Location, Location, Location

Yesterday was a fun day at work. I wasn't really expecting to do anything too exciting when I went in, but after taking care of a few minor details of things I had been working on before, Danielle said to me, "I have a fun job for you today." Excellent, I thought. My quest was to venture over to Film London's locations library to search for possible locations for Hangman's short film in currently in pre-production, Spunkbubble. Now, the building in which Film London lives is an interesting thing in itself. Approaching the building, you suddenly come upon this tall mass that is topped off with what looks like a rather old sign that simply says "TEA." The main entrance is actually on the side of the building. Just beyond the doors, there is a reception area where one is required to state his or her purpose, sign in and is given a visitor's badge to tack onto his or her shirt. I was then directed to take a left to the short flight of stairs, and to take the middle elevator to the 6th floor. I wasn't exactly sure why I needed to take the middle elevator specifically, but I decided not to question the instructions. The elevator was either extremely old or just simply old fashioned, requiring a gate and a door to be opened manually before entering.

The Film London office consisted of a high-ceilinged room that looked like a converted New York studio apartment, separated into sections without actual walls. The locations library itself stood in the middle, with several tall shelves filled with huge black binders. The binders are packed full with tons of pictures of hotels, hospitals, houses, parking lots, office buildings and more. I spent a few hours looking through just the hotels section, sitting on the floor with a huge binder spread out on my lap. It was a fabulous job!