Snodhurst Farm
Snodhurst Farm is located in Chatham Medway. Just by here is a local gym and across from that is a large open field which is open to the pubic. It's a common place for people to walk their dogs and according to the Photography department at UCA Rochester, a lot of Students have used this location for photoshoots. So, I contacted the Medway council and asked them what the rules are with filming in this location. They told me as long as we had public liability insurance and our own means of transportation we are welcome to use the location as long as we don't do anything to damage the environment or block access to the public.
When I recced the location I found this the perfect place. You can't see any roads around here and it's not even that far away from the main road and access is nice and easy. The field is large and open and if we brought the track here it wouldn't cause any issues as there's so much room here. I also brought my own DSLR and microphone to see if there are any issues with noise as a road is close by. Thankfully this also wasn't an issue. The cars passing can't be heard further in the field and it's a lovely looking area. Perfect for my opening and ending scene.
15 Balfour Road (Chatham
When it came to looking for a street and a house to use, I contacted my friends over in Chatham and asked if I could use their student house. After talking with their landlord they were happy for me to do this as long as the filming didn't go past 6pm as then all the house mates are home from University. The house is a bit small but for what we need it for it's perfect. My friend Chelsea has happily allowed us to use her room. Chelsea has a really nice and cosy room, not too childish (meaning no bright childish colours or anything that would make you think this is a Childs room) but we have things here such as the book collections and Funko Collections which would make you believe this room belongs to someone between the age of 18-25 which is the age range I'm going for. The windows let in a decent amount of light when open but there's also room for additional lighting to be brought in as well. The bed is a decent size and access is nice and easy. Sound in here is nice as well, not too echoy and can't hear any noises from the kitchen or the living room.
Moving on to the garden, This is a nice open space, although not a nice green and colourful garden, it still works for what we need. It's got the fence on the side and some chairs for the actors to sit in for the scenes. I also like how it's not that green and colourful. I want to go with something different and also it helps when the character Stacey brings in the Pinwheel to "Bring some life to the place". There's plenty of room for us to get in the kit and also the lighting for the night shoots and the sound isn't an issue here either.
The street outside the house (Camera died so couldn't take recce photos) is a nice quiet street where not many cars drive past. Making it nice and easy for us to get clean wild track and footage without cars getting in the way. We did want the track and cheated this slightly by asking their neighbour if we could use their drive on the shoot day rather than filming on the road. I phoned the council to inform them of this and they were happy and also said we could film on the street as long as it was handheld. But filming on someones drive we can use a tripod/track as long as the owner has given permission.
Below are my risk assessments for the 3 locations that I intend to use:
Below are my risk assessments for the 3 locations that I intend to use:
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