Brad Brough Blog #3
September 29, 2008

Hi, Brad Brough here.

So, it’s been a couple of weeks since we all left your town and gave it back to you!
Just wanted to touch base with you all and let you know what we’re up to.

First of all, I just wanted to personally thank everyone in Tata for your warm support and hospitality to our crew. When we all hopped on planes to go home, we all felt a connection to the town that we didn’t expect. I think this comes with the level of mutual respect that we all showed for each other. It was an incredible honour for all of us to be able to experience your town for the short period of time that we did and be welcomed into your homes and your lives. It takes a lot of guts and trust to do this and we appreciate it.

For the next 4 months our post production team will be combing through hundreds of hours of footage to cobble together 8 episodes of ‘The Week the Women Went’, to begin airing late in January on CBC network. It’s a huge, huge task and an incredibly challenging one. The idea of trying to capture the essence of a place in just one week is a tough one, but a challenge we’ve taken on with gusto. I’ll be supervising the edits along with Ed and Peter out in Vancouver, so I’ll keep in touch in the months to come and let you know what’s happening.

As the airdates get closer, we’ll be in touch more.
Please feel free to drop me an email at anytime, I will get back to you promptly.
My personal email address is:
bradb@boxingcats.ca

If you have other concerns, please feel free to contact the series producer, Ed at
twtww2@papernyfilms.com

Thanks again for a once in a lifetime experience, we on the production team wish you all a warm and safe winter with your families (no more hurricanes!).

Happy Oktoberfet, no one will be drinking of course….right.
Very Best

Brad Brough
Series Director
The Week the Women Went

...Bon Voyage, ladies.

We survived the hurricane, and now the week is in gear.

Guys, if you want to take part in the community project, please go down to the site. (Ask around... if you don't already know someone will let you in on the location.)

If you know of anything cool going on, anything at all, let us know... 657-3072 ex229.

twtww

Hi Ladies,

Just an update for the women bring babies on the bus - think of it as a Greyhound. There are no seatbelts on the bus, so you can't strap your car seats in. But you can bring them, and place them in the seats beside you. If you have any concerns about this, please email Laura at lamack79@gmail.com.

Thanks,
TWTWW

So ladies, here it is: The schedule for Sunday, Sept 7th.

9AM – Ladies, come to the Legion with your papers, and check in with production reps. Hand them your forms. This is very important. You won’t get on the bus if you don’t have your signed release. At this time, you’ll find out what bus you’re on.

10:30-12:30 – We begin shooting the March of the Women. During this we ask that all those who wish to watch carefully listen to the production crew about where you can stand.

12:30 – Load buses.

13:30 – Buses roll out of town.

If you are being dropped off, although Main St. will be closed, we will be allowing cars in for drops offs at the civic lot behind the Legion. The preferred arrival route would
be down maple / queen to the Legion where our PA's will let cars doing drops-offs through.

See you there!

TWTWW

Greetings,

As you've probably heard, there's a hurricane warning in effect for the area. As interesting as it might be visually to have the women running for the bus in 100 mile-an-hour winds, we don't want anyone to get hurt so we're going to wait a while and see what happens by the end of the day today. There may be a change of plans for Sunday. Please keep checking in to this site for updates. We'll also try emailing everyone on the bus an update on what our plans are.

Thanks,
cm

We're always looking for interesting stories. If you think your family would make a great story, or know someone who you think would be fantastic, please call and let us know. 657-3072 ex229, or cms@papernyfilms.com.

Hello All!

Lots to announce today:

There's going to be a BBQ on Friday, September 5th at 5:30 at the Creamery Square, hosted by Paperny Films! If you live in Tatamagouche and want to come meet the crew, please join us for some burgers and pop.

There will be a men's meeting at the Legion on Sunday at 3PM. If you have any interest at all in taking part in the community project, please join us. They need all the help they can get.

Ladies:

A few logistical points about the trip:

- Remember, you’re only allowed one suitcase each.

- On Sunday, please bring your consent forms, or else you're not getting on the bus. If you need an extra, please go to Customer Services at Foodland. There will be a stack there.

If you haven’t given us your activity forms, please drop them off in the lobby of the Balmoral Hotel.

If you had signed up to go on the trip, and got a call from us saying you were on the bus, but WEREN’T at the meeting on Tuesday, (AND haven’t yet spoken to Laura yet) please call Laura at 657-3072, or email her at lamack79@gmail.com.

Bring a colourful umbrella on Sunday. It looks like rain!


Here is a rundown of the schedule:

9AM – Lady’s, come to the Legion with your papers, and check in with production reps. Hand them your forms. This is very important. You won’t get on the bus if you don’t have your signed release. At this time, you’ll find out what bus you’re on.

10:30-12:30 – We begin shooting the March of the Women. During this we ask that all those who wish to watch carefully listen to the production crew about where you can stand.

12:30 – Load buses.

13:30 – Buses roll out of town.

If you are being dropped off, although Main St. will be closed, we will be allowing cars in for drops offs at the civic lot behind the Legion. The preferred arrival route would
be down maple / queen to the Legion where our PA's will let cars doing drops-offs through.

Thanks for all of your cooperation these past few weeks. We look forward to seeing everyone on Friday at the Creamery!

twtww