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To be gutted a TV series is being filmed at our very secret local beauty spot

108 replies

Strafficy · 25/08/2021 18:30

It’s going to be ruined 😠

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TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 27/08/2021 19:44

@sonjadog

People really go to Culloden to lay wreaths for Jamie??? Good grief.
That can't be true. Jamie Oliver is still alive, I saw him outside a Chippy stuffing his face with sausages and stuff and he looked well big - unless he was wearing one of his fat suits.

Again..

NumberTheory · 27/08/2021 20:31

Filming is a pain. But I do love seeing beautiful cinematography.

We had a film crew on our street once, they'd rented a house to be part of a series. We were asked not to use the street if we could help it during filming, which was a little inconvenient but generally I accommodate where I can.

Then on the second day I was walking home and one of the film crew asked me and another woman and our 5 kids ranging from 6 months to 7 years to wait while they filmed a scene. So we did, the 5 yr old didn't really understand and was asking quite loudly, as 5 yr olds do, why. The film crew person hissed, loudly and a bit nastily, at the other woman to keep her child quiet, kid got shocked and tripped over the root of a tree he'd been hanging around, scratching his arm and burst into tears. Crew member then barked "you need to keep him quiet, they're filming" . So I said we didn't "need" to do anything and proceeded to walk down the street, talking loudly and swinging my bags. I didn't modify my behaviour at all after that and they just had to stop filming if I wanted to go out or come back in the middle of a take.

You could try and find out the schedule and take a lot of very modern stuff with you (do you have a drone?).

Really, YANBU to be annoyed. Especially if it makes it obvious where the beauty spot is and you get inundated with tourists. But if they aren't messing you around, you'd be unreasonable to mess them around. (I wouldn't be moving my van if it put me out, they can digitally remove it).

sbfptw · 28/08/2021 07:56

You really had to ask this? First world issue writ large.

TidyDancer · 28/08/2021 08:33

We had a big drama series filmed in our town a few years back. Lots of scenes showing it, it doubled up for two different places in the series. It was quite exciting to see it, had some really famous actors in it and it was big budget so they invested quite a lot into making changes to the town for a few weeks.

I'm yet to see a massive influx of tourists as a result though!

Dillyjones72 · 28/08/2021 08:38

From somewhere that is now regularly used for filming in major BBC, ITV, C5, Netflix and HBO programmes and honestly it’s been nothing but positive. Created an industry where there was none, got lots of local into film and tv - runners who are now editors and directors etc and brought tons of money to economy.
And the crews leave everything as they found it.
One international hit has brought more tourists but again, it’s created more jobs and opportunities for our young people who have spent the last 40-50 years or more leaving in the ‘brain drain’…

Dillyjones72 · 28/08/2021 08:41

Plus it’s fun watching telly and recognising local places pretending to be something else…

Beamur · 28/08/2021 08:43

I live in a village that has been used loads for filming. It hasn't made any difference to visitors really. Filmmakers in the main are pretty considerate.
However, newspaper articles about wild swimming and beauty spots have been massively detrimental. Some places have seen such a huge influx of visitors that they've been closed off by the owners.

Lessstressedhemum · 28/08/2021 22:03

Sonja, yes they do. So much so that it is damaging the site. Same with Midhope Castle. It's actually unbelievable.

I have a friend who is a tour guide for Glasgow cathedral and he says they are inundated with middle aged American women wanting to have pictures taken in the spot where Claire lost her baby🤯

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