Saltaire is often used as a film set and, when I was walking through the village recently, I saw preparations going on for the latest drama. Apparently various locations in the area have been chosen for making a film called 'The Choral', written by that national (and Yorkshire) treasure Alan Bennett. The story is about a choral group during the First World War, and the effects on the local community as the men leave to fight. Here, they were preparing a house on Helen Street for some filming inside, carrying in various pieces of furniture and artefacts. It must be quite a feat to film inside the tiny rooms in these terraced houses, but it has been done before. The lengths they go to, often for only a few minutes of film footage, are extraordinary.
Ah the props department has some interesting things there! Like the long sliding board under the plant. Gotta wonder what it might be used for!
ReplyDeleteBritish film and television have such great settings--and you all are fortunate to live amidst them.
ReplyDeleteFriends here used to rent their place out for films but so many things got damaged that they quit doing it.
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