods does he use when working with gangs?

In the meeting we discussed the kind of questions that we would ask the contributors. Latoya also got in contact with Catch 22, a worker called Lisa Gunn asked to meet us to talk more about the project. Latoya also talked to Michael Brown who agreed to film. The team talked about getting a counsellor or victim/ ex-gang member to talk in our documentary. After thorough browsing on the applicants for the drama segment, we have decided to cast actors in the beginning of March. We also talked about the structure of the documentary in more depth and agreed that each contributor will be given an individual set of questions. The narrator of the documentary may be the lead actress or we will source another person.