Shoormal: A Documentary Public Launch

Produced by

• Maddrim Media Production Team

Featuring

• Daniel Aquilina
• Antony Cox
• Symone Duddy

The second part of Shoormal is a short documentary featuring three of the original researchers involved in the "Poverty is Bad - Let's Fix It!!" peer research group.

Shoormal Public Launch

Produced by

• Maddrim Media Production Team

Script

• Old Lady - Roseanne Watt
• Young Boy - John Haswell

Starring

• Daniel Aquilina
• Ouanie Bain
• Lexi Watt

Maddrim Media are delighted to announce the public launch of Shoormal, a film made in partnership with the Poverty Is Bad - Let's Fix It!! peer research project into poverty, social exclusion and inequality in Shetland.

Minutes 16/04/12

Present: Lorcan, Joe, Chris, Cara, Willem, Kathy, Peter, Michael, Katya

Aaaaand we're steering ourselves back...already.

1. Apologies: MJ, for being in Unst. Also Craig...we suspect that he’s sneaking off with his GIRLFRIEND. And Ceidiog had work.
2. Kathy Hubbard extravaganza: Been approached by Dr something-I’ve-forgotten-his-name. He’s organising a project that follows the Olympic torch around Scotland, filming and reporting. But, they can’t afford to go to Shetland. Would we be interesting in picking it up at the Shetland end? Apparently, we sound PERFECT. Haha. Cara will speak to him to see exactly what it’ll be (going back to the whole “Collaboration or Commission” question, meaning we need more info about it). It sounds like a live thing. TRICASTER! *swoons* Hansel: It had a really good launch, then tailed off. 75 films have been uploaded, but they need 2x that. “East Anglia has disappeared into a black hole.” Oooh dear. Kathy’s hoping to see new ones from usssss! We can watch the uploaded films the website. (Recommendations: Zombie Asophalics?  This is it collective. Don’t hug me I’m scared. Bad things that might happen.) Runners include a wooden car shape of boat! And an actual runner (who would be crazy enough to do that?!) CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG IS A RUNNER TOOO!!! Screenplay: Hansel short films will be shown in the following groups: “Best of Hansel”, chosen through public vote and “To Hot to Hansel”, the films that were too explicit and “24 hour film”.Thomas the tank engine, Norwegian and chug boats!
3. Loose ends – what are they and when will they be finished (Macbook situation) 

• Shoormal – press pack. The Shoormal people will meet at 6.30 next week to sort out all the last minute things.
• Cover and leaflet: We will have to choose an image for the sleeve, and two more to cover each of the DVD disks. Our plan thus far is to have screen shots from the films on the DVDs, and a wave-and-shoormal related picture for the front.The possibility of a photoshoot was also mentioned, with people from the cast. And now for an excellently un-PC quote from Chris: “Throw some dirt on them to make them look poor!” The best thing about all my minutes’ quotes is that they are never shown in context. Ever. 
• Docu and drama final edits – DEADLINE: We need to have the sound done by the end of this week. Things that need re-recorded are: Symone’s impact lines, Daniel’s “what the fuck” line changed to “out of luck” and Daniel’s impact. All of the editing needs to be done by next Friday.
• Take 5: MJ was gonna edit this, but we didn’t have the Macbook, oh dear. S’ok, she was waay ahead of us and booked herself and Claire time to get editing done.
• Ninja: The situation as it stands is: 4 shorts filmed, but none edited. Cara can help with editing from 4pm and on, and because they’re short it should be enough time to get one done before 5 in a day. We decided it was crazy to try to film more just now, so we’ll leave it till later and just edit edit edit! Joe delegated Katya in charge of the ninja films...Officially. Oh yeah. Cara and Chris can do the THEME MUSIC. “ninjaaaaaas! nah nah nah nah nah nah!!”

