One of the worries we had at this stage of the course was whether we will be given access to the Men’s Shed and Interview the people of the Men’s Shed.
Early on in the course when Jeff Jones mentioned video as an important medium in communicating with the intended audience, it was obvious to me that we needed to what we could to get access to interview the people of the Men’s Shed. All this wouldn’t be possible if we didn’t get clearance from Anthony Lai, the Co-Ordinator of the Brimbank Men’s Shed.
After a few weeks trying to get in contact with Anthony, we finally worked out a time to meet up with Anthony and discuss the possibilities of going to the next step in our planned production stage.
Michael and I met with Anthony at the Sunshine Mission on the Wednesday (4th May 2016), and discussed what the group was trying to do: promote the Men’s Shed the best and most affective way we can. This would involve getting interviews from the attendees of the Men’s Shed.
Aware that there are delicate issues that will be mentioned as a result to people opening up, Anthony was wary that we could portray the men in a negating manner. We stressed to him that we were going to handle the project with a great deal of respect.
Anthony gave us the all clear. Our scheduled date to do the interviews was 11 May 2016.