This document contains minutes from meetings of a production group working on a project about gender neutrality. It outlines their discussions, development of ideas, research activities, planning, and preparation over multiple meetings in September and October. They decided on their theme, developed potential concepts and narratives, conducted surveys, and planned shooting tests as they worked to finalize their short film project.

1. minutes.
7EVEN
Introduction to Contemporary
Media Practice 2016/17
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2. monday 26th
september
brief launched
● brief introduction to
production group.
● exchanged contact
details (phone numbers
& facebook details).
present absent
alessia oya
gabriella
jacopo
ryan
josh

3. wednesday 28th
september
present absent
alessia oya
gabriella ryan
jacopo
josh
10:30 - Meet at The Tate Modern
(Started: 11:00)
12:00 - Brief discussion about the artwork @
Level 4 (discussed themes such as self-
destruction and feminism)
13:00 - Lunch
14:00 - Level 0, 1 and 2
(below, photography by Gabriella Livingstone)

4. thursday 29th
september
present
alessia
gabriella
jacopo
josh
ryan
oya
first production meeting
@ the undercroft
11:00 - Film Induction
12:00 - First production meeting
15:00 - Finished meeting
● Updating Ryan and Oya on the different
artworks at the Tate.
● Viewing everyone's work and getting to
know each other. (influences)
- Oya: https://vimeo.com/user54012504 & Andy
Warhol eating a burger.
- Alessia: Talking about her personal
experiences.
- Gabriella:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAID_2iKO5Y
- Josh:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuNgUuTlJyw
- Ryan: Cinematography & Kahlil Joseph -
m.A.A.d (2014)
- Jacopo: Philosophy and Books.

5. ideas development.
thursday 29th september

6. friday 30th
september
present
alessia
gabriella
jacopo
josh
ryan
oya
12:00 - Second production meeting
13:45 - Meeting with Julie and Sue.
Second production meeting
● Oya told the group about the research she had
done on ‘contemporary feminism’.
● Josh told the group about his ideas on the
project.
● Gradual progress on the short film’s narrative.
● Group viewed ‘Tutti Frutti’ (Italian porn) as
inspiration.
> Discussion:
- Transgenders
- Chromosomes
- Hieroglyphics
- Equality between the genders
- Gender Equality

7. ideas development.
Friday 30th september
Gender Neutrality.
One
Screen
(triple x y)
X³Y
Subject: Transgender
As we believed that a
transgender subject could
somehow represent both
male and female genders.
A ‘moral’ or ‘conclusion’ at
the end. (In the format of a
sentence to anchor the
meaning)
Pan up shot to see
the subject’s face,
which is half done
with slight make-
up and the other
naturally bare.
Equality
Rotten &
Hybrid Fruit
Classical bowl of fruit
(refer to classical paintings)
Nudity
Hieroglyphic
Studio

8. meeting with
Julie and Sue.
Friday 30th september
Action:
1) Oya and another member of the crew will do a primary
survey at The Tate Modern.
2) Every individual in the production team are
researching:
- Feminism
- Gender
- Sarah Lucas
- Judith Butler
- Helen Chadwick
- Sexualisation of objects

9. monday 3rd
october
present
alessia
gabriella
jacopo
josh
ryan
oya
13:00 - Third production meeting
17:00 - Short Meeting with Julie
(Update, approved)
Alessia and Gabriella combine research.
● The production group decided to stick
with the theme of ‘Gender Neutrality’
instead of ‘Feminism’ as it was seen as a
contemporary issue.
● The group talked about their research
findings and had an open discussion
with a variety of opinions
(below, Alessia and Gabriella’s research findings)

10. monday 10th
october
13:00 - Fourth production meeting
● Completed the survey for the general
public to answer about ‘Gender
Neutrality.’
● Emailed The Tate about doing primary
research there. Emailed on the 6/10/16
and had a reply on the 7/10/16.
● Everyone became ‘writers’ on the blog.
(below, email to Tate Modern)
present absent
oya alessia
gabriella
jacopo
ryan
josh

11. friday 14th
october
13:30 - Fifth production meeting
17:00 - Meeting with Gabriella and Alessia
(below, mind map of Alessia’s and Gabriella’s ‘new’
ideas)
present absent
oya jacopo
gabriella ryan
alessia
josh

12. monday 17th
october
12:30 - Sixth production meeting
17:00 - Short Meeting with Julie
(Update, approved)
● Group heard Alessia’s and Gabriella’s
ideas and updated/approved them.
● Finalised idea!!!
● To Do list:
- Website
- Everyone’s update their research onto
the blogs
- Decided on audio test day (18/10/16)
- Decided to set up social media to
‘spread the word’.
present absent
oya ryan
gabriella
alessia
josh
jacopo

13. Tuesday 18th
october
12:30 - Seventh production meeting and
Audio test day.
Plan:
● Record audio. :)
● Find stock audio of heart beating. :)
● Film people’s reaction to the survey. :(
● Go to Hassan and ask about taking out
the projector. :)
● Location Scouting. :(
present absent
oya ryan
gabriella
alessia
josh
jacopo
(above left: asking about the projector - Hassan)
(above right: recording setup and equipement)

14. minutes.
7EVEN
Introduction to Contemporary
Media Practice 2016/17
4MEST001W