13/11/09

In this lesson we developed our ideas further and decided on roles. We decided Tom would be in charge of filming with Jadine, Jake and I would be acting and Kris directing. We also decided that I would be the contact with Bath film office for location permissions. We walked around Bath looking at and filming possible locations for our film. After looking at Ophelia we decided to have an ongoing theme of water throughout our film so we looked at locations which have water or are related to water. We found some nice canals in Bath and took some short shots of them to review. We also filmed in the Abbey as this is a very big tourist attraction in Bath.
As we were walking around Bath we saw the Roman Baths and considered this as a possible location. We then enquired in the Roman Baths as to see if we are allowed to film in there and they said it was possible, they very kindly put me on the phone to someone in charge and we discussed how this could be made possible, they told me that you could film in the Roman Baths before opening hours but unfortunately were not allowed to enter the water. I also received an information pack about the history of the Roman Baths, times we were allowed to film and the rules about filming, also the reasons you were not allowed to enter the water, one of which was because of health and safety in relation to drowning and diseases in the water. We then went back to the college with our shots and filled out a locations sheet for reference. When reviewing the footage we found some good locations which fitted in with our theme and storyline I was particularly exited about having the opportunity to film in the Roman Baths and thought this would give our film something special and an atmosphere.
Discussing our ideas further we decided on a rough plot for our film and wrote it down for reference, our idea was based around Ophelia and the theme of a love story twisted with suicide and water. To make this idea come alive in a modern day story we decided to use the idea of suicide in a bath, originally I wanted to use the Roman Baths within this but as you are not allowed in the water that idea was made unrealistic. To overcome this and find a way to include the Roman Baths in our film we thought of different things you could associate with water, some ideas from the group were reflections and the idea of mist. I knew there was a lot of steam because the water in the Roman Baths is quite warm so this was perfect.