western in the uk??????
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western in the uk??????
I have recently finshed a script for a western "nothing but trouble" however i think i have come across a barrier in production due to the fact that i live in the no western like uk. Does anyone have any ideas to help me overcome this?
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i considered doing a western, but decided against due to thew fact ther is no desert and i dont know how to greenscreen.
best bet would be to get a warehouse, fill it with sand and build buildings around the edges to look like a western town. you couls even paint the background. or greenscreen
best bet would be to get a warehouse, fill it with sand and build buildings around the edges to look like a western town. you couls even paint the background. or greenscreen
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Find some abandoned quarry. There was few westerns made in Poland (comedies or indies mostly) . In the last one they built only one side of the street in the town. After shooting part of takes it was redecorated a bit (signs and extras were replaced, some wheelcarts added etc) and shoot in oposite direction.
Don't you have any "Western Town" in UK. We have one in Poland (look bit cheesy but it's better then nothing)
This town in Spain is called Almeria. Now it's a tourist atraction.
Don't you have any "Western Town" in UK. We have one in Poland (look bit cheesy but it's better then nothing)
This town in Spain is called Almeria. Now it's a tourist atraction.
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I started to film a western and it was looking rather good, we gave up on it because of ideas, not the scenery. We filmed it mostely in the countryside, as that works just as well, it would have to be more of a 'outlaw josey wales' movie rather than a 'few dollars more' type of movie in terms of scenery. If you can get a farm with lots of wide open woodlands and old looking barns, with some horses and as long as you dont show any roads or modern buildings you will do just fine, we will probably go back to ours sometime. Another great touch is i know the owner of a great pub that looks the dogs bollocks when it comes to westerns, so that would be handy, get your extras dressed up, or even propose a western themed day in the pub and film around them, there are allways ways of making it work, just the know how, if you need anymore ideas, give us a shoot (haha) Allways happy to help
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The western includes more terrain than desert - examples...
High Plains (E colorado, W OK/KS ) easily dulicated in fields with long grass type vegetation and few trees. Slightly rolling countryside.)
Eastern KS /NE OK/ nebraska - some trees, low rolling hills, the occasional ravine.
As far as towns, no need to really even have any shots in a 'western town' perhaps an abandoned plank construction house in a field for a 'ranch house' or a farmer's house. Look at some pics from other areas than teh classic 'desert look' of the western states and you can probably match up an area in teh UK which will be close....
High Plains (E colorado, W OK/KS ) easily dulicated in fields with long grass type vegetation and few trees. Slightly rolling countryside.)
Eastern KS /NE OK/ nebraska - some trees, low rolling hills, the occasional ravine.
As far as towns, no need to really even have any shots in a 'western town' perhaps an abandoned plank construction house in a field for a 'ranch house' or a farmer's house. Look at some pics from other areas than teh classic 'desert look' of the western states and you can probably match up an area in teh UK which will be close....
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Red Dwarf was great. Yeah Dartmoore is a pretty good place to film, OR and if ( a big if) you have the money, you can go to chessington's world of adventures and enquire about hiring it for a day or so while its closed. That way you can make use of their full western town they have, Which is infact very beleivable in some parts. I have allways gone there and thought, 'what a great film set this place would make'. allways worth a try.
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