tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29584032532565464092011-07-07T14:38:38.176-07:00Inside Job ProductionsAbout IJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763039734140420700noreply@blogger.comBlogger251100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958403253256546409.post-43364364541556666382011-05-25T06:27:00.000-07:002011-05-25T06:27:50.336-07:00Girls behind barsYesterday, I was lucky enough to attend an Exhibition called “Girls Behind Bars” held in the “Together Our Space Gallery” in Old Street in London. In this current exhibition all the art work, visual and spoken media, was produced by female prisoners or ex-offenders and aims to explore their lives and how the justice system has affected them.
“Together” is a national charity which works alongsideAbout IJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763039734140420700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958403253256546409.post-49397402336343298342011-03-28T11:00:00.000-07:002011-03-29T05:00:41.833-07:00Inside Job Productions recognised with two gongs at International Communication CeremonyInside Job Productions (IJP), a London based production company making ‘great films with a purpose’, have been crowned proud winners of two Bronze prizes at the World’s largest and most prestigious celebration of the best in corporate and public sector communication, the IVCA 2011 Awards.
Competing with the cream of the crop in corporate film making, IJP’s Managing Director Naomi Delap said “About IJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763039734140420700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958403253256546409.post-83270071825185906212010-09-29T08:32:00.001-07:002010-09-29T08:39:44.121-07:00Art through prison bars
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About IJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763039734140420700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958403253256546409.post-19637800700814187832010-08-18T06:39:00.000-07:002010-09-29T08:42:32.089-07:00Can Social Enterprises deliver to the public sector?IJP featured as example of best practice in Social Enterprise delivery to public sector servicesIJP has been hailed as one of the organisations that successfully works as a Social Enterprise to deliver services to the criminal justice sector. With more focus on delivering efficiencies and increasing the social impacts of public sector services, IJP's latest film for the NTA is a strong About IJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763039734140420700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958403253256546409.post-12048568281454408372010-07-20T04:36:00.000-07:002010-07-20T04:36:53.906-07:00Addressing stereotypesLast week we visited the Hot Tap Theatre to see the latest play from Dean Stalham, an ex-offender with a fascinating life story who has used his experience before and during his time in prison to inspire writing that has been showcased at The Union, The ICA, The Hen and Chickens and the Orange Tree.
His latest work, God Don’t Live on a Council Estate, plays on largely autobiographical themes About IJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763039734140420700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958403253256546409.post-58091471652178924542010-05-25T03:16:00.000-07:002010-05-25T03:17:38.597-07:00Participatory digital development – my start at Media For DevelopmentAlthough I've only been at Media for Development for a week, I can already see the potential for digital innovation to boost MFD's mission. I hope that a mashup of my background in web & social change and Media for Development's experience of participatory media will produce some pioneering ways to empower marginalised communities. So here's a snapshot of my thinking about where to go and how to About IJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763039734140420700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958403253256546409.post-6624119786903304902010-04-29T01:53:00.000-07:002010-04-29T02:12:11.735-07:00Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train
Having been lucky enough to score tickets to 'Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train's matinee show at Trafalgar Studios, a couple of us from IJP got the opportunity to be treated to a wonderful theatrical experience. The production, written by Stephen Adly Guirgis and brought to life by Synergy Theatre Projects, was expertly performed under the direction of Esther Baker and a team of fine actors – some About IJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763039734140420700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958403253256546409.post-38740210215435875452010-04-14T08:57:00.000-07:002010-04-29T02:12:33.124-07:00JailbrakeA few months ago NESTA and the people at Social Innovation Camp launched the Jailbreak challenge. They wanted to know if simple web and mobile tools that we use everyday could be used to divert young people from the criminal justice system and break the cycle of reoffending.
At Media for Development we are always thinking about what makes ‘good’ communication; this isn’t just what font to use onAbout IJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763039734140420700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958403253256546409.post-60233916499134811162010-03-31T08:54:00.000-07:002010-04-29T02:13:10.281-07:00‘More fool us’“Using comedy to explore mental health issues? That’s crazy!” I hear you exclaim, fully aware of the bad pun.
