Test shoots

After going through and refining my script until i was happy, i decided to head to the locations I had in mind to test shoot and make sure it would work for my film, was private enough and wouldn't give me any continuity issues.
Attempting to film on the northern line was extremely difficult and proved to me why test shoots are so important. Passengers would get off and on which would create obvious continuity issues, some would even sit right next to me and my actor on an empty carriage which was very frustrating.
Once all was shot and taken to editing I noticed that often cuts to shots would show the train moving at different Speeds which rendered the work unusable.

The test shoots are a good thing as it gave me the opportunity to plan ahead and solve these problems. I did some research into different types of stations and timetables and found that the Stratford over ground trains often sit at a stand still for roughly 20-30 minutes. This would work brilliantly for me as it cuts all the issues I would have had shooting on a train that was moving, the only problem that remained was that I may catch my reflection in the large windows but this is easily manageable as long as I really pay attention to how I frame my shots and don't take the risk of being caught out.