Originally, we were going to use our interview at Tesco for the live piece for this unit, however, after a meeting with Helen, she suggested we find something else. Helen said that there wasn't enough going on with the Tesco piece which would make for an interesting live element in our work. She suggested to find a current event which would show something happening at that moment in time to create a sense of atmosphere. After plenty of research into this, which was quite challenging seeing as it had to be something within the next couple of weeks, we found a stem from Groundwork who are the company which fund several charity events and schemes and have links with Demelza. This provided a great link between our package and the live piece. After looking at their page we decided to give them a call to ask about their 'Kent Sheds' scheme. This is a scheme which has projects all over the UK and aims to provide projects and groups for men as a way of socialising, sharing skills and interests, or just for company. It tends to appeal to men over the age of 55 - some of whom are ex-service men and gives them an exciting new group to socialise in. I spoke to a spokesperson for the company on the phone who told me all about the scheme and some of the local sheds in the area. He suggested a shed in Gravesend. He told me they were currently undergoing a project in boat restoration where the men meet up a few times a week and work in a workshop renewing and repairing old boats. We thought that this sounded like a great scheme as it was a charity based organisation which worked like a support group for older men and gave them a great opportunity to get involved in something with other men in the same position. We felt like this would give us a new angle for the channel as this was focussing on something that was mental health related rather than physical health - something we don't hear enough about. I contacted the organiser for this shed - Ian who said that he would be interested in taking part in an interview with us about the project.We arranged to meet Ian and the other men at the promenade in Gravesend which is where the shed is located. It is a garage space underneath the promenade cafe and was well out of the way of the public. Inside there were small boats set up on work tops to the left and right. We met with Ian in the cafe and he took us to the garage to meet the other men. He told us the group was 10 in numbers, however, only two men were working on them this morning. In terms of the interview, the space was relatively limited, however, we set up the camera in the corner of one of the sections so that we could have Josh (reporter) and Ian in the shot with the men working in the background. Josh and Ian ran through the questions briefly beforehand to give Ian some time to think through his answers - we decided to do this so that Ian would feel more at ease with the interview as we knew we could only shoot it once (twice if very necessary). It worked quite successfully. Ian was a very comfortable speaker and felt at ease with the questions, he was very informative too about the scheme which was very important as this will spread awareness for them. Overall the interview went very smoothly and was very successful with no technical issues.
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