Shoot 3 - The fire station

On Sunday the 24th November we went down to Rawtenstall fire station to film a few shots for a scene that includes fire engines, sirens and generally a sense of emergency. The firemen were extremely helpful and offered to act out scenes true to life which included driving the the fire engine out of the fire station with all the sirens going off and the lights flashing. In order to film this we went across the road to achieve the full view However with this being such a big job, having the fire engine all set up and driving out of the station etc...We could only do it once so we had to make sure we got it right in one take. We were also able to film more up close shots of the firemen getting out of the engine, opening the hatches and unloading the equipment. For this shoot I was the second camera operator, which we decided to have hand held to achieve a shakiness effect on some of the shots making it appear more true to life. I also offered up my iPhone as an alternative when the behind the scenes hand held's battery died.

The roles and positions of the day were as followed.

Emma - Director and Camera
Tom - Camera
Abigail - Camera
Saqib - Behind the scenes photographer.

Everybody performed their roles really well and to a good standard, I was happy to be operating the camera a lot more this time as I usually focus a lot on sound.
Saqib was there the whole time with a hand held camera to capture all the work the rest of the production team were doing. 

The people we were working with being real fire fighters which meant they could be called upon at any moment to rush off and attend a real emergency, because of this, it was vital that we worked as quickly and efficiently as possible to get the shots we needed.

Below is a short mash up of the footage taken on the day, It was made into a sort of promotional video for the Lancashire fire service as a thank you for making this happen for us. We will use some of the footage in this promotional video for the trailer. 


East Lancashire Fire Service from Emma Taylor on Vimeo.
Here are some behind the scenes photographs that were taken on the day.

Me

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Me

Abigail and Emma

Abigail and Emma

Me and Emma

Me and Emma

Me, Abigail and Emma

Abigail and Emma

Me, Abigail and Emma

The two fire fighters we were working with

Equipment used by the fire fighters in the scene

Me, Abigail and Emma

Abigail and Emma

Abigail and Emma

Me, Abigail and Emma

Me, Abigail and Emma

Me, Abigail and Emma

Me, Abigail and Emma

 Abigail and Emma

 Abigail and Emma

Me, Abigail and Emma

Abigail and Emma

The booking of the fire station filming was not a simple one and required a lot of organising before hand to make it all happen. Emma exchanged emails with the head of the fire station to secure the booking. Emma seemed the most appropriate person to do this as this was her contact that she had previously worked with and was able to use this pervious networking experience to secure the booking.