05 June 2011
Lights, Camera, Action!
07/Jun/11 15:48 Filed in: Quest
Contacted Simon the Distribution Manager at the Cement Works, but he hasn't heard back from his PR Dept. Drat I was hoping we would set off there this week. Does this mean that rabbits and cement and young lads don't mix? Not to be deterred decided to contact the army instead. Chatted with a very nice army lady in Salisbury called Lisa said she could arrange for a very nice young chap to come and talk PR Army with the lads. Oh no, I cried, it is not that which is required, there is a rabbit and a clown involved here. I explained what had been going on and she started to giggle, I am going to ask around she said and see if I can make something happen. What exactly do you envisage she said. Well, I explained, the lads had talked initially in the ideas session about the rabbit going on a journey, but also discussed the work their parents did. I am sure someone said his dad repaired tanks, so I confided in her that I am convinced that this has to feature. So, I requested Tidworth plains, some soldiers and a tank, hopefully by this Thursday. Fingers crossed. I have been puzzling about how to bring the two groups together of 1 & 2, or is that necessary at this stage or ever at all? Gregory now has his own webpage on Facebook, thanks to Ali, which the lads have commented towards. Hang on I thought, who is in charge of what, creatively, planning wise, ownership, etc, and how are we going to steer this process of experience and adventure into a cohesive learning experience that the rest of the world may want to share at some point, but will they ever understand? The Innovation Fund man is coming this Thursday and I must look like I know what I am doing, but Heather is confident we can stump up a plan to take over the world. Gulp. Meanwhile, Madeleine has agreed to come and play too (be our photographic assistant), whilst on reflection I realise that we have created a collective creative response, and what am I doing worrying about how are we going to bring it all together. This middle bit in the process is obviously more questions than answers. H has also organised an amazing opportunity for 5 students to visit the BBC in London for Camera, Lights, Action workshop, which she suggests I could sneak into.... Oh well, the new art form is Participative Video apparently, so now I know what it is called I can relax. But, come Thursday, a mini bus, a teacher's and photographer's assistant, an artist and a set of lads and nowhere planned to go...hopefully something will happen, because I can't face another one of those think tank sessions which gave me a headache and I don't think we are ready yet to commit to a sea of Macs to edit narratives. No, we still must be ever ready for Lights, Camera and ACTION!