Production

Ellie Smitherman

Feb 25, 20212 min read

Last minute adjustments...

In the final days leading up to submission I have made some vital changes to my documentary. Firstly I have had to add a sentence at the...

Ellie Smitherman

Dec 18, 20201 min read

Creating a radio studio from my bedroom..

I returned home from uni this weekend and have begun seriously putting the documentary together! In the last few weeks I've found it...

Ellie Smitherman

Dec 13, 20201 min read

Deciding whether to place myself in the narrative..

One issue I came across very early on, even before my pitch, was whether I would include what happened to me in the documentary. In talks...

Ellie Smitherman

Dec 5, 20202 min read

Building trust through a faceless phone call..

Today, I spoke with a victim of doxxing over CleanFeed, a website that allows you to conduct audio calls by connecting over the internet...

Ellie Smitherman

Nov 18, 20201 min read

Testing positive and feeling pretty negative..

The most recent set back in the production of this documentary is that on the 6th of November I tested positive for Covid-19 after having...

Ellie Smitherman

Nov 3, 20202 min read

The difficulties of interviewing in a global pandemic..

Last year, when we were creating our Feature for Change projects, we were told repeatedly how incredible our Major Multimedia Project...

Ellie Smitherman

Nov 3, 20203 min read

Why I chose this topic..

In the summer of 2020, in the midst of a global pandemic and mass Black Lives Matter protests across the world following the horrific...