Interview: Trash Arts Portsmouth release ‘The Making of’ mockumentary

Trash Arts, an independent creative and cultural collective in Portsmouth, have produced The Making of, a mockumentary about filmmakers with ambition but no money, ideas, or hope.

I spoke to project leads Jackson Batchelor and Sam Mason Bell about the series, which is now available on the Trash Arts Portsmouth YouTube channel, for an article on Team Locals Portsmouth.

Where did the idea and inspiration for making this mockumentary come from, and how did you make it a reality?

Jackson: Well we entered the Colchester 60 Hour Film Challenge in 2014 so we decided to do a mockumentary about a team trying to complete the challenge. The film turned out great and we actually had a 20-minute film, The Making of ‘Footsteps’, that we had to cut down to five for the challenge.