[foundation-board] A very strange request...

Fri Nov 12 17:52:01 UTC 2010

I have to say no.  It'll be inappropriate given the government types we'll have at the event.  Plus I think our audience tends to be a very privacy sensitive bunch and wouldn't appreciate being secretly filmed.

I wouldn't.

~Jordan

On 12 Nov 2010, at 15:05, Jonathan Gray wrote:

> It could be memorable (and funny and weird) end to the day, but no
> plans to pursue it. ;-)
> 
> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 3:57 PM, Becky Hogge <becky.hogge at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Strange indeed.
>> 
>> You don't say whether this came out-of-the-blue, but I'm assuming it
>> did. I'm also assuming that you're under it quite a bit this week and
>> next in the run up to the open gov data camp, and could do without a
>> film crew complicating your plans.
>> 
>> Are you thinking of pursuing this request?
>> 
>> Becky
>> 
>> On 12 November 2010 14:01, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org> wrote:
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Sherman, Hannah <HannahSherman at tigeraspect.co.uk>
>>> Date: Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 2:00 PM
>>> Subject: FILMING
>>> To: "jonathan.gray at okfn.org" <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Dear Jonathan
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I am working on the second series of  The Olivia Lee show for Comedy
>>> Central.  The show is a hidden camera comedy sketch show created by
>>> and starring Olivia Lee featuring a range of female characters playing
>>> out sketches from their larger-than-life world through a combination
>>> of scripted and improvised comedy with real people in the real world.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> The sketch we are looking to  film on 18TH November is about a couple
>>> announcing  their engagement in a public place, ideally a conference
>>> scenario.  Therefore I am checking whether it would be possible to
>>> film right at the end of the conference  (after the last speaker has
>>> finished).  At this point one of the actors will announce their
>>> engagement to the other actor.  It’s meant to be very light-hearted
>>> and funny.  Could be a nice comic end to the day before they break for
>>> drinks.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Of course no one would know they are being filmed at the conference,
>>> so we would be there for max time of an hour.  We reveal after.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> We would pay a location fee or the cost of entry to the conference.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> The 8 part series will air on Comedy Central UK early next year.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Please let me know if this is something you can help with.
>>> 
>>> Hannah Sherman
>>> 
>>> OLIVIA LEE SERIES 2
>>> 
>>> tigeraspectproductions 5 Soho Square, London, W1D 3QA
>>> 
>>> Tel: 020 7434 5698 /  Fax: 020 7529 9599
>>> 
>>> Email: hannahsherman at tigeraspect.co.uk
>>> 
>>> 
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