In the post production stages of the documentary we decided to keep an underlying music track throughout to keep a certain pace progressing swiftly from start to finish so that the dialogue never becomes monotonous, the first piece of music is diegetic sound from the interview and so links perfectly with the shots of James producing the track. 

We used two canon dslr's when filming and when the footage was compiled on final cut there was a noticeable difference between the two setups in terms of colour and so in the final editing stages I went through and colour corrected each clip. Overall we decided to increase the contrast to render a more vibrant aesthetic as we felt it was fitting in terms of the context. 

Shot List

Shot	Location	Shot Type	INT/EXT	Movement	Interviewee	Equipment
1	James Rand's Room	Medium Shot	Interior	Static	James Rand	Camera/Tripod
2	James Rand's Room	CU	Interior	Static	James Rand	Camera/Tripod
3	James Rand's Room	CU OTS	Interior	Static	James Rand	Camera/Tripod
4	James Rand's Room	CU of mixing equipment	Interior	Static	James Rand	Camera/Tripod
5	James Rand's Room	High angle	Interior	Static	James Rand	Camera
6	James Rand's Room	Medium OTS	Interior	Static	James Rand	Camera/Tripod
7	Peacocks Bar	Medium Shot	Interior	Static	Paul	Camera/Tripod
8	Peacocks Bar	CU of face	Interior	Static/Free hand	Paul	Camera
9	Peacocks Bar	Medium Long Shot of Peacocks Sign	Exterior	Static	Paul	Camera/Tripod
10	Peacocks Bar	Medium Shot of statue	Exterior	Static	Paul	Camera/Tripod
11	Peacocks Bar	Medium Shot	Interior	Static/Free hand	Paul	Camera
12	The Shipping Forecast	Medium Shot	Exterior	Static	Andy	Camera/Tripod
13	The Shipping Forecast	CU of face	Exterior	Static/Free Hand	Andy	Camera
14	Streets of Liverpool	Medium	Exterior	Static	n/a	Camera/Tripod
15	Streets of Liverpool	Long Shot (Building)	Exterior	Static	n/a	Camera/Tripod
16	Streets of Liverpool	CU (Simon Cowell (Graffiti)	Exterior	Static	n/a	Camera/Tripod
17	Streets of Liverpool	Medium Shot (Bar)	Exterior	Static	n/a	Camera/Tripod
18	Streets of Liverpool	Medium (Gig Posters)	Exterior	Static	n/a	Camera/Tripod
19	Streets of Liverpool	Long Shot (street/ posters)	Exterior	Static	n/a	Camera/Tripod
20	Streets of Liverpool	Push Focus (Street)	Exterior	Static	n/a	Camera/Tripod

Crew List 

Luke Wren - Producer 

George Beattie - Director 

Henry Vinten - Editor 

Joel Danby Irons - Sound Design 

Tom Newsham - Cinematographer

Liverpool Schedule 

March 5th 

Arrived In Liverpool at 1pm 

Captured cutaways at 4pm 

Met James Rand at Peacocks Bar at 6pm 

March 6th 

Met James for interview at his house at 12pm 

Met Paul Hutchinson for interview at Peacocks at 4pm 

Met Andy Hill at Shipping Forecast at 5.30pm 

Left Liverpool at 6pm

Equipment List 

Video

Canon 550D Dslr Camera 

Canon 7D Dslr Camera 

2 x 8 GB SD cards 

2 x Tripods 

Audio 

Boom 

Rifle Mic 

Long Xlr Cable 

Marantz PMD 660 

Sony Headphones 

Miscellaneous 

Apple Mac Laptop

Contributers

Interview

James Rand

Paul Hutchinson

Andy Hill

Locations

James' home studio

The Shipping Forecast

The Peacock

Music

James Rand - live performance in home studio

Dauwd Al Hilali - 'Could It Be' 2011 (Pictures Music) alex@picturesmusic.co.uk

Andy Hill 

Promoter @AbandonSilence

"Abandon Silence is an electronic music club night based in The Shipping Forecast club on Slater Street in Liverpool City Centre.

