A busy week!
First Rushes are in!
This time last week I went to the discovery hotel to ask about permission, which they granted. I planned to go to the discovery hotel on the Friday, which we did. Whilst getting permission and balancing various other things I found a Norwegian Leeds United fan. He messaged me and offered to write me a paragraph in Norwegian on one of the LUFC Facebook groups. Through this, I got in contact with Tore who was staying at the Clayton. I managed to get permission from the Clayton and we were set to film here also on the Friday.
We waited in the Discovery and met an Irish Leeds fan wearing a LUFC scarf and jersey. We interviewed him and found out some interesting things. He told us he remembers vividly his first football game, which was when he was 4 and was also Leeds, he's been a die hard fan since then. He also had a LUFC tattoo, which has proven to be a re-occurring theme within fans. Here's a picture of Liam, Rich and our recruited soundie.
We then met with the Norwegians, who were some the loveliest, welcoming people i've met. In their words, 'Elland road is our mecca, Leeds United is our religion.' The reason they support Leeds is because they used to watch it on the TV as kids and saw Leeds when they had Billy Bremner on the team. Most of them regard Billy Bremner and his team as the best team Leeds have ever had, which statistically is true. Supporters are constantly saying how that team played in a different way, they were hard, tactical and, 'Dirty Leeds'. Two of the Norwegians also went to get LUFC tattoos, which we filmed. Me and Rich also ended up getting a Thai meal brought for us by the Norwegians.
There's another direction i've realised the doc could take or at least touch on, that is about how the players have lost touch with the fans but the fans haven't lost touch with the players. All of the people interviewed have spoke about how they used to see thr players down the pub and how it was a big thing as a child getting your t-shirt signed by them. Now, this doesn't happen, despite as Stephen put it, 'fans acting as an extra player'.
This time last week I went to the discovery hotel to ask about permission, which they granted. I planned to go to the discovery hotel on the Friday, which we did. Whilst getting permission and balancing various other things I found a Norwegian Leeds United fan. He messaged me and offered to write me a paragraph in Norwegian on one of the LUFC Facebook groups. Through this, I got in contact with Tore who was staying at the Clayton. I managed to get permission from the Clayton and we were set to film here also on the Friday.
We waited in the Discovery and met an Irish Leeds fan wearing a LUFC scarf and jersey. We interviewed him and found out some interesting things. He told us he remembers vividly his first football game, which was when he was 4 and was also Leeds, he's been a die hard fan since then. He also had a LUFC tattoo, which has proven to be a re-occurring theme within fans. Here's a picture of Liam, Rich and our recruited soundie.
We then met with the Norwegians, who were some the loveliest, welcoming people i've met. In their words, 'Elland road is our mecca, Leeds United is our religion.' The reason they support Leeds is because they used to watch it on the TV as kids and saw Leeds when they had Billy Bremner on the team. Most of them regard Billy Bremner and his team as the best team Leeds have ever had, which statistically is true. Supporters are constantly saying how that team played in a different way, they were hard, tactical and, 'Dirty Leeds'. Two of the Norwegians also went to get LUFC tattoos, which we filmed. Me and Rich also ended up getting a Thai meal brought for us by the Norwegians.
this is the team, Poppy, Rich and Tiarnan with the Nords!
We also went to watch the game on the Saturday at the Holbeck Bowling club to meet my new friend Steve. We filmed some fan reaction during this time. The two interviewee's from the Bowling club are both called Stephen, we call them, crazy Steve and Brexit Steve. They're both extremely, warm and welcoming characters. It's madness how they were clearly involved with hooliganism whilst they were younger, now they watch the games in a family friendly bowling club. The direction of the film seems to be taking the fact that Leeds fans are often misconstrued, or perhaps even were, these crazy, hard fans. Yet now, they're lovely, passionate and friendly characters who just want a beer and more than anything, for Leeds to win. After I went to the Bowling club, I also met up with the Norwegian's one last time where I had a meal with them again, I have them all on Facebook and will definitely keep in touch.
There's another direction i've realised the doc could take or at least touch on, that is about how the players have lost touch with the fans but the fans haven't lost touch with the players. All of the people interviewed have spoke about how they used to see thr players down the pub and how it was a big thing as a child getting your t-shirt signed by them. Now, this doesn't happen, despite as Stephen put it, 'fans acting as an extra player'.
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