Production notes

Location of Filming

We used Broomfield to record our whole soap trailer. It was ideal for several reasons; firstly, shown by the line on the map, it had both rural and urban locations. Secondly this urban location could be used as a base camp to get supplies or used for more practical reasons such as lunch. A crew members home was located on Mill lane making it ideal for this purpose. The urban location also homes our pub ‘The king’s arms’ shown on the map along the main road. The church featured was also beside the pub, known as 'Church green'. The close walk to all locations made filming simple and easy.

Locations of Filming 2

The above picture shows where we filmed our first scene (though it isn’t the first scene of the trailer). It was a complex shot which required four actors, two camera men and two crew members standing alongside the road as traffic watch. The smiley face represents the position of our two cameramen. One filmed actor two (shown by 2) and the other filmed actor three and four (shown by 3). Actor two simply had to walk forward from the gate and stand still when instructed; her position had to be perfect so the other two walking actors could be seen in the distance of her to the left side. Actor one (shown by 1) drove a car past actors three and four until it went out of site. We established and explained to each actor the pace they must move so all four could be seen in the frame, after several rehearsals we had the shots desired and moved to the pub, the kings arm, for further filming.

Location of Filming 3

This was the church location were we filmed the Vicar and the elderly lady. It was a simple shot. The smiley face represents were the camera crew stood and the black lines highlight the frame of the shot. The blue car was not in the shot on the day of filming.

Other shots were taken in varied locations but finding their position on Google maps is difficult or impossible. The two examples above highlight the skill and planning needed to get footage for our trailer.  

All images were found using Google maps.