Final Major Project: IDEAS - The RNLI

So for our initial idea, we have decided to make a 30 minute documentary based on the everyday running of the RNLI. 

"The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea

We provide, on call, a 24-hour lifeboat search and rescue service and a seasonal lifeguard service. Our Values reflect the way we do business as an organisation. 

Purpose:

The RNLI saves lives at sea.

Vision:

To end preventable loss of life at sea.
 

Values:

Our work is based on and driven by our values. Our volunteers and staff strive for excellence and are ...

Selfless: willing to put the requirements of others before our own and the needs of the team before the individual, able to see the bigger picture and act in the best interests of the RNLI, and to be inclusive and respectful of others. Prepared to share our expertise with organisations that share our aims.

Dependable: always available, committed to doing our part in saving lives with professionalism and expertise, continuously developing and improving. Working in and for the community and delivering on our promises.

Trustworthy: responsible, accountable and efficient in the use of the donations entrusted to us by our supporters, managing our affairs with transparency, integrity and impartiality.

Courageous: prepared to achieve our aims in changing and challenging environments. We are innovative, adaptable and determined in our mission to save more lives at sea."

The purpose of our documentary would be highlight the life of a crew member at different stations across the southeast and show how they work, how they save lives and the day to day running of each station.

We have made contacts at two different stations, one being in Hastings in Sussex and the other in Sheerness in Kent. The Hastings station has agreed to us filming with them on their boats and on training procedures which would give our documentary a real insight into the danger of working on the lifeboats. The Sheerness station has agreed to allow us to film with them, specifically looking at the SS Richard Montgomery, a ship which run aground  in the Thames Estuary just a mile off the sheerness coast, with a load full of live explosives which still lie dormant today.

Along with my colleague, Melissa, we would produce, direct and edit the documentary together, her taking the role of Producer, and my self becoming the Director and Editor.