Pre-Production - Locations

Locations

All of the locations in this production will take place in Maidstone.

AirBnB Locations

David's House

Much like the house described in the script, this location features a large open space with limited detail and little to no accessories in the main bedroom. It's almost completely bare bone. Upon viewing this location, no changes will be necessary to the script, however production design will be key in making this location work to the best of its ability.

The location has been approved by the home owner, Steve, who was happy to oblige in letting us film there. He was pretty open to the idea of us filming there and has allowed us some freedom of movement provided the place is clean by the time we leave. This location is priced at £25 a day.

Stephen's House

While the place may not look exactly how I imagined Stephen's place to be, it could definitely work with some minor adjustments. The bedroom itself could work really well as it is and the kitchen space will just need some colour corrections either through the camera or in post to give it a more bleak look as it currently looks quite bright.

Securing permission has taken a while for this location, and while we do have the okay, we are yet to hear back from Chloe, the home owner. This location is priced at £27 a day.

Nick's House

While the house itself is on the right line in terms of it's look and it's size, its location does mean that I will have to make a minor adjustment to the script to make our location work. We cannot place the 'help wanted' sign on the window of the house as the window is not in view of the road without virtually walking to the door. The place does have a garage area however which is useful.

The home owners, Rod and Debbie, were more than happy to oblige, explaining that our request to film there was 'interesting'. They were happy to let us film wherever we needed to be, including the garage and the sink area. There is, however, a large cross trainer inside the garage, however this is something we can work around. Given the sheer size of this location, it was to no surprise that it will cost £75 per day, however this is something we are looking to negotiate as we do not plan on staying over night.

Sourced Locations

County Hall

As it stands, this is the only location we are yet to secure with the initial location at the prison gate fall through (the governor has yet to respond after a couple of fax messages had been sent). This was a late turnover and was a recommendation made by the Kent Film Office who had explained that gaining permission here would be far more feasible than the prison and will work just as well. I also like the backdrop it will give for our scene as well.

Maidstone High Street (Fremlin Walk)

This is the most recent of our locations to be secured, however the responses from Elizabeth Freeman, the Centre Administrator have been fairly quick. The process of gaining permission took a while as we had to ensure that we had every last detail of what we would be filming and where. A copy of the Public Liability Insurance was also sent along with the risk assessment to show that we had everything covered on our side.