Vultures – Behind the Scenes Photos: When Janine met the Hardy’s

To avoid any spoilers, I’ve held back on posting any Vultures behind-the-scenes photos for the past few months but now that the series has come to a close, I can finally begin uploading shots.

Over the course of the 10 week shoot for episodes 5,6 & 7; I tried my best to get some shots from every scene but it wasn’t always easy. Some days were extremely fast-paced, as we worked against the clock trying to meet the schedule and work with everyone’s availability. Some days there was just too much going on.

But even though I may have missed a few small scenes, I still have hundreds of behind the scenes shots to get through. I’ve spent the past few days just trying to organise them. I’ve decided it’s best to upload the photos in the order that the scenes appear in the episodes as opposed to the shoot day itself.

First up is a collection of behind the scenes shots from Episode 5:’ The Adventure Of The Hidden Microfilm‘; the scene where Janine Drew (played by Suzanne O’Brien) meets the Hardy’s (played by Peter O’Connor and Geoff Warner Clayton) for the first time. It’s a very short cut-to scene as Vultour reveals to Tennyson that he’s been passing on work to Janine; we find the chav detective interrogating the Hardys about a street full of keyed-cars.

This is the first appearance by the Hardy’s and according to my video diaries we shot it on Shoot Day 32. Given the length of the scene it was a relatively easy shoot that afternoon; it was Sla’s birthday and we spent most of the time making fun of him and talking to “da hoss’s” in the field beside us.

We were in the middle of a four day shoot for the Pinkerton Lair Scene at the end of Episode 7 but that afternoon we shot this scene and Janine & the Hardys’ part of the montage from Episode 6 before heading back to shoot more of the Lair scene that night (and eat birthday cake).

You can check out my brand new shots of Janine Drew & the Hardy’s here and here on the Oss237.com homepage and you’ll find the rest of the shots here on Flickr.

As always any comments or criticism would be appreciated. And there’s plenty more shots from behind the scenes coming soon.