The second step of the project was to contact this girls and see if they were interested in us making a quick piece about them and their views on being the fastest growing female sport in the UK. At the beginning we went to their website in the 'Contact Us' area but we couldn't find a single phone number anywhere plus the email that was on there didn't seem to work. To be honest contacting them was the most painful bit as we didn't have a direct way to go and talk to them, but just sit and wait for a reply. We found they have a Facebook page.
What I did was that I contacted them through the Facebook website as I saw they post stuff every day. meaning there is someone checking that site and updating it regularly. I created a message that was sent to them which was the following:
Hi. My name is Chris Sarmiento, I am 2nd year student at the University for the Creative Arts, currently studying Television Production. I am the Editor of a new online channel for youngsters, focused on innovative sports around the area of Kent. As a member of Tekkers Productions, we would like to know if we could do a quick 2 min story about your group and what you do. We will be coming to you in Chatham for this project. We are really excited of being part of this unique sport and showing the local people about this exciting activity. If possible, we would like to have a contact number to discuss and explain more in depth what our aim is about. If you rather arrange a meeting with us, we are more than willing to come to you.
Kind Regards,
Chris
The days passed and passed and I had absolutely no answer about it and one week before our tentative shooting day, I received and answer from one of the girls called Jo-Commotion. This was her reply:
Hi Chris I'm happy to to talk to you about KRG over the phone. I'm on 07779998136 if you'd like to give us a call.
Cheers!
Jo-Commotion
I phoned her and she was really happy and keen for us to go there and film and the only sort of condition that she gave us was if they were able to get hold on some of the footage once it is done, as they all lack skills in technology and would like to have some footage of them in action. After that it all came down to decide which of the 3 places where they meet was the best one for us. At the beginning we said Chatham on Wednesday as we all live closer and it will come more in handy, but Jo explained to me that the best one and the one we could get the most from was the one in Herne Bay during Sunday. We decided to give it a go and Haley, Helen's friend and our production assistant, took us there alongside with our reporter Jamie Terry, which made the trip easier for us.
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