Locations

The Front Of The College:
We needed to use the front of the college when it was dark to make the film appear to have been at night therefore we had to film this last.

We wanted the rain effect so we had to be careful about the rain on the camera so we brought an umbrella and coat to cover it. Also we had to be careful   that we didn't slip in the rain or hit any other people walking around or moving things.

Reception:
We decided to use reception as it already has good lighting and a perfect layout for our scene as we need the reception office to show that the protagonist is a spy and is sneaking by.

The receptionist left and was fine to allow us to film in her absence. Our risks were that we could have run into other people when we were doing our tracing shots.

Corridors:
The corridor by reception and on the second floor will be used as we need the change in colour and we needed the elevator for our scenes. We used the second floor twice as it worked well with the film we were making.

We spoke to the cleaner and she helped by starting down the other end of the corridor. Opening doors could have been a risk of they swung into the camera or us.

Elevator:
We had to use this for a transition and to make the corridors look different as the protagonist had been in the lift.

There were a lot of risks with this though as we had to hold the elevator and keep going down and up in it to get the correct take. Also the fact that other people may have wanted to use the lift we had to stop filming and move out while they used the facility.

Office:
The cleaner allowed us to use the office and opened it for us so we worked in there with our camera.

The electrics in there were a possible risk if we had caught them or tripped on wires so we had to make sure they were stuck down and out of the way.

Stairwell:
This was used for another transition between settings with out protagonist.

We could have tripped up or down the stairs while acting and filming so to make it safer we stayed away from the edges and make our actor stick to the banister just in case he did slip or trip. To gain the height needed for the angle we borrowed some boxes from someone moving boxes for the hub theater and places three of them around and rested the tripod on that.