Locations

To complement the narrative idea for our video, me and Ian have decided to film in a variety of locations for our music video to keep it flowing and to also ensure that it makes sense. We decided part of the video should be filmed around school and below are some images that we took as possible locations when it comes to filming:

Here is an image of outside the front of the school. We believe that this large open space is a perfect opportunity to create a section of our music video. It could be possible to use quick cuts when editing, between the girl walking from the far building on the left, to the boy being seated at one of the benches in the foreground. This will engage the audience and allow them to understand the situation between the two characters. The negative issue about using this space would be lighting. In order to ensure that continuity is not disrupted, all filming would have to be completed within the same day.

To the right is a picture me and Ian took within the courtyard of my school. The benefits about using this location would be the small area and rounded alcoves could enhance the idea of voyeurism and reflect a romantic vibe, however the previous issue regarding lighting still remains a factor we must take into consideration whilst filming. To overcome the problem, all filming would have to be completed within one day, again, ensuring that continuity errors are not present when coming to editing.

Here is an image we took of a small garden within the school. Here we could have the characters situated at separate tables but edit the shots to show them either looking at eachother, or one character looking at the other to emphasise the notion that they are secretly in love with the other person. Again, the issue about lighting is present with this location, meaning we must follow to a shooting schedule to ensure all filming is completed in this part of the school within one day.

This location within the school is different to the others as it is not outside but in an inside environment where we can control the lighting. This space is often left empty meaning me and Ian should have little disruption when filming. The use of curtains along the back wall and lighting along the ceiling enables us both to control the lighting to suit how dark or light we want it to be. We were possibly thinking this space could be used to unite the two characters, having them alone in the centre of the room at the crescendo of the video to portray their love and to create an equilibrium.

Although we have many ideas to base our video around the school, me and Ian feel that the video should also have a large segment filmed in the location of a house in order to create a background for the characters so it is easy to establish more about their personality within the video. In order to decide, me and Ian must create a well planned storyboard and shooting schedule which indicates where and when we are to film and what will be included.