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Jake

New Member
Right, heads up. New guy at work did a film a few years ago in london. to close a road off you need permission. You need to pay for this, as i thought, the ammount depends on which burough you do it in. As he was making a money making film, he had to pay about £800. As this is a educational thing, we might be able to barter, maybe get it for nothing. I'm also pretty dam sure you will need insurence, risk assesment malarky stuff too especialy as there would be a dangerous vehicle about.
 

Sh4rkyBloke

Jaffa Cake monster
Location
Manchester, UK
Just do what the Utility people do - cone an area off with nothing happening inside the coned off area... people are used to seeing it. :wacko:;)
 

g00se

Veteran
Location
Norwich
Just a quick thought. I've read of TV filming taking part during the summer at about 5am Sunday morning in the City of London. It's fairly quiet as the City is dead over weekends - and that early, no one is about. I recall one of the actors said they did scenes for "Ashes to Ashes" without notifying anyone or closing the road.
 

CopperBrompton

Bicycle: a means of transport between cake-stops
Location
London
That's a very good idea, actually. We wouldn't be there for long, so a few cones, a few hi-viz vests and probably nobody would bother us.
 

g00se

Veteran
Location
Norwich
Just thinking about it - if you were to do that - make sure it's obvious you're filming. Surreptitiously sneaking about with a truck in the financial district when no one is about might be a little suspicious on CCTV cameras. ;)
 
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magnatom

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As we have had no-one in London who could supply and drive an HGV on here, what local London companies do you think we should approach. I could certainly write a few e-mails.
 
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I agree with Ben, unless one of these centres has a 'realistic' junction, we would be better going with the option of filming early in the morning.
 

Origamist

Legendary Member
g00se said:
Just thinking about it - if you were to do that - make sure it's obvious you're filming. Surreptitiously sneaking about with a truck in the financial district when no one is about might be a little suspicious on CCTV cameras. :wacko:

Do not do this without authorisation in the heart of the the square mile. City of London Police will be onto you very quickly and they'd take a very dim view of this.
 
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We are looking for realistic footage, i.e. something that would look like a normal commuter on their way to work. It should be at a junction where there is a risk, i.e. barriers, left turn, and lights where cyclists are prone to cycle up the left of HGVs stopped at lights.

Filming this at an old aerodrome would be easier, but it would not provide the right context for the film IMO. Of course it is possible that a training facility might have a mock junction. If so then that certainly is a possibility.
 
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Origamist said:
Do not do this without authorisation in the heart of the the square mile. City of London Police will be onto you very quickly and they'd take a very dim view of this.


Mmm. That would be a good way to get some publicity though.....:wacko::eek:
 
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