Location 1 - Windsor & Eton Riverside Station

We are planning on filming the first couple of scenes in Windsor & Eton Riverside Station, as this illustrates the tramp is always on the move, with no real aim in life other than trying to earn enough money to survive each day through busking. As the station is a public place, and one of the main areas of transport for tourists in Windsor along with Central Station, we need to get permission from the manager of South West Trains to film on the platforms inside the station. I have taken a couple of pictures of the station, to show the area we are going to be filming in, so you can get an idea of what the opening is going to be like..

As you can see, there are two platforms to the station, allowing the time lapse to work effectively by having trains both enter and leave the station throughout the time we plan on filming. The platforms are also quite wide, allowing us to fit Sam against the wall with a clear distance for passengers to enter and exit the train without being disturbed.

The entrance to the station is very wide, with relatively large gates which will enable us to have a tracking shot of Sam entering the toilets just to the right of the image above. As you can see, the toilets are clearly visible through the blue arch allowing the audience to understand the plot clearly.

As the group have decided we definitely want to use Windsor & Eton Riverside Station as our opening location, we need to construct a formal letter to send to the station to gain us permission to film on the set date of Monday 28th February 2011, giving us 4 weeks to then edit the film and evaluate it before the final hand in.