Anywhoo here's the scoop (I've always wanted to say that)
Filming has been VERY elusive recently. Methinks they're trying to hide from the intrepid set reporters. In one day they filmed in 3 places!
So, first off, Christmas decorations went up at The Hayes and the surrounding streets.
So a 'HM prison, Broadfell' sign and an explosion... someone's in prison? I wonder who or what was busting them out?!
After this they filming inside St. Augustine's Church in Penarth. During this a coach full of extras dressed as choirboys and people in suits arrived. Apparently Wilf and the Doctor were inside as well as an actress called Claire Bloom.
Later on the filming moved back to the Hayes and the surrounding street. As well as extras, there was a Salvation Army band which played God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen.
And heres an utterly brilliant report from Eeeyun:
1st Shot
They began close up on the Christmas star at the top of the tree, tilting down to take in the Salvation Army band, and then pulling out wider and panning round to see a small girl with her mummy and daddy meeting Santa Claus and other shoppers mingling and passing by…
The shot steadily moved down towards the street, eventually picking out Wilf who was dawdling through the busy street with some Christmas shopping – he seemed very much lost in thought.
As he approached the Salvation Army band his attention seemed to be drawn to them (or something in that direction) where more thoughts seemed to fill his head (by this time the camera had gone tight in on him with just a headshot) then he muttered to himself for a moment, coming to some kind of conclusion, before walking off out the right side of frame.
There was also another camera that was filming this scene through some lights and its speculated that this might have been someones POV shot - like Wilf was being watched.
2nd Shot
This presumably continued on from the first picking up on Wilf after he’d walked out the right side of frame on the crane shot. He walked forward checking something out ahead and/or above him…
What was interesting was that after the actors had gone, they decorated a lamppost with Christmas lighting, and took some shots of that, and then wheeled the camera down the road for a bit to take some other short shots, but it was difficult to see exactly what was going on… They were probably just grabbing some establishing shots...
There was also another camera that was filming this scene through some lights and its speculated that this might have been someones POV shot - like Wilf was being watched.
2nd Shot
This presumably continued on from the first picking up on Wilf after he’d walked out the right side of frame on the crane shot. He walked forward checking something out ahead and/or above him…
What was interesting was that after the actors had gone, they decorated a lamppost with Christmas lighting, and took some shots of that, and then wheeled the camera down the road for a bit to take some other short shots, but it was difficult to see exactly what was going on… They were probably just grabbing some establishing shots...
You can see more amazing pictures here:
And thar we go!
As always a HUGE thanks to baraduim, scooty, Simon Watkins, alun.vega, 11thDoc and Eeeyun
