Searching for a Location: An Unexpected Journey

Recently I have been searching for locations to film my short film. I have received numerous recommendations for sets such as Black Park or Cliveden Forest so I decided to do some research on these areas.

Black Park must be one of the most famous forests in Buckinghamshire having been used for many film productions, especially being near to Pinewood Studios. It consists of 530 acres of heathland, woodland and grassland and would be perfected for my woodland themed short film. The park has been described as one long, continuous film set and has been used for many popular films and television shows such as: Midsomer Murders, Sleep Hollow (1999), Ridley Scott's adaptation of Robin Hood (2011), Black Beauty and all of the Harry Potter films.

Cliveden is also a possibility to use as it reasonably close and I have been round the forests before. Obviously, I am not interested in using the main house nor the temples and gardens as it is not required nor would it fit with the style of my short film. However, a list of famous films and television shows have been filmed there such as Sherlock Holmes (2008), Cinderella (2015) and Mr Selfridge (Season 4, 2016).

Having looked at some of the few that were suggested that were reasonably accessible, I decided to start researching some examples which were famous in films which were still accessible but a little further than what I was hoping to use.