Day 8

The day was spent editing the footage collected. Hours of film had been collected from the past few days which had to be sifted through to generate a concise flow. Adobe Premiere and Adobe After Effects were used.

Day 7

Tuesday was a full day of filming, interviews were the main item to produce. a total of 6 interviews were made which helped to give us material t generate a story and argument. There were some challenges with getting good quality audio, and consistent audio.

Day 6

We spent day filming cut scenes around Hulme. It wasn't a great day so a lot of the film portrayed Hulme as a dead place with very little life.

Day 5

First day of filming commenced. Kelso, who we had previously met from our tour of Hulme kindly agreed to be interviewed to offer his perspectives on the crescents. He spoke really well, exclaiming himself that it was "the best he's ever spoken". We chose to do the interview in a setting comfortable to the speaker. He chose the subway near his house where he had tagged (painted) many times.

Day 4

As the event was film based it was imperative that we had a basic knowledge of some film editing software. The morning of day 4 was spent learning Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe After Effects.
In the Afternoon former Dogs of Heaven member Michael Mayhew facilitated a workshop. He began by exploring the role of the crescents in Manchester, describing it as "the groin area" in an analogy where he likened Manchester to the human body.

Day 3

We were asked by this point in the project to have a rough story board of our film. Each group took turns presenting, comments were offered and criticisms voiced.
From our presentation we received some useful comments. Our concept we were told was strong however there wasn't enough evidence of how we planned to articulate it through the medium of film. We had an idea but we didn't have a film.

Day 2

Hulme based graffiti artist Kelzo gave us a short presentation on the conditions and culture of Hulme during the crescents. Having lived in Hulme since the 1980's he has seen the dramatic shift in the landscape over the last few decades. He gave us a tour around Hulme in which we were given old photo's which Kelzo had collected (photos can be found at www.exhulme.co.uk). We were then taken around and told stories about the area, compare how the neighbourhood looks now compared to the old photos and of course have some Caribbean food.

Day 1

After a joyous and fun fuelled afternoon in Hulme park an initial meeting was held at Kim by the Sea. Over coffee we explored the brief more deeply. We also had a few questions to discuss surrounding the final exhibition of our films. No solutions were arrived at however a curiosity was aroused which will hopefully stimulate informal discussions among the group members.