A few more pictures from our Tudor filmshoot last Thursday at the Michaelhouse Centre, all courtesy of Julia Barrett, who played Margaret Beaufort.

A little drizzle was not going to deter us

The gatehouse of Christ’s College, which Margaret Beaufort endowed in 1505.

Lady Margaret and her retinue having a well-earned break and cup of tea

Margaret at her devotions with her friend and confessor John Fisher, played by GSM’s associate vicar and chaplain to University staff, Peter Hayler

Tudors on a tea break

The youngest members of the cast were fuelled by chocolate biscuits

Ducking out of the rain

The morning’s cast as we wrap the outdoor scene

Thanks again to our fantastic cast, camera operator Jasmine Wingfield and consultant and director Matthew Ward of History Needs You!

Watch this space for news of the finished film…

We had a wonderful day of filming at the Michaelhouse Centre yesterday. We were shooting sequences with Margaret Beaufort and James I for our short film about the royal patronage of Great St Mary’s, which will be screened in the new education space in the south lobby. These live-action segments will be intercut with shots of beautiful Cambridge buildings and a voiceover will tell the stories of kings and queens.

My camera ran out of batteries early on, so I only have a few photos to share now, but we got some great shots and missed the worst of the rain! Members of the congregation, professional re-enactors, Kentwell Tudors, Peter Hayler (Chaplain to the University staff) and our hard-working vergers all got involved as cast members.

James I remonstrating with the university men about the gallery in Great St Mary’s which left the congregation’s backs to the altar. Matthew Ward of History Needs You as James and GSM congregation members David and Peter as dons.

A little direction from Jasmine Wingfield, our camera operator

A hapless peasant pushed aside

Lady Margaret Beaufort sweeps by, unconcerned – played by Julia Barrett

Lady Margaret, her loyal retainer and the hapless peasant