Location Scouting and Contact With Smart Maidstone

As we had some free time before our workshop we decided to go location scouting once again. Andrew was the head of locations so he suggested some and George, Andrew and I went to check these locations out.

•  We looked for a location where we could film the still shots of the car, this car park located about 1 mile from the studios was a good option, has good access and is quiet meaning it would be good for the shots we would need, however the backdrop is not really impressive as we had wanted.

• We scouted possible locations that andrew had sorted, Lidsing Road just outside maidstone was a location with an interesting hairpin bend, we could stand behind a barrier over a meter behind the road. 

• Looking further along the car park we had previously looked at, there was a place that was a little more scenic that we could film the still shots of the car, it isn't perfect but as it is so close to the Studios it may be a good option for us.

• It could be nice to see leaves falling on the car for some artistic shots of the car.
• We also headed to Sutton Valence but no suitable locations where there so we decided to head back and head to the car dealership. 

• We went to Nissan and Renault who are located next to Mercedes/Smart to try and follow up contacts we had made on Friday.
• Renault shut us down straight away before we could explain our project even though on the phone was very different.
• Nissan where much more useful and gave us contact details for head office. Either George or I will follow up this lead on Friday.

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• Finally we wanted to visit Smart and talk to our contact Thomas who had almost guaranteed that we could borrow a car for our shoot.  Unfortunately Thomas had left but he did leave the contact details of Imogen in his email. Imogen was working today and helped us out and said that we would be contacted tomorrow and they should, all being well, be able to get one of us insured on the car for a few hours to shoot footage of the car, I did think afterwards that it might be possible for Imogen or one of her co-workers to explain a few facts about the car for the camera. It might make the show have a little more seriousness to it to have a Smart worker verify the facts we will include in the show.