Day Six
We headed straight for the (not very) White Building this morning armed with 3 cameras locked and loaded. Intense and amazing again inside. We explored the pitch black corridors and stairwell light-shafts, having chats with people and asking them if they wanna make a movie.
People seem suspicious of the whole documentary thing (nosey European buffoons I think is the general perception). But when we explain WE are not making the movie - YOU are making the movie, it’s a whole ‘nother story! Splendid!
We arranged for our first workshop tomorrow at noon in a room normally used for dance rehearsals by the Children of Bassac. We gathered about ten excited bright young things to seed the project and start shooting stories. Then we ran into this super-sharp boy called Robbie - 18 years old, trying to go to school but usually too busy trying to scrape together some cash selling water and fruit. He invited us into the home he shares with his mother, disabled father and younger brother and totally got into doing a test shoot. He and his mother were incredible - they shot a simple, one-shot piece of powerful amazingness, in about 5 minutes flat.
We reckon Robbie’s going to be one of our super-duper hotshots over here :-)