1. Now I know what it feels like to be a frustrated old lady that so technophobic even bullet points are too challenging: I can't get them to work properly with the new blog layout! Aa dis new-fangled gadgets ir joost a lock o' dirt. 
2. Anyway - Entering into festivals:We all have a task for the week: everyone has to look up one festival each that we don’t have to spend too much money to enter into, with deadline April/May. You can choose one UK and one international and then we shall DECIDE as a group. Lorcan: “Imagine if someone told me they had aids and then that song came up “everyone had aids duh duh duh duh duuuuh!” Cara: “Joe’s too hipster to eat open scones....over it.”
3. Future radio shows with Andy: Email Andy cause we are interested. But we should get some ideas going for the actual shows – any suggestions?
4. Sports Week: Maddrim received an email from James Johnson wondering if we were interested in filming something for Sports Week later in summertime. Cara has a list of things to consider before we definitely say YES. In particular, the Documentary group might like this project because it’ll likely be more documentary styled. Lorcan gave a good point: it would be good to give people similar job to before to build up confidence.
5. Serious new film ideas vs. ideas which are far too silly (even for us)/will be shelved for future reference: Hansel films we would like to include so far are: Documentary Film, Drama Film, Take 5, Ninja (x3), Hallowe’en, Osteoporosis Alternative Universe film, Spinster at 17.
6. Any updates on that trip idea we had once? Who wants to go, can we get money or do people have to pay themselves. Where funding?? Basically, we need to put more thought into this. Funding would be tricky to get for a trip – things like using your own personal boat vouchers are a better idea to reduce costs. PK kids go doon sooth all the time. Maybe we shouldn’t make a trip a Maddrim official thing so that Cara can volunteer at the festival and just organise within ourselves...
7. Funding applications – meeting! Next Monday the Committee will have a meeting after school to sort out funding, then have a Shoormal meeting, to finish in time for normal Maddrim! Meeting spreeee.
8. AOB: Mini-series: This will be a collaboration with Joe as leader. An idea we liked was to set roles for each episode and switch them for the next one (eg. director, writer....)
9. Youth achievement awards! GET GOING!!! Those of us completing them had totally forgotten. Oopsies.

Lots and lots and lots. If any single one of you has read all this I’ll be surprised. Maybe I should make a competition where whoever’s read the most minutes gets a cookie. But chances are you haven’t read about that possibility either...

Katya
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Present: Chloe W, Cara, Craig, Sanna, Liam, Willem, Ceidiog, Joe, Mathew, Barnum, Katya

Cara, once again, had an agenda of things to speak about. GO CARA!

Next year, for the 2012 Olympic Games, Shetland Arts are organising “A Hansel of Film – Shetland to Southampton and Back”. This will involve a relay-race of films going around the whole of the UK – started on the 10^th when the Olympic Torch reaches Shetland. More detailed info can be found here: (read it if you don’t know about it – it’s exciting!) http://www.shetlandarts.org/hanseloffilm

This is relevant to us because we will be making films! Though, instead of our usual August-ish deadline, we’ll need to have films made for April instead. No more than 5 mins each. A Challenge; Bring it.

Jacqui has been contacted. She says sorry for not replying (she apparently needs constant reminders) but there’s hardly any money left – though she will try to get us some. HOORAY! Thus, me and Cara are going to constantly remind her. A Plan (Y).

Willem has bought www.maddrimmedia.com, www.maddrimmedia.co.uk, www.maddrimmedia.info. TAKE THAT BALLERS THROWIN’ DOWN. Also, an in-joke must be made in the sports day Ninja scene. That would make my day.

And, we need to rejuvenate the Maddrim website a little – more pictures and such. Job for Willem and Craig methinks.

Also, what are people’s thoughts on having Film Critique time set up? This would have to be outside of Maddrim hours, and non-members could be invited (recruitment drive GO), and we could watch things like “Star Wars” and “Jurassic Park”...which I have yet to see. *slaps wrists in absolute shame*

Cara, this is for you:

Then had a run through of MJ’s improv. film script, and went into groups to edit bits...

• -          Take out “They’re taking the Hobbits to Isengard; the audience will be suuy confused: change to “I love her the MOST!” type lines
• -          Make a scary face out of fruit for the Man Who Is Afraid Of Fruit to be scared of
• -          Too many Mathews! As much as we appreciate Mathew, there are too many for us to cope with just now
• -          Make Chloe’s prisoner character have a homemade tee with her “love”’s face on. Creepeh.
• -          Change turtles to tigers (we have access to THREE tiger suits, but no turtle suits)
• -          Use the WOW room in the Anderson for MJ’s Hour sequence (I shall inquire tomorrow)
• -          Give Ceidiog’s Italian a new line: “Pasta la vista, baby!”

(Cara, if I’ve missed any edits/anything email me and I’ll stick them in :) )

Then we played Who Stole My Pencil, Winkie Murder and Heads Down Thumbs Up to round off the meeting :D

Keep your thinkin’ caps on (after this, Ninja film is happnin’ - we have to be on the ball!) and I will see you on SATURDAY!

Katya

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