Raystede is an animal shelter in Ringmer, UK that has been rescuing and rehoming over 1,500 animals per year for the past 60 years. A group of film students chose to make a documentary about Raystede called "Raystede: Living with Animals" to showcase the shelter's work and highlight the human-animal bond. They planned to film interviews with shelter staff and the people who adopted animals from Raystede to tell personal stories. The film aims to bring attention to issues of pet abuse and abandonment while celebrating the compassion of those who care for homeless animals at Raystede.

1. RAYSTEDE
Living with animals.
A. Fitzjohn, E. Dowling,A.Williams, M. D’Oriano

2. WHAT IS IT?
•Raystede is an animal shelter based in Ringmer. It
provides sanctuary and caring for animals since it
opened 60 years ago.
•They rescue and rehome over 1500
animals every year.
•They are a registered charity.

3. WHY RAYSTEDE?
• Having a personal love for pets as a team, we considered pet abuse and
abandonment a growing issues in the UK.
• Raystede seemed the perfect place to represent our ideas, since it takes
care of several species of animals.
• Exploring this theme through our documentary was something we are all
eager to engage in.

4. THE NAME
The name of our project will be:
RAYSTEDE: living with animals.
We think this title will perfectly combine the aim of the shelter with the personal
experience of the people we will interview – and the story of their animals.

5. OUR PROJECT

6. PLANNINGDay 2 (Interview filming) 24/11/15
10:00 Collect equipment from Silverstone storage
room
10:15 Catch train to Lewis and a taxi to Raystede
11:00 Meet and sit down with staff to talk about
what needs to be done and what angle they
will be done at
11:30 Set up camera and lighting equipment at
first location
11:40 Start filming first interview
11:50 Move equipment to second location
12:00 Continue filming with second interview
12:10 Move camera equipment to the third
location
12:15 Start filming third interview
12:30 Go and capture more cut away footage
because of the responses of the interview
12:50 Have another talk about how the staff want
the editing to look and to show footage we
have collected
13:00 Pack up equipment
13:20 Get taxi and train back to Falmer
Day 1 (Cut away)
18/11/15
13:00 – 13:10 Collect equipment
from Silverstone
storage room
13:20 -13:45 Get train to Lewis
and taxi to Raystede
14:00 Arrive and talk to
staff about the
production section
of the day
14:30 Set up equipment at
right location
16:00 Film the Cut aways
in the locations
talked about with
stuff
16:50 Leave to catch train
and taxi back to
Falmer

7. Production

8. WHAT MAKES RAYSTEDE SPECIAL?
• One of their aims is an educational service, which informs its
audience on how to properly care for animals.
• Provides safe haven for variety of species, ranging from dogs to
tropical birds.
• Constantly seeking volunteers and donations to preserve and
improve the facilities and quality of life for the animals they
foster.

9. HUMAN INTEREST
• Animals are subject to a huge amount of
human interest – we love animals and the
companionship of them.
• We focused on Raystede because we felt like
it was the perfect place that could represent
our feelings and what we wanted to express
through our documentary.
• The major focus of the project will revolve
specifically around two personal stories, two
difficult situations in which dogs are involved.
• The topic of the video – the relationship
between humans and animals – is something
that can be easily relatable and engaging.