At the beginning of November 2005, Andrew Jeffrey (see previous posting) at the BBC asked if we would be willing to make a second short movie, focused on Jemima's expectations of, and preparations for, Christmas. Jemima was utterly thrilled at the prospect. As well as enjoying the mechanics of filming, and all the antecedent preparations, Jemima was ecstatic that a Christmas tree and decorations should be brought down from storage in the loft. Whilst maybe not the first house to be decked out for Christmas, it was easily a record for us!
The movie can be found online at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/tyne/videonation/index.shtml
and can also be viewed as the 'gift' in Day 7 of the CBBC advent calendar!
It was stimulating and exciting to work to a tighter deadline than with the first movie, and very satisfying to be able to build on what we had learned from making the first movie. There are still many aspects to improve, both in terms of quality and efficiency, and I look forward to further movie projects and new challenges.
My gratitude to Andrew Jeffrey is great. At the risk of embarassing him, he is a huge inspiration.
Peter.
