Trouble With Locations

As i previously said in a post about our final location which is shown here: http://megansa2blog.blogspot.com/2009/11/location-location-location.html We were originally planing on filming at Bolton Abbey and we needed to film outside the manor house which i called Bolton hall. To do this we realized we would need permission to use the house in some of our shots, these included all the shots when the main female protagonist goes to the ball and see's the main male protagonist with his wife to be.

Deciding that we need permission we emailed the Bolton abbey estate office because Bolton Abbey owned the house and asked for permission to film outside the house and also stated to them that we were also planning on filming in The Strid woods by the river wharfe and possibly the Abbey itself.

Bolton Abbey estate office replied saying that they wouldn't grant us permission to film outside Bolton Hall and furthermore that we would have to ask written permission to film in Strid Woods and by the river. The email also stated that we'd have to present them with a detailed production schedule with details of dates, times, actors and equipment that we'd be using, they also asked for risk assessments and a copy of the schools insurance liability policy.

After receiving this email and discussing further options we decided to find a new location even though this location was perfect for our trailer and plot. With this being such short notice we had to find a location which would be right for the genre of film. We eventually found a local school in Burley and Wharfedale called Ghyll Royd School which is our new location.