Footprints: In Somerset

Footprints: In Leek Wootton - The Footprints Pilot

By Tom Pearson - Creator, Producer & Director

As the basis of Footprints: In Somerset formed it became clear that a pilot would be needed to give us some idea of how the project would work on location and what it might look like on screen, so in February 2004 we shot Footprints: In Leek Wootton...

At 8am on Sunday 1st February 2004 the Footprints Pilot cast and crew arrived at the sleepy village of Leek Wootton, Warwickshire, to shoot a one-day pilot episode. The programme was to highlight the history of both the village and the community which has built up within it.

Over the days that followed the Leek Wootton shoot I viewed the tapes and made notes on the ideas, elements and sections which worked and those which didn't. The tapes were then stored and were not unearthed until the last few weeks of editing for Footprints: In Somerset . When I came across them again I took them round to our editor, Patrick Holroyd, and asked whether he could cut together a 10 minute piece using the material shot back in February. It has been included on the Footprints: In Somerset DVD for those who want to see how it all started.

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