Treatment: Location Research

As a group we want to keep the opening sequence as simple as possible, in order to do this, we felt that one or two locations would be the most preferable of choices. Furthermore, we decided against any outdoor locations as it would mean having to have contingency plans in the event that if the weather was unfavourable, it would have also meant that there was a high chance of continuity errors in terms of lighting.

Type of locations we have in mind:

Bedroom 
-Dressed in black and white
-Rock band posters on     
     
wall
 -Well decorated
(personalised)
-Similar to the bedroom of Rae Earl from My Mad Fat Diary


Hallway   
-Nothing personal (e.g photographs)
                                   -Generic house hallway


Our idea was to have a bedroom for a female aged around 18 years old; the room will have that sort of "alternative" look to it. Not very girly and could be mistaken for a boys room if it weren't for all of the hair and makeup products. None of the females in our group can get permission to film in their houses, meaning that we would have to find a girl around that age who's room fits that sort of description, as it would be impractical to dress anyone else's room and expect them to keep it decorated in that way for the entire filming phase. Lucky, we got permission to film in Josh's house and he has a sister whose room matched this criteria.

This footage was taken by Josh on his phone so we would get a sense of the location before we went there to film.

Change of Location:

After we filmed the test shoot in our first location, we decided there were too many distractions and disadvantages, so we decided to change locations.

We wanted to change the location as we felt that the room was too small to film in. It seemed impossible to get establishing shots and was impractical for the camera and lighting equipment to be placed in the room. We found it difficult to adjust the lighting in the room as the intensity was strong even when it was aimed at the surrounding so it could be reflected. We also felt that the posters on the wall and the mess of the room made it too cluttered as caused the audience to associate this with our character being a busy person.

The floor plan of our new location

How we changed our location plans:

Hence we decided to film at our actress's house in her bedroom and corridor. Her room is spacious so we can fit our camera equipment there and we had more freedom to decorate the room according to the mise-en-scene we wanted. The walls were spaciously decorated thus not being too distracting to film in.

These are images from our location recce