Deeper into out ideas

Following on from our first discussion regarding the intial ideas we had about this documentary, myself, Jonathan and Harry looked further into some of the better ideas we had.

World cup bid 2018
For this we would be taking the side of the positives that the World Cup would have on Sheffield. To start with we could talk about the negative implications such as how the Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday fans have been arguing about it because only Sheffield Wednesday were picked at as a host stadium. For this Harry has found a facebook group that would provide a good resource for our film. We would then counter-argue this point with all the positives that it would bring such as good business.

The documentary would have a presenter which would probably be Harry Rollin. We were also thinking that a good interview technique for this would be to not have the presenter involved in the actual interview, but to have the interviewee to say the question in the answer and use the footage together with shots that respresent what they are talking about.

Research on the subject:
The applicant host citys are: Birmingham, Bristol, Derby, Hull, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Newcastle, Nottingham, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Sheffield, Sunderland.
Sheffield is 1 of 12 cities to be chosen following an intense bidding process throughout 2009 where 16 cities battled it out to be included.
Some of the accessed criteria was: facilities at the grounds, locations for Fifa fan fests, public viewing areas, training sites, accomodation, event infrastructure etc.
Both Sheffield stadiums were behind the bid, but only Hillsborough was successful.
Sheffield is host to over 600 national & international sports events.
Sheffield Wednesdays ground - Hillsborough is to undergo a £22million redevelopment. This will expand the stadium from a capacity of 39000 to 45000 which would then allow it to be chosen as a World Cup designated ground.

Potential interviewee: Chris Gratton, Prof of sport economics and co director of the sport industry research centre at Sheffield Hallam. He reckons Sheffield could potentially make £300million to boost its economy.

My personal view on the subject is that I would love it to happen because it would allow me to be a part of the World Cup for the first time and as a football fan this would be a great experience.



Up and coming filmmakers.
The idea being that we make a documentary about what its like being an up and coming filmmaker in Sheffield and what routes can they take in order to get out there. Our main sources for information would be the Showroom Cinema as everyone in the group appreciates it as it is reknown for its independant films and filmmakers. Warp Films would also be another source of information and we could get in contact with Chris Cunningham who has worked with them before. Further soureces include the Doc Fest, general public in Sheffield, and our course i.e. graduates.