Thanks! Yeah I did everything in post and did both the directing and cinematography.
I just used an old Nikkor 50mm 1.8. It's possible I may have used a Zuiko 24mm f2.8 but I don't recall now.
I used natural light and street lighting when possible. I also used a cheap yongnuo led video light to help
out on some of the night footage (this was a mistake!). The steampunk room was lit by a projector in some
of the shots and by cheapo unbranded quartz video lights in the others. I also used these video lights for the bed
footage (although a friend helped me light the bed scene because I couldn't get it looking the way I wanted).
You're absolutely right, there are loads of unused beach locations! I was surprised by this location myself. The beach is Formby beach which is
in the north west, not too far from Liverpool.