When the clock stops: Annabel continued full steam ahead editing, inputting sound effects – created by Murray and Luke and working on the intro sequence with a crew of students that continue to amaze her with their skills and ideas. Meanwhile, Gill worked with a group to design a flyer to announce the community showing of the film.

Memory lane: Raquel and Abe worked with Nirit to interview people about their memories of the day the mine closed. Everyone has been very keen to talk about it, perhaps finding it a release to talk. Some of the younger people moved from remembering the trauma of that day to speak about what happened afterwards and it appears that; for them – after the initial shock, they did in fact find other pathways, new horizons. The older people on the other hand reported more problems in moving on.

They interviewed a range of people including: a pharmacist from the hospital; a young mother whose husband was laid off; the brother of Raquel who is 31 and has since found a better job; some older community members; the owner of one of the supermarkets (so they could explore how the mine’s closure affected local business).

Most of the crew finished up late today. Around 7.30 Nirit was still filming interviews with Abe, while a lady waiting to clean finally kicked Jon and Lucy out of the computer room.

After school

Pool party: Directly across and down the road a little is the town’s only swimming pool and tonight was the night of a Christian youth groups pool party. The crew went across to lend a hand. Murray was Djing. A little bizarre for us, it was fun all the same. Music is music and most of the time it was good. The atmosphere was relaxed and a change is as good as a break after all. Lots of kids running around, nice lighting and a sky full of stars. Only a couple of times was Murray asked to take a particular songs off. And one time that was George Michael. He honestly thought he was being careful.