Day Three Filming

Today we dedicated to attempting to track down the Grocott's archive material they said they'd donated to the Albany Museum.

We went to both the Albany Museum and the History Museum however neither had any material that would contribute to our piece over and above what we've already filmed.

At the National English Literature Museum we found a staff member from the Eastern Star Gallery who opened up the museum for us to film.  We captured a printing press like that which Grocott's used to use in action as well as filmed still photographs they had of Mr Jeff Grocott's father, grandfather and Mr Sherry.  We also filmed the shots of the printing rooms in Grocott's when they were still in use.

In the Hall at the Eastern Star Gallery, we visited the 'Then & Now' Exhibition the gallery is hosting.  It included a picture of Jeff Grocott's grandfather Thomas Henry Grocott standing outside the Grocott's building alongside another photograph taken of Jeff Grocott in the same setting and position this year.

Unfortunately Jeff wasn't available for filming today however on Wednesday we plan on meeting him briefly at Grocott's Mail so we can capture him at the building to supplement photograph's from the Then and Now exhibit at The Eastern Star Gallery.

Finally, we'll wrap up filming for our shoot by capturing the printing room, now dormant and used more for storage and disposal for possible use.

After reviewing some of our footage we realised that some of the shots of the exterior of the  Grocott's house were overexposed and so will be working to 'repair' those if possible.  We've already shaped quite a good idea of the overall flow we'd like the piece to have; initially introducing the Grocott's family history and relevance to the town and then focusing on the continuation of that legacy in Jeff, framing him in a much more personal light alongside his wife Anne recalling how they met on High Street, Anne's sweet praise of Jeff and why they both love Grahamstown so much.

Editing is set to begin in earnest on Wednesday before and after our final filming and on Thursday we'll be presenting a short talk to the radio and photojourn students also involved in the 200 project doing person portraits on our editing thus far.