Shooting Agreements

We have been able to secure two clients that have consented to be involved in the production of our documentary. The first is Michael Holmes, the director of Sheffield-located engineering company Burner Solutions Limited. Holmes has been working in Sheffield's manufacturing industry (especially steel) for several decades in both managerial positions, as well as more hands-on manual labour. Judging by some brief interactions we have had with him over email, seems to be particularly knowledgeable on the subject and thus, we have arranged an interview with him at his office. Since we aim to provide perspectives on Sheffield's steel industry in terms of past, present and perhaps future, we hope that Holmes will be able to provide us with useful information on the past and the present, and perhaps even provide some speculation towards the future of the industry. We have completed a contributor letter of agreement with Holmes that we sent to him via email. He has returned it to us with his signature. It can be seen here.

It should be noted that depending on our intended approach towards the documentary, we may decide to prioritise Holmes' interview specifically on the present, with only brief mention of the past. The historical significance of Sheffield's steel industry will be covered in more detail by our other client: The Millennium Gallery. The Millennium Gallery is an art gallery and museum located in Sheffield. Our interest in the establishment lies in its "Metalwork Collection" exhibit, which provides a very detailed history on Sheffield's manufacturing industry with a particular focus on steel. Of course, given our time constraint of just 5 minutes, we don't intend to dwell too much on the historical value; though it will provide a basis for the topics of the documentary. The history of Sheffield's steel industry is far to extensive to effectively condense into such a short period of time. Hence, we will mostly be using the exhibits as a means to present some of the impressive steel-work that has been manufactured in Sheffield for almost 700 years. Similarly to Holmes, we emailed the gallery with a location agreement document, granting us permission to film on their property. They returned the document to us with the necessary information provided. The document can be seen here.