The Video! - Location

Band Shots

We put a lot of thought into the location of our music video; we looked at many other videos from the same genre to find out what the consistent trend it among them in terms of location for band filming. We came across many variations from the norm; including mountain terrain, forestry, barn houses and backdoor footage. However after careful consideration we decided to use a vast recording area, with a plain background. This reasoning behind this is that it allows us to use both lighting and mise-en-scene much more effectively.

A local drama studio was on hand to use, which fit perfectly into the style of location we pursued. It was a vast, open area with little distraction on the walls/flooring; this gave us plenty of free space to work with. The studio also consisted of a high tech lighting system, used for drama productions. This meant we could expand on the normal conventions of a music video in this genre in that we could adjust the lighting to suite the specific shots we were using.

This is an image of the curtain we are going to pull across the background to our band shot, the reason for this is to eliminate the issues associated with background props being in the shot, and also, a black background to a music video looks really well and makes editing the shots more accessible.

This is a wider shot of the background of our music video, without the curtain drawn. As you can see we have a very wide base to work off when producing the band shots, the flooring is a great contrast to the black background and creates a great effect with the lighting.

This is the whole room in which we are going to be producing out band shots. The room itself is very large and hence we have a lot of space to work with when placing the props such as the instruments. In this shot you can also see the lighting we have available - a great asset to this location.

These are the specific lights we have to use for our band shots. The lights have multiple colour options and give off a great effect with the wooden floor, which we intend to take great advantage of. The spot lights (right image) give off a fantastic effect if a close up is required, this is perfect for our band shots as close ups' are a necessity to the success of a realistic effect within a music video.

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Storyline Shots

Much consideration went into where we should shoot the majority of our storyline shots. However, with no certain outcome, an array of different locations were selected

· Moores Valley Country Park – for long distance scenery, and open screen shots (as well as wide pans)

· Urban tunnel areas amongst Poole Park – for close up and details shots, getting more specific to the storyline

· Canford Heath – A very vast, open space. This gave us the opportunity for distant shots and the use of focusing on both the protagonist in the film, as well as the background.

· Long stretch of road (Ashley Cross, Poole) – This is for a final shot in the film, giving us the chance to have a wide shot including both background material and keeping in depth storyline at the forefront of the film.