Filming in the city

One short sequence from the film has Gary walking through the street following his visit to the doctor. For this scene, we had to rely on natural or available light, as we mostly filmed outside.

We began with a tracking shot which I operated (to keep individual contributions even, we each operated one shot, as the scene only needed four shots in total). This took several takes, mainly due to my own clumsiness in nudging the dolly as I tracked backwards, and also partly because the Sun intermittently went behind clouds, and so the lighting changed a couple of times mid-shot.

At the end of the scene, Gary retreats to a quiet spot in the city in which he enters a 'mental retreat', leading to the scene we filmed in Grindleford. For this quiet spot, Christi suggested using a car park in the city centre, which proved to be atmospheric and exactly what we were looking for: