Wednesday November 3rd

Today we started filming at the Unchosen film festival in Bath. We had a scheduled interview with one of the organisers from the Keele leg of the festival, Kelly Prince at about 7pm but Edem, Harry and I decided to get to the Forum for 6pm so that we could film some cut-aways and to make sure everything was set up correctly. I had booked a Sony A1, an external, directional boom mic and a Manfrotto tripod. Esther was unable to be there during the filming but was there at the start to help us organise a room to interview in.

We were a bit worried about background noise from the room next door as musical auditions were being run at the same time. However, we decided to press on and all-in-all we felt like it was a good interview. Harry was on camera, Edem on sound, and I was interviewing.

As we decided that we did not want this to be presenter-led, I asked a series of questions but tried to make sure that Kelly gave full answers. That way it is her giving her full story. Some of the questions I asked were:

• Please give us a brief overview of the Unchosen film festival, the cause, the people involved etc.
• Why a film festival to raise awareness and not a typical fundraiser?
• How long have you been involved?
• What made you decide to get involved?
• What has your role been in the production of the festival?
• What has been the most difficult thing about organising the festival?
• How much funding do you get from sponsors, donations etc
• How much do you depend on volunteers?

Kelly answered the questions brilliantly, she admitted she felt very nervous at first but once she was settled she felt very comfortable and gave us some great answers.

While at the Forum we also met organiser, Trish Davidson and other various volunteers who help run the festival. Trish was very helpful and proposed a date for us to interview her and also said that she would try and organise an interview with director and patron of the festival, Ken Loach. This was very exciting news and would be a great opportunity for all of us.

We then decided to film some cut-away shots of posters, leaflets, the forum itself, inside and outside.

Our next proposed filming date is Wednesday 10th November, starting at 10 am at the Forum to interview Trish and then continuing from about 5pm to film the volunteers setting up.