Today I received a phone call from Steve (AKA Bald Eagle) of the NoToMob who was ringing to provide us with some information as well as confirm with us what our documentary film piece was going to be about.
This was the first time I had actually spoken to Steve (we have previously communicated through email and voice mail) and I felt that I learnt a lot more about the organization he is a part of, as well as his attitude towards his work.
Luckily, Andy had stayed round where I live since the night before- we had been discussing the NoToMob heavily and also reading through the emails and details we had already been provided with- so it was very convenient that Steve had called me when he had as Andy was around to confirm whether or not he would be available to film on certain days.
The purpose of Steve ringing was to ask myself and Andy whether or not we would be available to meet with him and the rest of the NoToMob this Saturday. This caught me off guard, but luckily I have a free-day this Saturday, and we receive the camera equipment for this shoot on the coming Friday, meaning we can begin collecting footage for our documentary.
Steve also informed us that he would be more than willing to provide us with some crash helmets, and allow us to ride on the back of their bikes, meaning we would be able to collect some great dynamic footage of the streets and roads, and possibly even the CCTV cars the group will be targeting. Another great thing about this is that it eliminates the need to collect archive footage of the groups work on the streets, as we can simply film our own. (This means no tracking down copyright holders and asking for the rights to use their footage in our documentaries.)
Steve also gave us some information about their other work in the community, including targeting unfair bayliffs. Although this isn't the subject our documentary will be about, it may be worth bringing up or briefly mentioning in the documentary so that the viewers get an idea of the other kind of areas the mob are involved in.
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