Documentary film · Royal British Legion
From the workshop to the stand-up stage in one week.
A documentary for the Royal British Legion’s Recovery through Comedy course at the Battle Back Centre. Serving personnel and veterans spend a week with comedian Janice Connolly, writing and rehearsing their own sets, then perform them to a live audience.
The projectClient
Royal British Legion
Programme
Recovery through Comedy
Sector
Charity
Service
Documentary video
Film
10 min 39 sec
Where it ran
Online, digital and social channels
From brief to finished film.
How we documented a week of workshops ending in a live comedy night.
01 · The briefShow what comedy can do
The Legion wanted to capture a pilot course that tested the power of comedy to improve mental health, wellbeing and self-confidence, and to show it through the people taking part.
03 · The outcomeHonest, funny and moving
A 10 min 39 sec documentary that moves from nerves in the workshop to applause in the comedy club, with participants talking openly about why they came and what they took away. Shared across online, digital and social channels.
02 · Our approachA fly-on-the-wall week
We followed the group through the week, from getting-to-know-you exercises and writing sessions to rehearsals and the night itself, with sit-down interviews with participants, the course leader and the Legion’s team.
04 · What we deliveredOne week, one documentary
Documentary film, 10 min 39 sec
Fly-on-the-wall filming across the course
Sit-down interviews with participants and staff
Multi-camera coverage of the live show
Behind the scenes
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The venue
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The workshop
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Rehearsal
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The night
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Stand-up
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Curtain call
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In the film“I know that everybody has got a brilliant three to five minutes of original, laugh-out-loud comedy in them.”
Janice Connolly, Course Leader
In the film“It’s an amazing piece around community, around camaraderie, around giving people confidence and the ability to go out and talk about things.”
Jane Britton, Head of Community Development
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