ReikiAnge Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 Some of you will remember that I have been trying to help a friend of ours, who is a blacksmith, find more work. On Monday I had a call from BBC productions, they were down this way filming for Cranford, a period drama on TV. They had scenes including a blacksmith, so were looking for two real blacksmiths I managed to persuade my slightly nervous friend that this would be a great opportunity, so today he spent the day "on set" and we went up to Lacock this afternoon to see if we could get anywhere near the set/spot him. Cool way to spend my birthday afternoon We were really pleased to discover that you could walk around a lot of the village and get really close. They had barriers to stand behind when they were shooting, but you could take photos and then they'd let you know when it was ok to walk down a street etc. We then saw our friend, all dressed/made up, which was very exciting indeed! They had to do the same thing over and over and I took some (lots) of photos for the website/our blogs etc., and thought I'd share a few here too Didn't get to see Dame Judi unfortunately but it was a great experience anyway and the village is always a beautiful place The filming is the Christmas special, which is rather exciting and late afternoon/evening they were filming Christmas Eve and had a snow scene. Unfortunately we had to come home before that but I can't wait to see it on TV! Anyway, the photos ... Blacksmith, Lee "On set" With the lovely horse and cart: Street scene More of the horse and cart Different horse Turning what is usually a pub, into a store for the programme Some other shots and Rob and Mins heading to the lovely bakery before we went home (that is a real bakery! ) This made up for the earlier very wet birthday walk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackmagic Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 How exciting and a great birthday present. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemstone Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 Fab pics Ange and what a lovely thing to do on your birthday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zico's mum Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 Fabulous photos - and well done your friend for taking on the role as well - he actually looks very comfortable in those photos.Hope it leads to more work for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happylittlegreensquirrel Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 what a exciting day for you all and fab photos I love Cranford and cannot wait to see the Christmas special Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 well done xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redditchlady Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 What lovely pics, well done to your friend the Blacksmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobleronie Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 Fabulous, I shall make sure I don't miss the programme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurel n Hardy Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 Fabulous photos - and well done your friend for taking on the role as well - he actually looks very comfortable in those photos.Hope it leads to more work for him. he can use it in his advertising and website, "as seen in Cranford" etc great news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReikiAnge Posted June 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 he can use it in his advertising and website, "as seen in Cranford" etc Yes, that's partly how I convinced him to do it I should think he'll only be seen for a few moments in the background of a scene, but it's very exciting anyway Just keeping everything crossed they use his bit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zico's mum Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 He may also be commissioned to make pieces for future productions?Anyway a great opportunity for him - and the fact that you were approached shows someone has noticed his (your?) efforts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurel n Hardy Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 He may also be commissioned to make pieces for future productions?Anyway a great opportunity for him - and the fact that you were approached shows someone has noticed his (your?) efforts. also he can follow it up either with the BBC or the production company. see if there are any other period dramas in the offing, or as Lynn said commissioned to make up some peices. With his name/number on file he might be getting a few calls, hopefully he has made sure they have it. The pics you took on set will be good too, if his appearance was all too brief on film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReikiAnge Posted June 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 With his name/number on file he might be getting a few calls, hopefully he has made sure they have it. They've got my number from when they called at the start of the week. I had the same thought about hoping they might have need of a blacksmith's work in the future as he can make all sorts of things to suit all sorts of periods. Unfortunately he wasn't in a snow scene in the end I don't think as the dreadful rain kind of messed up the snow! Typically we've had LOTS of sunshine today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacobean Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 That's brilliant. Hope he gets some work off the back of it. Fabulous photos of a gorgeous village. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantan Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 What fantastic photos Ange The set is fabulous, I want to go and live there Ruby has made them some period pencils, don't know if we will ever get to see them in shot but they really do go to a lot of trouble to get all the background details right. Can't wait to see this one go out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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