Minutes 12/12/11

Present: Ceileidh, Cara, Sanna, Craig, Chloe, Ceidiog, Marjolein, Joe 

Guests: Emma Perring, Lauren Peterson

So as we had special guests at Maddrim this week, we kicked off with the traditional Name and Fact Game, huzzah!  Sadly, the majority of the facts were really REALLY depressing…

Then we moved onto the first item on the agenda, which was the poverty research group and Maddrim’s possible involvement in one of their new projects.  Lauren and Emma outlined their proposal, which is for Maddrim and others in the poverty group to attend two weekend workshops in January and March, and in between these make a film about the poverty research and the case studies, combining elements of drama and retrospective documentary (ooooh).  This will have several benefits to Maddrim, including working with a London-based production company, learning new styles of filming and BECOMING SUPER FAMOUS (I assume) (Well, the film will be shown around Shetland and possibly further a field) (Double OOOH).

One possible downside discussed was that it is a big time commitment, but everyone at the meeting agreed that they would make the time for this project (with the possible exception of Marjolein and Chloe, who may be leaving us in the New Year… WHYYYY). Another downside discussed was that we would not have full creative control.  However, the workshop plans include time to brainstorm ideas for the films, so we should not end up making films we don’t want to.  YAY!

We need to get a number of people definitely interested by Christmas, so remind me to do that!  Joe, Katya or I (me/Cara) will be attending planning meetings with Emma, Lauren and their group, so will keep us updated, and there will be a contract drawn up so we know exactly what we’re doing.

NEXT.  Cara spoke briefly about the Young Scot Handbook, which was given out to all first years last week.  It has a section about Maddrim, and we’ve had one person already ask for more information, hooray for potential new members!  We’ve decided to write back inviting them to the next meeting and to tell them a bit about the current projects.

NEXT.  Marjolein gave us an update on how the Improv Film (working title) is going.  Saturday’s filming went very well, and got Ceileidh out of the cold and hail.  However, there were some problems with the equipment, which hopefully Shetland Arts will sort out.  We will be filming the final scenes on Monday before the Christmas Party, and the schedule looks something like this:

1545 – 1630: Inside the submarine, at Dirk’s house

                                    Main Cast: Chloe or Amy, Sanna

1630 – 1700: Man who is scared of FROOT, Islesburgh somewhere

                                    Main Cast: Joe, Roseanne (as special guest), Cara, Katya

1700 – 1800: Marjolein’s Hour, Islesburgh somewhere

                                    Main Cast: Katya, Ceidiog, Craig

More people are probably needed, but I don’t remember… Marjolein will email out closer to the time!

During this discussion we somehow got sidetracked talking about my acquaintance/friend Stephen, who was voted RTE Guide’s Hottest Male Celebrity and works at RTE, the equivalent of the BBC in Ireland.  Marjolein decided he is ‘not that hot’ and listed WILLEM DAFOE and JACK BLACK in her top five attractive men.  The unanimous decision (maybe?) was that she is weird.  Then Joe steered us back on track using his steering mime, which will totally become a thing.

We accidentally skipped the next two things on the agenda so we could talk about the Christmas Party… so excited! We’re going to play party games and have food and watch a Christmas Film (‘Elf’ not ‘Santa Goes to Court’) and also watch some rough cuts of the films we’ve made since September!  If Cara gets them edited in time… Anyway, 19^th December, after Improv film shoot until 9pm!  So probably 6-9 at Islesburgh.  Bring food! Make cookies!

Then we discussed the New Year. We decided Wednesday 4^th January was fine for the AGM, so Cara will put a thing in the paper.  Items for the agenda include:

• Electing a new Chair, Vice-Chair and Secretary
• Talking protocol so people don’t talk over each other (introduced at the beginning and monitored by Harry… probably)
• Maddrim ideology
• Recap of the year, watch Screenplay 2011 films again because they are excellent
• Funding
• Future projects

Then Joe sang like an old man, and Ceidiog was mean about something (according to my wonderful note taking… oh, I miss Katya).

Joe, Marjolein and Cara will be filming a flash mob this weekend, and some Maddrimers are needed to film another next week, so we’ll speak about that at the party.

And to finish off the meeting, we danced around and ate mince pies.

See you next weeeeeek! 

Cara x