In Liverpool there are two main football clubs; Liverpool FC and Everton FC. The rivalry between the two sides is a massive part of the city's culture. In this documentary we will expose the fan's passions towards their team and their feelings towards their rivals and how certain families are divided between Everton and Liverpool. At first the context of the fan's comments won't be known to the audience but will be revealed after a short introduction using 'cutaways' to iconic views of Liverpool.
Once we have found out how the fans feel towards the rivalry, we will then ask questions about whether or not they believe that the
religious origins of the rivalry are still
relevant and whether or not they are aware
of the rivalry's origins. As we do this we will
detail the origins of the rivalry and the
beginnings of both football clubs.
The look of the film will represent Liverpool in a
very realist way, meaning, the cutaways won't
be biased into making Liverpool look more
attractive than it is. The look of the interviews
will be as personal to the interviewee as possible,
this will make the film less sterile. If possible we
will film the interviews in the houses of the
interviewee with the background revealing
something about the person i.e. a laptop to reveal
that the person is in touch with technology or a
record collection to show that they enjoy music.
Undercurrents
Undercurrents is about the history of the docks and the ferry and its
effect on Liverpool. The docks have seen many historical events, such as the
slave trade, the large scale immigration following the Irish Potato Famine, The
Titanic and mass emigration to America, These and other events have shaped not
only the waterfront’s history, but also Liverpool’s. We envision the
documentary to be no longer than five minutes at the most, with careful filming
and editing.
We aim to explore whether the people of Liverpool have fallen out of
love with their Maritime heritage, and have they turned their backs on their
roots? The history of the docks in Liverpool has been documented on television
in times before, such as in “This In Our Time” by and there are telling’s of individual events
such as the Titanic that have given us scope to include in our documentary- the
difference with ours though will be that we will be asking the people of
Liverpool now whether they feel the docks influence on their lives has changed-
this is the goal of our project.
You will see the city from the river, as we are to film on the Ferry,
adding another layer to the already famous landscape, and workers on the ferry
expressing what it has meant to them in the years working upon it. By using the lyrics of
“Ferry Cross The Mersey” as a premise, we can create a multi layered
film to explore the underlying feelings of the people of Merseyside, and how
they relate to the body of water they live alongside, and use every day. The lyrics
of the song, though simple and accessible, convey an emotional response to this
place, which is very moving. Combined with a catchy almost traditional folk
melody, which vacillates between major and minor keys, the song provides a key,
with which to unlock the Soul of The City of Liverpool. We also have a
piano version of ‘Ferry ‘Cross The Mersey’ recorded for the introduction to this
by our producer. The song is a true Liverpool
Story.
We will also be filming inside the Maritime museum, showing the true
history of the docks as factual information rather than just individual
stories. This will be interesting as not only are the main events to be
included but there will also be chance for the audience to see stories of the
docks that they would not have heard of otherwise.
Then onto the streets of Liverpool to ask people now how they feel about
the importance of the Waterfront docks not only in the history of Liverpool but
in their everyday lives..
We aim to show a poetic film, to create quite a calm mood throughout the
entire documentary- especially with the filming the Big Sky from the Mersey.
Also, we are going to be interspersing archive footage into the documentary to
give it a more serious tone that hopefully the audience will consider and be
left informed and also intrigued about the history of Liverpool docks.
As a target audience, though the older generation would have more
experience first hand with the docks, as it is such a huge topic and one which
is vitally important to Liverpool itself, it may be of interest to the younger
generation who would be wanting to know more about the history and also present
day role in the docks upon Liverpool.
I am happy with how both ideas can develop and how they are looking at this early stage. Whichever we decide to go with, I will be happy to direct and I think I will make a good job of both, as I see them as quite similar projects as they are both personal to the people of Liverpool.
