Since it is now half term, I thought that now would be a good chance for me to get in contact with places to get a location secured for our film. The majority of our film can be filmed at college (however when I go back to college I will have to get permission to film in the main building). Our first scene however needs to be filmed in an office. While college do have offices that would be suitable, I thought it would give us some good experience to film at a different location. My dad works for the Cumbria County Council and works in an office building, so I have sent him an email with my request, and he is going to forward it on to other people, so hopefully I should get a response soon. Below is a screenshot of the email that I sent.
I will update this post later if/when I get a response. It won't be a problem if I don't get a response as we can easily film in one of the offices at college.
Once I have secured the locations, I will be able to fill out the checklist that I created using the print out that I mentioned during my role research. Below is a screenshot of the list.
Once I have secured the locations, I will be able to fill out the checklist that I created using the print out that I mentioned during my role research. Below is a screenshot of the list.
Today, I received a call back from Carlisle City Council:
(apologies for the audio quality, as I recorded off my phone with a microphone so there was static from the phone call)
(apologies for the audio quality, as I recorded off my phone with a microphone so there was static from the phone call)
I gave Sarah a call back to further explain why we required an office location and such. She said that there are only fairly large meeting rooms that are available. I don't think this would be too much of a problem though, as we could just film part of the room. As for days to film, she said that the Thursday would be best for them. She has asked that on Monday we go down to the Civic Centre to have a look and see if it will be suitable or not. She said that she would like us to meet at 3:30pm. I will update after we have been.
I sent an email to the man who put me in contact with Sarah Irving, as if he hadn't put me in contact with her, we wouldn't have had chance to film there, and I'm really grateful for his help.