Made In Sheffield

Made in Sheffield from Hannah Grencis on Vimeo.

Documentary Filming Day 3 - 15/12/14

Today we had an interview with Bill who is one of the bar staff at the Green Room, an independent pub on Devonshire Street. He is a great character and a really bubbly guy we were happy to have an interview with him finally, as he made us more confident that we are going to be able to carve a good story out of the three interviews we have. He talks a lot about the memories of the street and what it was like 10 years ago when he used to come here to drink and be with friends. He also mentions how the Green Room has a rich history in music and many Sheffield local musicians play there and still do, which shows how big of a community this street is. We did have a problem with the background music in the pub as they were playing well known bands over the speakers. We realise that we should have asked the manager if we could have the music off for a little bit while we interviewed and I definitely think it has been a lesson to us that we really need to not be scared to make these sort of requests. 

Documentary Filming Day 2 06/12/14

Our documentary needs a lot more footage of the quirkiness of Devonshire Street to show the big difference between this part of Sheffield and the high street. We spent just over an hour looking around the street and looking up at buildings around there, which actually helped us to see many things we had never noticed before. This relates to the part of our documentary that we recently filmed about the dullness of looking up at the buildings that aren't in the independent quarter, where we found that the buildings really do look the same and have none of the quirkiness like the buildings of Devonshire Street do. (photos of tops of frog and parrot and mooch and mint)

Another thing we noticed while finding little things to film was that the business in this area of Sheffield really is friendly compared to the bigger businesses. For example there are boards outside most shops with little messages, and a lot more of the shops have a 'come on in' sign hanging on the door or window. There is also a lot of support for independent businesses, especially in The Forum where there are a few signs that say 'support independent Sheffield', which shows how strong the community is around this area. This is important for our film as this is a part of the message we want to get across to the public and the people who are creating these plans to get rid of some of the businesses.