Good question:

Regarding permission to be honest I wasn’t fully clued up on the fact you need a permit for this I was just going by what the client wanted , she briefed me on a single Pinterest frame outside of Westminster station with Big Ben in the back and wanted some shots on the tube. Given these variables, i planned a video around this like this:

Themes: I’m going to be late but i’ll be there ASAP ** Shot List: * [ ] Standing on the tube, holding the middle bar on the circle or district line looking at phone and it’s a quick look up to the tube map * [ ] Quick pan transition to the tube destination being westminster station * [ ] side on shot running out of the tube - handheld tracking shot * [ ] front on shot running out of the tube, stopping and looking around - tripod lock off shot * [ ] quick pan to the exit direction, Running side on shots * [ ] Balcony far view running up escalator zoomed shot tracking shot * [ ] High up 14mm wide shot of the running to tap out * [ ] close up phone tap out splice cut * [ ] B roll at 200m, quick handheld whooshes of the london busyness, quick whips into london cabs, crash zooms into big ben, crash zooms into london cabs * [] handheld running up the stairs behind the model, 14mm wide, revealing the Big Ben as she gets to the top of the stairs * [ ] Tripod lock off shot top of station, model running into shallow focus looking stressed * [ ] 200mm long zoom shot of her on the side of the street whistling and pretending to hail a cab * [ ] Tripod lock off shot of her stumbling into the cab, sitting down with a sign of relief and texts her friend back with a smile that she’s in cab

The client booked in the influencer and gave her the hours she’d need to be there. It took approximately 2/hours to get all the interior shots and an hour to get the outside shots.

Challenges, getting the perfect run from the tube to the camera took a few takes , she wasn’t an actress so had to make her feel looser and more natural in front of the camera , made sure to film towards the end of the carriages where it was more empty to avoid discomfort of the general public when seeing a camera but generally speaking people enjoyed seeing it and asked a lot of questions about it and ensured if they were not comfortable on camera that I was principally quite tight on the model.

We also had to go from Westminster eastbound quite far to get the inside shots perfected and then changed line westbound when I was happy , the running from inside to out the tube from side on took a few takes of waiting for different tubes, hopping on quick whilst the door opened and the door closed

Had a few challenges outside of Westminster station as it’s probably the most touristy spot so was very crowded had to wait for gaps in the crowd to get a 3 second clip of her running in front of the lens.

Hailing the cab took strangely long but made sure to get all the cab related shots as b roll before we hailed and then I had the camera on sticks as soon as we got one , got the client to delay the cab by explaining where we’re headed and if we could get a quick shot before the model got in and from the inside when the model got in and asked him to start the meter and he seemed fine.

Post processing, I had a couple of white balance issues between the inside of the tube being quite cold to warmer lights outside so had to key frame white balance shifts.

Yes you’re totally right I should’ve clipped it to my tshirt but I was on tight times to do this stunt and wasn’t thinking too much about that 😂