PITCH PRESENTATION

October 2023
SKATEBOARDING
SOMERSET

OVERVIEW
OVERVIEW
IDEA SKATEBOARDING
SOMERSET

• Dive deeper into the history of Cheddar skatepark and explore the prominence of its
opening for Somerset’s skate scene. Explore the reasons behind its installation, and why it’s
still such a well-used facility 13 years on.

• Find out about the reasons for the renovation of Nailsea skatepark and how Nailsea Skate
Fest has brought the Somerset skate scene together.

• Explore the growing interest in street skating and its prominence on Weston’s sea front.

• What does the future hold for Somerset Skateboarding? Introduce plans for Locking’s
skatepark and how it will impact Weston as community

BEN
STEVENS
STORY SKATEBOARDING
SOMERSET

Skateboarding Somerset will follow the story of the skate scene in England’s cider
county.

Caught between the two most prominent birthplaces of British skateboarding in

Cornwall and Bristol during the 70s, was Somerset ever affected by the boom in a
new culture?

To the naked eye, the answer is hard to decipher. But take a deeper look into
some of the county’s rural towns - where unbeknown to most, rich skate
hotspots are flourishing.

This is Skateboarding Somerset.

BEN
STEVENS
PURPOSE SKATEBOARDING
SOMERSET

This documentary aims to uncover a largely unnoticed community

in the Somerset County.

It will educate those that wish to understand more about the area’s
more recent history, as well as providing an insight into an ever-
expanding culture.

Skateboarding Somerset will be made to represent the skate

community in the area, telling their story to present to the rest of
the county, country or even world

BEN
STEVENS
RESEARCH SKATEBOARDING
SOMERSET

'NOTHING MEANER' (Than the Deaner)

Clockwise Film, 2019

- A bit more extreme compared to

our idea however the style we want
to follow

- Led by interviews

- TW! Gnarly wipeouts and minimal

swearing, no blood

BEN
STEVENS
TARGET AUDIENCE SKATEBOARDING
SOMERSET

Our Documentary is targeted

to people around the age 15-
35. This is because using
primary research with our
surveys showed this age
range is most interested in a
documentary

ISAAC
PHILLIPS
CODES SKATEBOARDING
SOMERSET

Symbolic:
• Skatepark

Technical:
• Hip-hop music
• Daytime
• Free hand for tricks

Written:
• Spoken Language (skateboarders)
ISAAC
PHILLIPS
Style SKATEBOARDING
SOMERSET

• Our documentary will be an

expository documentary.

• This means we will mostly have a

voice over instead of a presenter,

• It also means we will have many

B-roll shots with a voice-over.

MATTHEW
BAILEY
CONVENTIONS
SKATEBOARDING
SOMERSET

• Our main conventions are

that there is a lot of Voice-
over as previously stated

• A few interviews.

• B-roll footage.

MATTHEW
BAILEY
SKATEBOARDING
SOMERSET

OVERVIEW
CREW
BEN STEVENS SKATEBOARDING
SOMERSET

OVERVIEW
CAMERA OPERATOR / EDITOR
- Experience in amateur short films with friends & family
- Experience in editing short form content, as well as my
own films up to 10 minutes long
- Being the camera operator and the editor at the same
time allows me to visualise what types of shots I want to
get in preparation for the editing.
- Skateboarder
- Involved in the Locking Skatepark Project

BEN
STEVENS
ISAAC PHILLIPS SKATEBOARDING
SOMERSET

Director / Presenter
 Infront the camera mainly and the voice over narrations
and interviews
 I have chosen the role due to my previous experience of
being in front of the camera during an old podcast
 Novice Skateboarder

ISAAC
PHILLIPS
MATTHEW BAILEY SKATEBOARDING
SOMERSET

OVERVIEW
SOUND RECORDIST/ASSISTANT EDITOR
• Matthew Bailey
• My job role is the Sound Recordist. My main role is to
make sure the audio quality is the best it can be, and
that it is consistently good.
• I have chosen to be the sound recordist due to my
opinion of it being arguably the most pivotal role in a
film crew as the audience gets the feeling of the film or
piece of media through sound.
• My other role is that of an Assistant editor, My role
here is to give our Main editor, Ben Stevens, ideas and
to also take some editing time away from him so that
he can get a break or produce ideas of his own.

MATTHEW
BAILEY
SKATEBOARDING
SOMERSET

OVERVIEW
PRODUCTION
EQUIPMENT SKATEBOARDING
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OVERVIEW
• Sony X70 camera.
• Rode Boom Pole.
• Rode Microphone.
• Tripod. Zoom H4.

MATTHEW
BAILEY
BUDGETING SKATEBOARDING
SOMERSET

OVERVIEW
Budgeting
• We don’t have to worry about budgeting due to
the fact we have all the equipment provided to
us by the amazing facilities here at
Weston college, however this is how
much it would cost if we didn’t have this luxury:
• Sony X70 camera. 1000 pounds
• Rode Boom Pole. 115 pounds.
• Rode Microphone. 225 pounds
• Tripod. 145 pounds
• Zoom H4. 185 pounds

MATTHEW
BAILEY
TIME SCALING SKATEBOARDING
SOMERSET

OVERVIEW
• We have 3 main production stages in
this project. Pre-Production, Filming and
Post-Production.
• Pre-Production will take just short of two
months to go through, making sure
we spend a day to do all of the paperwork
and things like that,
• We have a dedicated two-week filming
window that starts on the 6th of November
and ends on the 20th of November.
• Post-Production will be weaved into this
filming window due to the handing in date
which is the 20th of November.

MATTHEW
BAILEY
SKATEBOARDING
SOMERSET

OVERVIEW
LOCATIONS
CHEDDAR LOCATIONS

The reason we chose

Cheddar as a location is
its relevance in the
skating community 13
years after its initial
opening. This is evidence
of how rich skateboarding
is in Somerset.

ISAAC
PHILLIPS
WESTON LOCATIONS

The Reason we chose

Weston Seafront is to
show the dynamic
between skating at a park
to street skating. Also, to
find out why Weston
skate parks don’t get
used.

ISAAC
PHILLIPS
NAILSEA LOCATIONS

The reason we chose

Nailsea is because there
is an annual skate fest at
the park where a lot of
people who attend. This
also shows its relevance
to the somerset
skateboarders.

ISAAC
PHILLIPS
SKATEBOARDING
SOMERSET

OVERVIEW
CONTRIBUTORS
NAILSEA CONTRIBUTORS

PHIL WILLIAMS SOMERSET

- Driving force of the HANSON
Nailsea Skatepark - Nailsea Local
Project
- Yes, his actual
- Led the renovation of name is Somerset
the skatepark
- Progressed with
- Passionate Skater the new skatepark
- Help us find out why - Help us find out
the original park how the
needed renovating renovation affected
local skaters

BEN
STEVENS
CHEDDAR CONTRIBUTORS

JACK BESSANT PATRICK

- Cheddar Local MERRYFIELD
- 'REEF' Bass player - Cheddar Local
- Passionate Skater - Talented Skater
CHEDDAR CONTRIBUTORS
- Involved in the - Skating at cheddar
Cheddar Shredder since its opening
project - Help us find out
- Help us find out about its
about the history prominence in
of the park Somerset

BEN
STEVENS
WESTON CONTRIBUTORS

BEN SMART ALVIN LANE

- Weston Local - Weston Local
- Seasoned - Skateboarding
since a young
Skater WESTON CONTRIBUTORS age
- Help us find out - Help us find out
about the why none of
history of Weston's
skateboarding Skateparks get
in Weston used

BEN
STEVENS
SKATEBOARDING
SOMERSET

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