Location Scouting

This last week or so has been fairly busy on the Pernickety front. Alex and I scouted the entire width and breadth of Bridgwater, but to no avail. Either the owners just weren't happy to accommodate our plans, or the places were either too grand or too shabby. We had fun just taking a peek into peoples lives though, the shabbiest abode (a very run-down B & B) had such character, but it was not up to Gordon's level of cleanliness or sense of style. Would be perfect for something else... and the landlady was amazing - shy and bemused at first, but when she realised we were OK, she had some stories to tell and was obviously interested in our project.

Next, we looked at my Grandma's house in Wellington, which is excellent for knick knacks and guest-house-type charm... but it's a Victorian bungalow, so right era, but might get us into a few difficulties. I think we're going to use the living room though, as she lives on a very quiet road, and we don't need to worry about treading on any one's toes.




The third location is my old haunt, the Walnut tree Hotel in North Petherton. This is were I got my first ever job, and stayed their on and off for about five years - for the pure convenience of it being three mins away from home in a car! So that makes it perfect for us, as we can meet, have brekkie, do costumes and make up at home, then whizz up to the Walnut. The down side is we're going to have to pay for the rooms we use there. Alex and I are going to try and barter with the head receptionist on Tuesday, to see if we can get a reduced rate, as we're not going to actually sleep there, or having brekkie... we shall see. The two oldest bedrooms there, (1 & 3) are perfectly decorated for the film, with all the mod-cons that we would otherwise have had to source ourselves.



Alex thinks that he's found the perfect hall way - but it's in Bristol. However, we can use it for free and it's got so much space for camera equipment and such, so brownie points to Alex!




So there is just the fine bit of juggling to do with arranging a shooting schedule, booking in extra crew and making sure we have access to all the kit we need. I'm off to another car boot sale tomorrow to get the last of the props, and then into Taunton during the week for last of costumes and a few more props. Deb, co-producer is off at the moment to deal with a family crisis, so it's me and Alex on the production front, with a lot of help from Lilli on the wardrobe side. Nick and Kellie are raring to go, and I think my friend and comedy writer, Lesley Evans is going to stand in as half of the 'young couple', and her comedy writing partner may be playing her other half...

The website is coming along well, Kerry has designed the wall paper and homepage, but we need production stills to compliment the site before it goes live... can't wait!