During the filming stages of our thriller, we had to ask permission to film in a particular place, at a particular time of the day. This meant that the public, and authorities like police were not suspicious about what we were up to. In some circumstances what we were doing looked very mischievous, and we asked for permission to film our scenes by going through the effort to ask, in order to avoid inconvenience and misunderstanding.
In a scene when we filmed in a car park opposite a police station, on a weekend night around 7pm, where the protagonist is being pestered and persistently followed by the mysterious character, we made sure we asked across the road and informed the police that the boy dressed in all black with nothing but eyes showing, overlooking the police station was infact part of our media project and to no harm of the public. They were entirely understanding and it enabled us to be able to film effectively without knowing what we are doing is a worry to the police/public. We as a group decided it was best to let the police know, so that none of us were arrested for the night!
By asking for permission it just put our worries at rest, although the property was not private that we filmed on, we did not want passerbys and other users of the car park to be startled in any way.
We also filmed down a public alley which suited our themes and conventions of our thriller. People walking up and down would often need reassurance that we were not going to attack or harm them! If someone was walking by we would stop filming and either discuss the next shot or give a polite smile or short word of consideration that we didn't intend to act in a disturbing way.
Throughout our filming we did not want to upset or pester the public. So we made sure that when we were filming, we were considerate of other people and certain situations.
In a scene when we filmed in a car park opposite a police station, on a weekend night around 7pm, where the protagonist is being pestered and persistently followed by the mysterious character, we made sure we asked across the road and informed the police that the boy dressed in all black with nothing but eyes showing, overlooking the police station was infact part of our media project and to no harm of the public. They were entirely understanding and it enabled us to be able to film effectively without knowing what we are doing is a worry to the police/public. We as a group decided it was best to let the police know, so that none of us were arrested for the night!
By asking for permission it just put our worries at rest, although the property was not private that we filmed on, we did not want passerbys and other users of the car park to be startled in any way.
We also filmed down a public alley which suited our themes and conventions of our thriller. People walking up and down would often need reassurance that we were not going to attack or harm them! If someone was walking by we would stop filming and either discuss the next shot or give a polite smile or short word of consideration that we didn't intend to act in a disturbing way.
Throughout our filming we did not want to upset or pester the public. So we made sure that when we were filming, we were considerate of other people and certain situations.
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