Behind the scenes of Conister Bank’s Bee Project

Conister Bank invited us in to document its team volunteer week at The Children’s Centre, where staff spent the week helping build a bee-safe garden.

This page focuses on the behind-the-scenes side of the production. We filmed the week as it unfolded, capturing the physical work, the atmosphere on site, the interviews, and the small unscripted moments that gave the finished piece its character.

That material became The Conister Bee Project, a film created for Conister Bank as part of its wider community storytelling. What worked on the day was that nothing had to be forced. The team were fully involved, the project had real purpose, and the footage had something genuine to stand on.

Our role: On-location filming, interviews, production capture and edit development, creating the material that became the finished film.

John Ballard examining a honeycomb frame with bees in flight during The Conister Bee Project at The Children's Centre
Haseeb Qureshi with a power drill during the bee garden build at The Children's Centre
Richard Taylor during an on-location interview for The Conister Bee Project
Richard Taylor and Andrew Moody moving timber across the site during the volunteer week at The Children's Centre
A Conister Bank staff member on site during the bee garden volunteer week at The Children's Centre
Conister Bank staff during an on-site interview for The Conister Bee Project at The Children's Centre
John Ballard cutting timber on site during the Conister Bank bee garden build at The Children's Centre
Conister Bank volunteers installing fencing during the bee garden build at The Children's Centre
Andrew Moody clearing vegetation during the bee garden build at The Children's Centre
Lee Gale and other Conister Bank staff at work constructing the garden structure during the volunteer week at The Children's Centre
Conister Bank volunteers at work among the vegetation during the bee garden project at The Children's Centre
John Ballard laughing with the Conister Bank staff during the volunteer week at The Children's Centre
: Conister Bank staff carrying timber to the build site during the volunteer week at The Children's Centre
Conister Bank volunteers at work among the vegetation during the bee garden project at The Children's Centre
Andy Bass and Conister Bank volunteers installing fencing during the bee garden build at The Children's Centre
John Ballard with Conister Bank staff celebrating at the completed garden structure during the volunteer week at The Children's Centre
Conister Bank volunteers arriving on site during the volunteer week at The Children's Centre
Douglas Grant speaking at the event at The Children's Centre, Isle of Man
The Conister Bank volunteer team outside The Children's Centre at the end of the volunteer week
Sam Waters with one of the farm animals at The Children's Centre during the Conister Bank volunteer week
Breeshey Webb with the donkeys at the farm at The Children's Centre during the Conister Bank volunteer week
Kerry Waddington and Andy Bass taking a selfie during the volunteer week at The Children's Centre
A goat at the farm at The Children's Centre during the Conister Bank volunteer week
Tom Charmer painting a gate during the bee garden build at The Children's Centre

DotPerformance is an Isle of Man-based production team that produces community and corporate storytelling films. The agency handles on-location filming, interviews, and post-production from its studio in Douglas.

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