Watford Ladies were founded in 1970 and are currently based in Herefordshire at Kings Langley FC’s ground. They have won the Women’s challenge cup five times as well as being the Southern division champion in the 2006-07 season. With Watford currently in the second division of women’s football, they still adhere to many of the professionalisms of the first division. However, most of the players have to have a main job, with football on the side, whereas many of the first division clubs are full time. (Watford WSL, 2017)
As of writing this report Watford Ladies had gone into difficulties with the club recently announcing that they would be competing in the third division next season.(Independant, 2017) (Women’s football does not work like the men's game, you have to pay to be in a division meaning Watford decided it would be better to drop a division to try and re-grow the club)
From the discussions over email, it looked like Helen Ward (pictured above) would be a likely interviewee, so I decided to check some facts about her playing career than I could link into the script. "When you're making a documentary or any fact-based video, you should be heavily researched and know the informational role you want each of your interview subjects to play. In other words, know what you want each of your participants to talk about before you sit them down in front of the camera. This means you really have to know what your documentary is about." (Video Maker, 2009) Here are the facts that I researched:
Bibliography:From the discussions over email, it looked like Helen Ward (pictured above) would be a likely interviewee, so I decided to check some facts about her playing career than I could link into the script. "When you're making a documentary or any fact-based video, you should be heavily researched and know the informational role you want each of your interview subjects to play. In other words, know what you want each of your participants to talk about before you sit them down in front of the camera. This means you really have to know what your documentary is about." (Video Maker, 2009) Here are the facts that I researched:
- 31 years old
- Wales International
- Played for Watford previously
- 39 Goals in 70 appearances for Wales
- Recently Started football training weeks after having her second child
All of these facts will be important in dropping in the interview when writing the script, or the second script if plans change.
I also did some research on the training facilities which is where the majority of the documentary will be shot. The training ground is called "Harefield Academy" and is based in north London, just on the boundary with Hertfordshire. The ladies training ground is not linked with the men's team and neither is the stadium. I would not be visiting the stadium so I did not need to do much research on that.
I was told by Ed, the clubs general manager that Watford Ladies train on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday each week. I was not told which days would be training days outside but I assumed there would be a mixture of inside and outside workouts.
As women's football is not as big in the UK as men's it was tough to find out much more about the club. However, I feel like I have done good research into the club before meeting them and starting the filming. I would have been worried going into filming without any sort of knowledge about the club.
Video Maker, 2009
https://www.videomaker.com/article/c18/14239-documentary-interview-tips
Accessed on 28th November 2017
Independant, 2017
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/watford-ladies-womens-super-league-wsl-regional-third-tier-plans-a8044106.html
Accessed on 28th November 2017
Watford WSL, 2017
http://watford.fawsl.com/clubHistory.html#uxKUcBeEgEk5G5Jj.97
Accessed on 28th November 2017
Illustration List:
Figure 1 : https://shekicks.net/2017/09/02/watford-ladies-land-laura-may-walkley/
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