This is the same Bookshop set, but this time we needed the shop to look as if Horace (the bookshop owner) had just had a new delivery of books. We managed to get a good deal and bought 14 boxes of old books for £10 from a man at a car boot sale who basically wanted to get rid of them because they were taking up too much space in his shed. The old piled up books brought the set to life and enabled the cameras to have some interesting shots.

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This week I completely finished the bookshop set ready for the film shoot in the TV studio. I’m so pleased with it! We decided to put the lamp and a bookcase in the foreground so we could get some interesting camera shots with the Jib camera. The layout of the flats has changed a little bit but not drastically, we now no longer have a gap where actors walk in as an entrance. Also in these pictures you’ll see that the lighting in the studio has been adjusted to make the bookshop look a little more realistic. It’s just wonderful to look at something that you’ve made entirely from scratch, all that D.I.Y!! The final cost came to around £300 which payed for wood for the flats, wallpaper, shelves and buying all the props in the set. A few bargains included; 60 children’s books from the 1970’s for £5 in a car boot sale. And another gem in the car boot sale was an antique self standing lamp (still works!) with lampshade and light bulb included for £20.

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Here are photos of the completed ‘CSI prop Set’, the set works well because it has detail, but also some very interesting props that add depth for the cameras. Once the lighting is applied in the TV studio, the props become more mysterious and effective.