Nearly there...

The next poetry film is close to the boil. Well I said that on Sunday but then I found something else to put in the pot. Just a few more amendments and edits here and there and it's cooked. Put announcement here so I know I've got to finish it asap this week.

The power of the voice

Week 2 into the Julin Housing film project "The Nine Lives of the Cat". Recording drama and vocal activites reduced shaking in atleast one participant who didn't take their medication. It was noticibly reduced by the fourth and final successful vocal recording.

The Factory

Sunday was spent making a poetry film with Rupert Mallin at the Factory Studios in Norwich. An assortment of found detritus which makes up his poem was used for the filming. No actual toys were hurt in the process. Finding a totally quiet area to record the poem was difficult so we used the outside ambient noise of a Norwich sunday morning as part of the process. Which meant getting the the vocal performance as one take in circumstances. No editing afterwards. Which I like as it captures everything that is human and therefore makes it real. Yes the voice is an instrument in itself. I like using the video camera as a multi media recorder. Audiowise a suitable microphone improves the sound quality from the internal noise of the cameras itself. Lending it to be used as an audio recorder which doesn't taint the audio recording process. Much experimentation was also placed on the visual aspect as well. This poetry film (which is the second one so far) is an ongoing collaborative process. I've just got to get some more footage of drains and such like and then edit it together.

Found internet words

Losing your grip
Why do councils love jargon?
7 days 7 questions

Brain Storming

This workshop was a brain storming session for the participants from the Julian Housing project in Norwich. The individuals helped by the Julian Housing project are people with enduring mental health issues who are supported into appropriate accommodation. In the next six weeks Xenia Horne, Liz and myself are enabling them to make a film and in this first session yesterday they had to decide what their film will be about.