Obtaining Permission to Film in the Church
Before we had finalised a location, we drew a list of possible Churches we could film in. We chose Churches that were local to our school, so all members of our group would be able to visit them easily.
I began by phoning the number of Church. If they seemed interested, I asked for their email address and sent them an email following this format:
Dear Mr/Mrs
I spoke to you earlier regarding a group of four of us using your grounds and interiors for a few hours to film a scene for our A Level media project.
The filming would last approximately 1-2 hours, and would involve us talking a few shots of the general interior of the Church - the stained glass, the decor etc.
We aim to film at some point across the next week, however we are fully flexible as to exact timings - we would be extremely grateful for your help!
The filming has been approved by our teachers from Townley Grammar School.
To contact us, please either phone on 0*********1 or email a*******************s@gmail.com
Thank you so much for your cooperation. We look forward to hearing back from you.
Kind regards,
Anna
Three of the Churches I phoned either didn't answer or were unable to allow us permission due to the vicar not being present. The fourth was happy to let us film, but was only available during hours in which we had school.
Eventually, we came across a small Church near our school. We went in and verbally asked for permission as we had our camera equipment on us due to filming a few test shots prior to finding the Church. Our request was granted and we filmed there and then, spending a few hours perfecting shots and angles.
The aesthetic of our final location was actually the best we had seen, due to the fact that that particular Church was Catholic, which means it had more vibrant decoration than the other Protestant Churches.
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