Today we'd like to gain the 'day in the life of' perspective, capturing Mr Grocott at home andhis daily routine.
As the house itself is so old and such a strong part of Mr Grocott's family history we'd like to capture both it's exterior and interior in detail. The old, low, original walls, garden gate, peeling paint, empty pool etc. The interior, too, still resembles it's original layout and thus we'd like to give a sense of the dimly lit, big house full of antique furniture, everyday rubbish, and adorned with family photographs.
Mr Grocott is actively involved in the church right by his house and still has close ties to The Grocott's Mail, as his family has been for generations, so we'd like to go with him to both these locations important to him and Grahamstown's history.
Aside from obviously interviewing him in depth, in whichever room proves to be important to him/rich with visual depictions of his family's history, we'd also like to capture his engagement with his wife and their pets as well as performing his daily routine and actions, 'hanging up the washing', reading the newspaper.
As today is a Tuesday and thus a Grocott's day of publication we'd like to capture Mr Grocott going to the Grocott's Mail and purchasing a newspaper as he's been known to do, and duly capture his involvement with the building and the staff their, asking him to too take a closer look at the archive material decorating the building laden with his family history, recalling anecdotes of his time their as both a child and a staff member.
During the time Mr Grocott is away we'd then like to go back to the church and Grocott's Mail and film these building in detail, as well as re-do any shots we can that we are unsatisfied with after today. We have received permission to make film inside Grocott's and have access to their archive material and thus will need to decide whether to film these pictures etc. or scan them and insert them at a later stage, depending largely i'm sure on their current state.
Thankfully the rain has stopped and today looks brighter than yesterday. Should be a good day of filming!
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