Pre Production Planning

1. Location Information
Pre Production Planning Tasks

2. Location One – The Grafton Center Car Park,
Cambridge
Overview:
Any problems:
• Multi story Car Park
• Time of day
• Weather
Reasons for location:
• Easy access
• Panoramic views of Cambridge
• High angle opportunity

4. Location Two – Magdalene Street, Cambridge
Overview:
Reasons for location:
Magdalene Street used to be the north-western part of Bridge
Street.
• Easy access
It developed as the northern approach to the river crossing for
entering Cambridge.
• City center atmosphere
The first crossing was as a ford and this was built up as
causeways by the Romans. Eventually a bridge was built across
the Cam, giving Cambridge its name.
The hilltop on the northwest bank helped protect the crossing
point and ensured that Cambridge became a major inland port.
The area around the river area became the site for coaching
inns, factories, merchants' houses, and warehouses, making use
of the river’s resources and the trade at the crossing point.
• Historic
Any Problems:
• Weather
• Time of day

6. Location Three – Silver Street Bridge, Cambridge
Overview:
Reasons for location:
Silver Street is located in the southwest of central
Cambridge, England. It links Queen's Road to the west
with Trumpington Street to the east. The road continues
west out of central Cambridge as Sidgwick Avenue.
• Beautiful setting
At the south western end to the south is Darwin
College. Halfway along to the north where the street
straddles the River Cam on the Silver Street Bridge
(built in 1958) is Queens' College. At the eastern end to
the north fronting onto Trumpington Street is St
Catharine's College.
• Easy Access
• Heart of the city
• Historic
Any Problems:
• Time of day
• Weather

8. Location Four – Coe Fen, Cambridge
Overview:
Coe Fen is a semi-rural meadowland area to the east of
the River Cam in the south of the city of Cambridge,
England.
It lies at the back of Peterhouse (one of the University
of Cambridge colleges) to the north, the Fitzwilliam
Museum, and The Leys School to the south.
The fen is straddled by the Fen Causeway (A1134 road)
across the Cam. There is also a footbridge at the back
of The Leys School to the south and Crusoe Bridge is
just north of the Fen Causeway Bridge.
Reasons for Location:
• Rural
• Easy access
• Quiet
• Contrast with urban locations
Any Problems:
• Time of day
• Weather

10. Location Five – Lammas Land, Cambridge
Overview:
Any Problems:
Located on the outskirts of Cambridge city centre, this
scenic park offers lush green grass, swimming pools,
tennis courts and a children's playground
• Time of day
• Weather
• Too crowded in playground
Reasons for location:
• Easy access
• Playground – stereotype - teenagers ‘hanging out’
• Open space

12. Location Six – Wimpole Folly, Wimpole
Overview:
Wimpole's Folly is a folly ruin located on the
grounds of Wimpole Hall, in the parish of Wimpole,
in Cambridgeshire, England.
The folly is designed to resemble the ruins of a
medieval castle. It was built on the grounds of
Wimpole Hall in the mid-1770s at the order of Philip
York, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, the then owner of
Wimpole Hall.
The Earl of Hardwicke commissioned Sanderson
Miller (the noted follies architect of the day) to design
the folly in 1751, to then have it later built by
Capability Brown in 1769.
Reasons for location:
• Wooded are nearby
• Historic
• Castle – Princess and Prince theme
• Atmospheric
Any problems:
• Weather
• Time of day

14. Location Information
Pre Production Planning Tasks