Pre Production- Locations & Dates

Our production group consists of mostly amateur editors, Peter and Damon are the only ones in our group comfortable with the editing software, so once again ambition is the name of the game. To take some of the pressure off of the two of them I have agreed to be the groups producer and handle all essential paperwork. This is an entirely new experience for me and I look forward to the challenge. We began planning our shoot by laying out a rough time table based around shooting locations.

Scene breakdown

Avi->Sol->Mickey->Vince->Franky->Turkish, George, Tommy->Tony->Boris->Doug->BrickTop

  1       2         3             4            5                            6                          7           8          9           10

Shoot 1:

Shooting dates: 01/03/16

Scene 3: Mickey caravan scene. 

Location: TBC

Finding an actual caravan to shoot in is going to be the most difficult of all of our locations and so we've decided to tackle it first. We have submitted requests to local caravan sites as well as requesting to use the caravan of an actual travelling family camping close to campus. It's important for us to use an actual caravan for this location as it is a highly recognisable location from the film and will set the bar for our efforts to recreate the sequence as realistically as possible.  We would ideally find a caravan with a table and a large window to make sure we have enough light for the scene. 

Shoot 2:

Shooting dates: 08/03/16

Scenes 8&5: Boris & Franky 

Location: Studio

As both of these shots have little in the background and require odd angles (Boris low angle shot from inside his cellar/box) we will be shooting these in the studio. 

Shoot 3:

Shooting dates: 11/03/16

Scenes 1,2,4 & 9: Avi, Sol, Vince & Doug 

Location: Studio

Again, more shoots that will require the studio, as these locations are essentially blank rooms with props in it is far easier for us to shoot several scenes in the same space in one long day. 

Shoot 4:

Shooting dates: 15/03/16

Scene 6&7: Turkish, George, Tommy & Tony

Location: TBC (Scrapyard)

In the film an empty warehouse is used as a boxing promoters training yard. This will be very difficult to find as we will require an empty warehouse either with a caravan inside or with the potential to put one in there. If necessary we will add the caravan in post and just use an empty warehouse.  We will also require an industrial like setting for the back alley of Bullet Tooth Tony's scene. 

Shoot 5:

Shooting dates: 19/03/16

Scene 10: Bricktop

Location: Pub

In another attempt to maintain realistic locations we have requested permission to shoot in several local pubs all of which are of an older style and have pool tables in. 

Before filming in any location the production manager and myself will be completing a full recce and completing a thorough risk assessment. There is the potential that several of these locations may not pass our risk assessments (such as the caravan or warehouse) so we will make sure to have them signed well in hand to combat any issues