Documentary: Preparation For Meetings With Contacts

Before meeting any contacts, I produced a few documents for use during any interviews and initial meetings.

PREPARATION FOR MEETINGS WITH CONTACTS

First I produced a document that contained all the information about the documentary, including our research, that the contacts and I needed to know. I will give this information to contacts when I have meetings with them, and also use it to help myself remember all of the facts.

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Next I produced a list of questions to ask contacts, that were tailored specifically towards the topics we were thinking about covering. I will use this during my interviews with contacts, and I will record the interviews so I can create transcripts afterwards. These questions should help me find out everything I need to know so I can write a draft script. The questions also help me remember what information I need to collect in order to do a full recce of the site.

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And finally, I produced a contact form for all my possible contacts to fill out. On the form I ask for all the details that will allow me and the rest of the group to choose who could take part, and be able to contact them through multiple methods. I asked for Name; DOB; Gender; Occupation; Relation to topic/documentary; Address; Postcode; County; Mobile number; Telephone number; and Email. I will ask every contact I make to fill one out so we can keep it for future reference.

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I will use all of these documents during the interview process as part of the pre-production when making new contacts. I will also share to documents with the rest of the group so they can use them during their own contact making process.