Week 2: Filming 'Holloway Road'. The Inside Scenes

Location-Standon, Ware, Hertfordshire
Start Date-19th November 2009
Finish Date-26th November 2009
Camera Type-Canon Mini DV MD235
Tape Type-Panasonic Mini DV, 60 SP Mode, 90 LP Mode
Tripod Brand-Manfrotto
Filming Time-5 Hours in Standon, 1 Hour in Ware

We filmed the indoor shots in Standon, Hertfordshire. We mainly used two rooms in the house, the bedroom and the living room. Me, Will and Andrew got the bus to Standon, to meet Conor at the filming location. Whilst he was waiting for us to arrive, he set up the Tripod and Camera. However he had some difficulties. The underneath of the Camera would not screw onto the tripod head. For this reson we had to be extra careful when filming. This problem also meant that our shots were limited, and some shots such as the one of Will and Andrew walking along outside, may have to be eliminated.

Our filming as a whole went well in Standon. Although we did have to move some furniture around and make sure the cats were locked away as they consistently kept getting in the line of our shots. We had to replace some furniture with Tottenham memerobillia, such as a picture in the living room, we replaced with one of some former Tottenham players holding the European Cup. In the bedroom we had to move the Chest of Drawers to make room for the Camera. We also had to prop the camera up for one shot and make sure there was no unwanted noise in the background. It was very important that we prepared for all of the shots, such as placing objects that would be in the shot but not the main focus, to give clues about the story and set the scene for the rest of the film.