That’s what I am working on with IJP for Southside Partnership, a mental health charity that works with a lot with ex-offenders and prisoners with severe mental health issues.The project is multi-faceted, combining a promotional film for Southside (completed late last year), a live About IJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763039734140420700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958403253256546409.post-40866873001556521842010-03-26T08:25:00.000-07:002010-04-29T02:13:27.586-07:00Being a production trainee at IJPI first started working for Inside Job Productions three days before my 26th birthday, and found myself feeling more like an 18 year old just leaving school. I was so nervous, terrified of talking to and being around people I didn't know. For the last ten months I'd only had to talk to people I knew, and if I didn't know them I knew where they were coming from, they were in the same place as me.About IJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763039734140420700noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958403253256546409.post-42350462737029970842010-03-05T06:10:00.000-08:002010-04-29T02:13:41.131-07:00Giving women a voice
I've been freelance producing for IJP for three years now. I love the fact that on every job I'm plunged into scenarios which are fascinating, eye-opening and often quite bizarre. On a dark rainy Wednesday evening last week, I was shown down to the basement of Albany Street Police Station in north London and led into the cells where 5 police officers were waiting to be interviewed, by me. It wasAbout IJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763039734140420700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958403253256546409.post-20763773894972590472010-02-26T04:31:00.000-08:002010-04-29T02:14:00.731-07:00Cracking Up
Sometimes researching a new film project can be fun. So a trip to The Hob pub in Forest Hill to see John Ryan, a London/Irish comedian, do a show seemed an inviting prospect. Then it turned out the show was all about mental health. Depression. Suicide. Light-hearted stuff really.
A mix of comedy, sketches and poetry founded on research and contributions from people who have experienced mental About IJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763039734140420700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958403253256546409.post-35873429897313452942010-02-05T08:26:00.000-08:002010-02-05T09:20:14.220-08:00Through the brothel keyhole...This week a group of us from IJP paid a visit to the Himalaya Film & Cultural Festival to watch a short film called "From Brothel to Bridehood". The documentary, set in Mumbai, follows the work of the Rescue Foundation, an NGO that works for the rescue, rehabilitation and repatriation of victims of human trafficking from India, Nepal and Bangladesh who have been sold for forced prostitution.
About IJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763039734140420700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958403253256546409.post-91045527763011443642010-01-22T05:38:00.000-08:002010-01-24T04:21:04.020-08:00Media as a tool against prejudiceMore than one third of adults admit to being prejudiced against Travellers/Gypsies, with such prejudices being frequently reinforced by mainstream media. Before Savvy Chavvy, access to the technological skills and equipment to challenge this representation and express and reinforce a sense of community within traditional media was limited. However, in the form of a unique social networking site, About IJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763039734140420700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958403253256546409.post-60119588930274605192010-01-08T07:22:00.000-08:002010-04-29T02:15:27.472-07:00Rex Quondam, Rexque Futurus
I recently went to a lecture given by Rex Bloomstein, a documentary maker who’s been filming in and around the criminal justice system since the 1970’s. Organised by the Prisoner’s Education Trust, the event gave a fascinating insight into the enormous changes that have happened in the prison estate over four decades and the way that film has been used to capture, and in Bloomstein’s case, About IJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763039734140420700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958403253256546409.post-56406136805721706392009-12-17T08:55:00.000-08:002010-04-29T02:16:09.982-07:00Only hackers can judge hackersAnd only a hacker can know a hackers' worth. We might not know it but looking back at the history of the early internet we actually inherited a valuable change in attitude from the early geeks and the dynamic they established in their usenet newsgroups!
