Go, go Grain Project!

We, as a group, are quite pleased to have officially completed our first extended, sit-down interview with a member of the Grain Project. We realized upon finally viewing our existing footage that it was mostly action based, which is great, but not ideal for telling a story. To remedy this we were able to contact Nick Spain of the Grain Project and have him sit down for an interview Thursday afternoon.

Overall the interview went very, very well. Nikki and I felt like we really didn't have to prompt him, or explain to him what we were looking for. Sometimes we'd ask him one question and he'd lead right into the next question on our list, without us even asking it! This isn't too surprising, as we had already discussed a lot of our subjects on prior field days without cameras. One particularly funny/heartfelt moment came when we were talking about why kids come to the garden to help and work. Nick went into details about how despite all the other options kids these days have for their free time (ipod wizardry, for example), they still come to the garden to help out.
Also, in a side note, about sound, the afternoon in a park is not the ideal time to conduct an interview, sound-wise. Too many soccer games and handball courts. People do not listen to you when you ask them (nicely) to stop playing handball.