Laura Ferrin (England) BAPP Blog

Hello everyone! Wanted to separate this blog from the previous as I felt it was important to focus on moving forward and talk about what I’m doing now at this strange time! First up, our friend has set up a pirate radio station called Quarantine FM! Tom and I are contributing our skills on the airwaves, presenting and creating a show called ‘Children’s Corner’. Yesterday we recorded lots of idents introducing the different shows and I was very much getting to grips with editing software - trying to improve my skills which will be needed over the coming months! We already had a fabulous mic but we bought a vocal booth because we wanted to make sure we could record over this quiet period in great quality too. Today we’ve been planning the segments and will be recording later on- which is exciting! We also were forced to cancel our cabaret for the safety of our performers and audience,  but we are hoping to pre- record and stream it tomorrow evening. Of course we will be ...

Writing a blog from the flat trying to do our best social distancing/self isolation this week! Like a lot of our friends and colleagues in the arts, the last two weeks have been a hugely testing time for myself and my partner. It’s been incredibly hard to focus on uni work as my day job stopped as schools closed on Friday. Over the last week, very abruptly all my performing work has been cancelled as well, leaving me in a very precarious position. Taking comfort in the fact I’m not alone and taking the breathing space I can right now. We are doing our best to stay positive, active and on task now after reflecting this weekend on the industry as a whole and our personal circumstances! On that note, on Friday we were both part of the module 2 Skype where we discussed our plans for Mod 2 work and planning our inquiries. Lots of great questions and points brought up by our course mates on the nitty gritty of how we would carry out our interviewing- ethical considerations, structure of ...