TW: Location Reccies

Below are two of the locations we have planned to use in our music video:

Grosvenor/ Hilbert Park

This is the location in which our protagonist in the video will walk to after leaving his home, here he will meet some of his 'friends' whom he also eventually argues with and walks away from them.

We chose this location as we liked some of the features we can capture to contribute to our narrative, such as the run-down looking bridge and pond, with its water drained. We liked this look as it both reflects how our character is feeling, with its rough, grainy look. Furthermore the flat ground ensures we can film effective tracking shots which will not be bumpy and give it an amateur look. The location is made more interesting with features such as the surrounding flats, the train tracks and the large bridge which, if framed well, may look very effective in the background of shots.

However, due to the fact that this location is in a park, we may face some problems with filming and people walking past (which is inevitable) in order to handle this problem we will have to film on a week day, in the afternoon to ensure most people are busy at work or otherwise. The other issue is with weather; rainy and wet conditions would make the task significantly harder to film and can ruin many shots. To prevent shooting on a day with wet conditions we will have to check the weather prior to going to film at the park.

Tom's Kitchen

 

This is the location in which the fundamental shots of the argument between father and son will occur, resulting in the son leaving the house.

We chose this kitchen location as it is relatively large meaning it gives us more freedom and flexibility with camera movements such as handicam or tracking shots, the layout of the kitchen means we can position a character on either side of the kitchen island and will have freedom of movement to express their anger. Moreover, there is a lot of lighting in the kitchen, this means flexibility of altering the lighting in the room to fit the dark/serious mood of the events occurring in this room. The hanging lights can be effective in revealing the angered facial expressions of our characters.