When I started up Inside Job Productions in 2006 it was really exciting to move away from the old world of broadcast and into making films with a direct social purpose. Ten years of TV and radio had given me some great experiences, like working on a pig farm for a year, filming a mother giving birth and eating worm pie (that was local TV you'll be unsurprised to hear!). But it was time for a change, and I hear the same message from many of the freelancers we work with. It's very rewarding to be making films not just to entertain, but to be used as tools by many brilliant organisations across the third sector.
Now, after three fascinating years, IJP is re-launching with a new website and a bigger team, enabling us to make the same kinds of great films, but for more people. Our fearsomely organised Production Manager, Tracey Blackwood, provides support to all the IJP teams out there filming and editing. And Louise Brown, razor-sharp Marketing and Communications Manager, is making sure that more of the right people are finding out about who we are and what we do.
It's always easier to explain the value of the films IJP makes by giving some examples. 'Coming Back to London' is the fifth film we've made for Blundeston, a prison in Suffolk. Aimed at prisoners released back to London area it looks at resettlement support available in the capital, but also examines the things that might have changed: can you remember London before Oyster cards, congestion charges and a smoking ban in pubs? Our latest commission is for The Refugee Council: we'll be producing a series of films for a new website aimed at supporting refugee teachers who want to teach in the UK, telling the stories of refugees and the schools which employ them.
I'm very passionate about the power of film to effect change as well as simply reflect life; and I'm excited that IJP's expansion will contribute to the use of more films for good.
Now, after three fascinating years, IJP is re-launching with a new website and a bigger team, enabling us to make the same kinds of great films, but for more people. Our fearsomely organised Production Manager, Tracey Blackwood, provides support to all the IJP teams out there filming and editing. And Louise Brown, razor-sharp Marketing and Communications Manager, is making sure that more of the right people are finding out about who we are and what we do.
It's always easier to explain the value of the films IJP makes by giving some examples. 'Coming Back to London' is the fifth film we've made for Blundeston, a prison in Suffolk. Aimed at prisoners released back to London area it looks at resettlement support available in the capital, but also examines the things that might have changed: can you remember London before Oyster cards, congestion charges and a smoking ban in pubs? Our latest commission is for The Refugee Council: we'll be producing a series of films for a new website aimed at supporting refugee teachers who want to teach in the UK, telling the stories of refugees and the schools which employ them.
I'm very passionate about the power of film to effect change as well as simply reflect life; and I'm excited that IJP's expansion will contribute to the use of more films for good.
Naomi Delap, Managing Director, Inside Job Productions
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