Update

It's been several weeks now since I posted here last and things have moved forward a fair bit.

I have partnered up with Conor for the production of this documentary, I am doing the directing/editing and Conor is doing the camerawork.

Our documentary is to have the theme of 'hands' which can be as literal or as different as you want it to be, depending how you look at it. It's quite an interesting theme to go with I think, but we have been told our docs cannot include voiceover which is a bit unfortunate as they want them to look cinematic and using voiceover can be a cheap trick to advance the narrative.

We have decided to do our documentary about Conor's dad, Rory, who teaches at the BMC but is also a potter. This is a very interesting and cool skill to have and it would make great subject material. From some of the work I have seen, his dad is very skilled at it.

Originally we were going to shoot some interview footage with him and incorporate that into the doc, as you normally would. But the more we looked at it and thought about it, that is no different from a documentary you would see on TV. We decided then to focus on the process itself and the skill that Rory has. We will let the visuals of the potting and sounds of equipment, throwing and the kiln etc tell the story.

I think it sounds like a great idea and visualising it, it looks like it will be great. Conor is a very good camera man and has a great eye for detail and shots so I have zero worries in that department. 

We found some very influential pieces on vimeo that are in the same vein of what we are trying to achieve so I will post them here as well.