One of our influences is 'Blight' by John Smith, where the demolition of houses in East London to be replaced by the M11 caused an uproar by residences living there. This film uses audio recordings, repeated constantly over scenes of houses that have been demolished and graffiti/road signs in the area. The voiceovers of residences recalling memories were interwoven with sounds of natural objects such as building work and cars. This created a poetic approach to the film while telling an emotional and real heartfelt story about the residences' homes being taken away from them. This is similar to the story we are wanting to present; with the demolition plans of the independent shops affecting those who work in the businesses, as well as the community who have grown up with the beloved shops.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yil33Hb9BpM
Another major influence we had was 'Sound It Out' by Jeanie Finlay, a documentary about a vinyl record shop in Teesside that is one of the few record shops still left open. The film provides a warm and friendly image of the shop to the audience as we see the customers who visit the shop, as one of the workers calls them 'random' but claims that is one of his favourite parts of the job. It shows scenes of a large collection of vinyl records and those working there comment how they are passionate about where they work, as well as their shop being the only vinyl record shop in Teesside. We feel a warm, empathetic bond with the characters and the faint sound of old retro music in the background also signifies the friendly themes. This is one of the approaches we would want our film to be inspired by and follow in the steps of.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8RkLfJEHIE
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