I am currently drawing up a storyboard and shot list for a film about the Epping and Ongar railway. Sourcing old pictures of the line is another job plus I have already obtained a copy of an old Underground map with the line still on it.
Now I am actually thinking about what I need it is proving to be a harder task than simply turning up, videoing anything that moves and quite a lot that doesn't, then coming home and putting it into some sort of final cut.
I will have to contact the railway to find out if there are any places I can get lineside shots and even if I can get a lineside pass, not to sure about that one though.
General shots like an establishing shot of each station, the general area around each station and trains running into and out of the stations is easy. There are also a few public areas beside the line that I can access to get shots plus a few places where I can get panoramic vistas with the trains running through them. Hopefully this will be enough. I will be visiting the railway before it stops running for the winter to start getting shots plus I will scout out the public areas to establish good places to get shots of the trains from.
Must not forget lots of atmospheric cut scenes of birds, plants, people and general shots of buildings and paraphernalia to allow me to fill in the time between trains.
Oh well, back to the planning, hopefully I will have something ready in November.
