Documentary: Initial Meeting With Contacts

Over the Easter holidays I met with two contacts at The Windmill Community Gardens.

INITIAL MEETING WITH CONTACTS

I first met with Martina Knight, who is the Veg-box and communication coordinator. She was my first point of contact, as the manager was away on holiday. She began by showing me around the two 1 acre sites. She showed me some of the growing sites, and some of the activity areas. Finally, she took me up to the main growing plot for the Veg-box scheme, where I met Jamie Fassam, the only grower on site for the scheme.

After having a little chat with Jamie about his role, he mentioned to me that he had been in a documentary before, called Hotel On Sea. This tells me that he may be a good character to feature, as he has experience being on camera.

After chatting to the two of them for a while, we sat down for an interview. I recorded the interview and asked them all the questions I had written prior to the interview. I ended up finding out quite a lot about the project and a few stories we could tell. I think the two of them will make good characters, and both of them have agreed to take part in the documentary.

Below I have listed the main points from the interview-

• The project is funded by members of the community.
• On Tuesdays they have a gardening club.
• There is a parent and toddler group.
• On Fridays they've got a wellbeing group for people with mental health needs.
• On Saturdays they have a group for 8-14 year olds.
• The Veg-box scheme plays a big part in bringing money to the project.
• The local community like the project.
• They have many long term and loyal volunteers.
• They have many loyal customers.
• Jamie has two Bee hives on site so he can produce honey.
• They have a pond.
• They're currently building a food forest.
• Many of the volunteers enjoy the quietness and peacefulness of the site.

After the interview had finished, I asked the two of them to fill out a contact sheet.

I will use the transcript of this interview, and the other information I have already gathered, to create a draft script for the documentary.

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