Applied: Devi Lockwood

We went to Preston New Road, near Blackpool where there is a new Fracking drill site which currently has a pretty much permanent protest camped outside its gates. We got some great photos of the signs, which we are thinking of incorporating into an animation as they are so bold and striking.

Yesterday, Rosie made it to a Frack Free Leeds meeting, and got speaking to a poet and journalist called Devi Lockwood. Devi cycled round the world collecting people's first hand stories of the impact of climate change. we are meeting with her again tonight (Tuesday 7th) to speak to her further, and hopefully to collect a story or two to animate if Devi is up for it.

This would be a really nice opportunity to make a narrative led documentary, on a an issue that is still quite removed from people's everyday lives in the UK (for the time being), but has very powerful and immediate effects for people in poorer parts of the world.

We are also continuing to look at protest camps and occupations which we might be able to visit in order to build up a body of stories, opinions and alternatives from people living in areas which will be affected by fracking.