In our first year of business we have hosted performances from James Blake, Joy Orbison, Breakage, Mount Kimbie, Alix Perez, Deadboy, Girl Unit, Sbtrkt, dBridge, Girl Unit, Logan Sama, The Others, Mele, Koreless and residents Horza and Rich Furness. (posters included below)

We are currently undertaking a Summer hiatus, and will return with a fresh set of shows and some massive guest performances (we will be FORTNIGHTLY) from September 29th 2011." 

Paul Hutchinson

Resident @ DISCOTECA POCA, WAXXX, &TING, PEACOCK, EVOL

James Rand

James Rand has been a notable player on the Liverpool club circuit for the last four years. Originally as a resident at garage punk and electro hybrid EVOL and later at the legendary Liverpool institution Chibuku Shake Shake, his style of mutant techno with pop sensibilities has seen him set the stage for the likes of Andrew Weatherall, 2 Many DJs, Erol Alkan, Jaques Le Cont, Joy Orbison and Rob Mello at such venues as Fabric, Parklife Festival and Lock Tavern.

James currently holds three Liverpool based residencies at Chibuku, EVOL and Peacock.

Pockets from Pilgrim Films on Vimeo.

James Lee discovers the contents of various characters pockets in the city of London revealing a brief social insight. The use of a close up camera angle derives a personal experience complemented with gentle music we are carried through an emotive montage of serenity.

The shallow focus allows the cinematographer to capture and reflect the detail of the treasures the people hold in their hands. Point of view shots force the audience to fix concentration allowing the interviewee to engage on a personal level I feel this stylistic technique makes pockets the success it is. 

Resident Adviser Real Scenes

"The eyes of the world have turned to the UK in recent years and have found some of the most exciting, genre-defying young artists to emerge from electronic music. But while London's scene can be fractious and hard to pin down, there seems to be something in the air in Bristol that unites its participants. Whether they're creating dubstep, house, techno or something else entirely, the cross-pollination in Bristol is unique. In RA's first official entry into video, we journey to Bristol to explore how the city has flourished in recent years, discovering why this small metropolis is one of the most influential electronic music outposts in the world today."

"You can't talk about electronic music without mentioning Detroit. That's why in the second edition of Real Scenes, RA and Bench went to the city which birthed the genre we now call techno. 

Detroit has always had a creative streak, due in large part to the boom and subsequent bust of the auto industry. Quite simply, Detroit is a city of extremes, and its music reflects that. These days, Detroit's importance in the global electronic music scene is often referred to in the past tense. When we visited the city, though, we found a number of artists with their eyes (and ears) firmly set towards the future. After our time in the Motor City, it's clear to us that Detroit will endure and innovate for years to come."

"For the third edition of Real Scenes, RA and Bench go to one of the most special places for electronic music in the world: Berlin. When the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, techno became the underground soundtrack to the reunion between East and West. In recent years, it's become an international destination for ravers—a cheap place to party with clubs that are renowned throughout the world.

Techno has become a business in the meantime. Yet Berlin still maintains a credibility that other cities lack. To understand why, RA and Bench went to the German capital eager to find out about its unique history and the reasons behind its continued relevance."

Final Idea

In the later stages of our planning our producer Luke Wren was able to contact a notable DJ in Liverpool called James Rand, from James we were then put into contact with a further two DJ's; Paul Hutchinson and Andy Hill. These interviewees provided a solid structure to the piece in which we could add cut aways of significant areas relevant to their context.

Proposed Ideas for Documentary

Our initial ideas were inspired by the documentary 'Pockets' by James Lees which followed less conventional documentary characteristics. The first idea was to document peoples reactions to two pieces of heavily varied music samples played through a pair of headphones subsequently generating further dialogue explaining their reasoning to there like or dislike for the track. The second idea was to ask passing people their least favorite and favorite aspect of Liverpool.