Possible Audience

Pensioners: archive footage would catch their eyes as they may have lived in Cambridge a long time.

Technology issue: music may be too loud so they move on quickly

Young people: may have a lot of free time and hang out by the Grafton centre

Content issue: may be bored by archive stuff

The Clients

The Clients Paula Beegan and Tony Jones, Cambridge Film Trust, in partnership with Cambridge City Council has created a project in which to show locally created cinema in vacant shopfronts in the city centre. This is to support a more positive visual atmosphere within the centre rather than a barren cityscape.

What is a commission?

Commissions are incredibly important in the media world as they are the gateways to futiure employment with new clients and old. Commissions are useful as they show clients you can work to deadlines, follow a brief and show ingenuity at the same time and the ability to get along with the client. When you finish your commission you have the opportunity to showcase your work and hopefully get work from other clients.

Jake and Jim, music video directors, came to see us and described the process of a commission in the music promo industry. It starts with an e-mail from the record company with a song and a few ideas of what they want incorporated. the directors then e-mail back a pitch. as they will have sent the song to a number of directors, they can choose from the pitches and from the showreels of directors . Once chosen, this pitch is worked up into a storyboard and a series of meetings with client, artist and director.