A long time before the graphical browsers came along they needed a way to freely share knowledge. They did so by sending emails to all members About IJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763039734140420700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958403253256546409.post-6066419109240518612009-12-11T03:30:00.000-08:002010-04-29T02:34:57.395-07:00Bridging the development gapAlmost exactly seven years ago - just before Christmas 2002 - I was sitting in a classroom at Wandsworth Prison discussing a new project idea with a small group of prisoners. We were thinking about setting up a radio station inside the prison, complete with a learning facility, with the idea that radio might be an excellent hook for encouraging prisoners to get involved in education for the firstAbout IJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763039734140420700noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958403253256546409.post-63212314135531027312009-11-27T03:46:00.000-08:002010-04-29T02:36:07.452-07:00Phones can be more scary than you think!It's a pretty extreme way to sort your life out but, for me, going to prison allowed me to do just that. Really. Of course, the simple daily grind and routine, slamming doors, jangling keys and shouts of 'Get your hot water ladieeeeeeeeees' probably wouldn't be enough for anyone to turn the corner but mine was a sentence laden with opportunity; opportunity I seized with great relish.
It started About IJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763039734140420700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958403253256546409.post-38210852034788717362009-11-13T07:22:00.000-08:002010-04-29T03:45:11.314-07:00Saturday Night at Secret Cinema As we get closer to Old St tube station the people in white multiply. We stream towards the venue past long lines of people putting on decontamination suits bearing the legend 'Nostromo'. Joining our place in the queue we pass a window where a group of astronauts argue around a table. We finally enter the building through a vibrating airlock...
It all started when I received an email from About IJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763039734140420700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958403253256546409.post-77519143870917502132009-11-03T05:52:00.000-08:002010-04-29T03:46:54.029-07:00Empowering magistrates through film
When I was asked by IJP to make a film for London Probation to give magistrates an in-depth understanding of what happened to people serving community sentences I felt excited, if slightly daunted by the vast scope of issues the film could cover. One magistrate told me he sees the same people in court time and time again and wanted to know why, and what measures could change this. Another saidAbout IJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763039734140420700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958403253256546409.post-27144972853807591712009-10-23T07:23:00.000-07:002010-04-29T03:49:39.563-07:00The scales aren't so badThe Media Trust's latest report 'The Marketing & Communications Needs of Charities' provides a succinct summary of the communications issues facing third sector organisations today. The highlighted issues will be all-too-familiar amongst the communications agencies working within the sector, where a general lack of strategic expertise and experienced marketing presence on boards often makes it About IJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763039734140420700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958403253256546409.post-74065271095582752182009-10-02T02:41:00.000-07:002010-04-29T03:52:02.985-07:00People Will Always Need Good Pants
I went to see the lovely people at Pants to Poverty yesterday to talk through some film ideas. This organisation is really worth checking out if you haven't already. Born out of the Make Poverty History campaign, the idea of making, wearing and selling 'good pants' as a way of raising awareness about social and environmental issues has grown into an exciting and sustainable social enterprise.
About IJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763039734140420700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958403253256546409.post-6951838567738142702009-09-18T06:47:00.000-07:002010-04-29T03:54:08.728-07:00Education through film I was called by IJP about a job sometime in May, I think it was.
They had a client who wanted to make a film about prisoners with mental health issues. One of the service users of this organisation had died in police custody and they wanted to do something about it - they wanted to make a film which helped to build bridges; to train people involved in the criminal justice system in how to dealAbout IJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763039734140420700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958403253256546409.post-54924955373002583302009-09-10T09:35:00.000-07:002010-04-29T03:57:49.218-07:00Media to re-engage Yesterday's article 'Inside Sell Blocks' in the Guardian Society raised some interesting and challenging questions about the nature of prisoners' relationship to employment. The movement from worklessness into sustained employment can be challenging for this group not least due to the significant experience and skills barriers faced. For work schemes designed to increase the chances of About IJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763039734140420700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958403253256546409.post-18780547631564794822009-09-04T03:48:00.000-07:002010-04-29T04:00:34.570-07:00More films for good
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 About IJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04763039734140420700noreply@blogger.com0