Filming Location Secure!

In some fantastic news this morning our filming location has been secured from the Forestry Commission! We have the location that we originally asked for for the amount of time we wanted it, which is very good news. Now it is just a case of the logistics of the day;

 

- Making sure the actors are available

 

- Sorting out call times for costume

 

- Sorting travel to the location

 

- Making sure the filming equiptment is available

 

These are issues are the next step but with our camera man sorted and most of our actors confirmed, the rest is infinitely do-able.

No Pasaran! Organising the Filming

For the last few weeks it has been my job to organise the filming day in the New Forest, and what seemed like a pretty straightforward task has turned into a challenge! After finally getting in contact with the people that I needed to speak to - via 8 email referrals and two phone calls - it is currently under debate of whether they will permit the filming to be done on their land as it is a battle scene. With this in mind, I have felt it practical, and the organiser Roy Gaynor agrees, that contingency planning is a necessity.

 

From there I began to contact the councils to see if there was alternative land that we could use and after a few days I have been given a couple of promising pottential alternatives! Now, with the requests sent it is a matter of waiting to see if either of the companies involved will be willing to allow us to use their land.

However I have found and booked our camera man and through co-ordinating the different members of our team our equiptment organisation is well under way, the actors have confirmed attendance with Roy and now we just need our location.

No Pasaran!

I can't believe it hasn't occured to me to write about this on here before now! A couple of months ago, a group of friends auditioned and were cast in an upcoming new musical called No Pasaran! an original musical by Roy Gaynor based on the Spanish Civil War. Intrigued, I asked for more details and, long story short I have been taken on in the production team as the filming co-ordinator and set assistant. This is a very exciting opportunity as this is a new musical and will be premiering this October at the De La Salle Theatre. For more information on the show in general here is the link to the website - http://www.no-pasaran-musical.com/

 

It is a part time, unpaid possition but so far has brought with it a host of challenges that I have never encountered before in a role that I have not been in before! As I have been working on other productions since I took on this role, I have had little to do with the production so far beyond going to a couple of meetings in London, this is a very loose position in terms of time and I am finding that it is very easy to fit in around other work. I have been given permission by the organiser to put the poster here -

With the unique nature of the production there have been a number of interesting jobs to do and at the moment, having co-produced 'Romeo and Juliet' which included organising the venues, I have been put in charge of organising the filming day! Due to the organisers wanting there to be surprises on the opening, I will leave it at that for now, but I will pass on some advice to anyone seeking to film in an unusual location! I mainly pass this on as this is something that before now I have never done before and I was lucky enough to have friends who have been through this to give me this advice.

 

First - find out all the information you will need! Dates, crew and on site, equiptment required, times, budget and any special requirements.

 

Second - find out who exactly you need to talk to! The location of your shoot - if you have found the one you want - is very important especially if it is near a county council line so make sure you get the right council as that can be a real time waster.

 

If you are facing this, lastly I wish you good luck!

Mad Hatters - Much better!

Now that I have been able to go through the photographs that I was able to take at the event, I have been able to find some that better showcase some of the costumes! While the organiser is attempting to organise a photoshoot so that myself and main costume maker Tanya Pye will be able to have some better photographs of the costumes and the actors will be able to have better photographs in character, for now these are the best of mine.



The Mad Hatter (Sam Dunning)



Mad Hatter (Sam Dunning) Alice (Ciara Lucas) The Tweedles (Lee Backhouse and Oakley Marsh) The March Hare (Molly Dore) The Red Queen (Corina Jane) and the White Queen (Tasha Aggar)

Mad Hatter (Sam Dunning) the White Rabbit (Carter Ginns) Alice (Ciara Lucas) The Tweedles (Lee Backhouse and Oakley Marsh) The March Hare (Molly Dore) The Red Queen (Corina Jane) and the White Queen (Tasha Aggar)