AJJ Productions

 James Earl, Adam South, Jess Kelsey

Our production name ‘AJJ Productions’, came about in the first semester of third year when we first decided to work as a group. This simply uses the first initials of each of our first names, which we thought worked quite well as a team name. James and Jess were going to initially work on a crime drama at the beginning of the year, but we were alerted that Adam needed a group, and we are very pleased that we agreed to let him join us! His uncle was the inspiration behind our first team drama, which was in the crime category, but was more of a docu-drama because of the way the main character narrated the story, and looked back on flashbacks from his life before, during and after prison. Everyone that listened to it noted how powerful and effective the structure was, and the end quote of “it could’ve happened to anyone, but it happened to me” really made people understand that good people can sometimes unfortunately get into trouble.

Although we enjoyed making this radio drama, we wanted to try something new for our final ever university project, and something that James and Jess wanted to focus on was a live show, because they both love the idea of radio – highlighted by the fact that James has a weekly show on Brayford Radio. Adam liked this idea too, but also liked the concept of creating another piece of “inspirational” radio, and therefore came up with the “Pass It On” idea. Although he was skeptical to come out with the idea initially, James and Jess both loved it, because we realised that we could incorporate our own speech into the podcast, so the sense of live radio would still exist.

The reason we have worked so well as a group is because we get along so well, and all know what is required of each of us. In the first and second semester, James was the producer because of his organisational skills, and was good at securing actors, looking after the paperwork, and overseeing the edit, while Adam and Jess were BA and director in semester 1, before referring the roles for the “Pass It On” project. Adam worked very well as a BA and director because he could show off his fantastic editing skills, while his passionate way of communication made him suit the role of director. Jess’ friendly manner also allowed her to be a good director during the radio drama, while she was very much new to the editing game in “Pass It On”, but did a very successful job of putting our final podcasts together.

Although our time at the University of Lincoln is coming to an end, we have enjoyed every minute of working together as a group! The aim of “Pass It On” is to highlight the local talent, and hopefully inspire the listeners and get everyone in this world to try something new. The journey to achieve this aim has not been an easy one, but the hard work by James, Adam and Jess has ensured that final project is as entertaining and informative as possible, we hope you enjoy it!