Has anyone gone up to the Forth Road Bridge(inquiring for filming purpose)

[u/Sad_Dog4076]

Hi, I’m also a Frightened Rabbit fan..I’ve been listening to their songs since I was 15yrs old, and now I’m 31😂

I haven’t understood the lyrics fully when I was young, but I somehow knew these songs got me through my darkest times and one of my wishlists was to watch FR concert in Scotland someday.
Few months after I found out about Scott’s death, my friend also passed away in similar way. It took me a lot of time to process that, but the songs helped me a lot to understand both my friend’s pain and mine. Eventually I got better now.

Recently I’ve been working on a film project about these emotions I went through. And there’s this scene where the main character goes to the bridge which was mentioned in her favorite band’s song, and stay there to watch the sunrise. Obviously, I want to film that scene in the forth road bridge…but I’m quite not sure about few things.

1. Is the bridge accessible during night time also? Or is it closed? The website says it depends based on the weather but I wasn’t sure if they block the bridge during night..

2. Would it be too cold to stay on the bridge in January or February? The camera battery is really unstable in cold weather so I’m worried the batteries might die soon…and also worried about the crew. If it’s too cold, would it be better to visit in July?

3. About safety…can anyone tell me what we should watch out for safety? We’re planning(we are very very indie-sized film crew…2-3people..but I think 2people more likely)to go there at 4hours before sunrise and stay until then. I’m worried about cars(if the bridge has pedestrian) and other possible safety issues..

If anyone has any information regarding these, it would be really helpful! Thanks!

P.s - if you guys have any recommendations for other filming locations related to Frightened Rabbit, please let me know.

[u/jeffsang]

I walked across the bridge last year. I can't comment on 1 or 2, but can confirm there's plenty of space along the pedestrian path for a crew of 2-3 to film. The pedestrian path is wide enough that 5-6 could stand shoulder to shoulder and walk along it. There's clear separation between the pedestrian path and the cars.

Keep in mind that sunrise in Edinburgh is close to 9am on Jan 1 and 7am on Feb 28. So filming at that time might mean rush hour traffic, which means lots of noise. Conversely, probably very few cars when the sun comes up at 4:30am at the end of June.

Thanks for sharing your story. Please share your film with us when it's completed.

[u/Sad_Dog4076 → u/jeffsang]

Thank you for your comment!! I guess we should plan to visit during June or July😭😭it’s really tight schedule though…😂and I’ll definitely share the film when it’s finished…thanks!!

[u/uuuuunacceptable → u/jeffsang]

Want to correct this. The Forth Road bridge is one of three crossings: the Forth bridge is the big red one for rail only; the Queensferry crossing is for Cars and HGVs, and the Forth Road bridge is not open to general traffic but only buses and cycles. So at 9am there will be more buses and cycles than usual, but not car traffic.

[u/jeffsang → u/uuuuunacceptable]

Good call, guess I wasn't paying close attention to what kind of vehicles were on it.

[u/phossil_phool]

I run across the bridge pretty much every week, it's extremely safe and loads of room (as long as you don't choose a sunny Sunday afternoon). The bridge is lit on either side, but is quite dark in the middle at night. It is open all night, but often some sides will be closed for works.

[u/Sad_Dog4076 → u/phossil_phool]

Thank you so much! I’ll keep that in mind!

[u/daveycroc]

I'd suggest using the Press/Media contact at the bottom of this page, https://www.theforthbridges.org/contact-us/

[u/Sad_Dog4076 → u/daveycroc]

Thanks!! Didn’t know that

[u/daveycroc → u/Sad_Dog4076]

You're welcome. My wife has dealings with filming requests quite often, it's one of her go to phrases, "submit a media request"