Filmmaking- Location Scout (Guisborough Forest and Walkway)

Two separate shots in the 30 second advert take place in a forest, a short camping scene and walking through the forest with kids shot. I tried to think of a place we would be able to film and get permission for near me and my first thought was Guisborough Forest and Walkway. It's quite a large area of forest with many different paths so there are plenty of places to film, It has its own car park so we will be able to access it and move equipment from there. I visited Guisborough Forest recently to see if it's what we need for the shoot and had a quick look around to see if we would be able to accomplish what we want for the advert. There are plenty of places for us to get the walking through a forest shot, with there been hundreds of trees always around, at the time I was visiting around 3pm-4pm, it was very empty with hardly any visitors around which is good for filming.

My main concern was trying to find a place to set up a few tents and achieve this camping shot. On my way out I noticed a small field/picnic area behind the visitors office that has amble of space to set up tents and make it look like camping. Also in the background is a lovely view of the hills and more forestry so I thought this would be a perfect area to film. I asked some of the employees about filming in the area but the person who could help authorise it wasn't around, I left my details with them and they gave me a number for the Pickering Office, whose permission I would also need if I was to film here.

These a few pictures I took of areas I feel would be great to film at for the certain shots. I'm hoping to be granted permission to film here in the next few days when I enquire more about the permission.

Both areas give the potential to show off the bright colours in the location. They are very bright and strong greens all over, and If the weather keeps up, they're pleasant blues in the sky which contrast well with the greens.

Depending on the hours we film here, there is a visitors office which is open with a cafe and toilets for our cast and crew. There is a car park but it charges so we need to make sure we have enough change for all the cars. This location isn't too far from another one of our locations, Carlton Bank so it may benefit it us to try and film on the same day while were in the area.