Forest scene

Our original plan was to use an outdoor location for the forest scene, somewhere on the BCU grounds. However, after thinking it over, we realised that this could be more problematic as it would be difficult to capture the frames outside as well as controlling the lighting.




So instead we found a round piece of wood for a base and used a hanging basket inlay for a grass effect. We tried using a green carpet type surface, however this way looked much more believable as grass. Also, when pulled apart it created a great bushy effect. For the trees we collected twigs and branches from bushes outside, which I glued down (with copious amounts of glue using the glue gun) onto the edges of the board.

It was important to leave enough space from above and at various points around the board so that we had a choice of camera angles! One of the concerns was that the live foliage would die or grow brown quickly. We decided to film the forest scenes as early as possible. To combat it for now, the glue had sealed the ends of the twigs and I covered the leaves in a spray varnish. Most of the leaves did droop, but on camera it appeared to still have the desired effect!