Location - Luke

Location can be one of the most important features to the music video, and can heavily influence the theme and feel of the video. Based on previous research on Music videos and the types of locations used in these, me an my group have come up with a large variety of locations that we intend to use to film our music video, whilst ensuring that they match the style of the video that we intend to create and being coherent to the styles of other similar videos we have taken influence from.

Below are a list of the locations that we intend to use:

Volkswagen Showroom and Garage in Dartford

The Volkswagen garage is where we intend on filming the beginning scene of the video where the thief is seen moving slyly around before stealing the briefcase from a shelf. We felt that this would be a good location to start the music video as it conveys a sense of mystery in the warehouse, the idea of not knowing what might be around the corner.

Bluewater/Westfield Carpark

There is the possibility of filming in the carpark of either Bluewater or Westfield shopping centres. This location would be used to film the initial fleeing of the theif as he runs from the scene of the theft to hide behind a pillar in one of the car parks, thinking he has got away without being seen. This is when there will be a slow motion pan around the pillar to see the two anonymous characters standing either side. This will be the location of the starting point of the chase, and a carpark seems to feature regularly in chase scenes, another reason for our choice of these locations.

Deluxe 142 Wardour Street

We have been lucky enough to get permission and access to a private cinema screening room at Deluxe 142, a post production company in Soho. This is where we intend to film the scene involving the two anonymous characters watching the theif on CCTV as he walks through the warehouse looking for the item to steal. We first intended to film the actors in front of a blank cinema screen, only to super impose the CCTV footage onto the film during editing, but we have been allowed project onto the screen. We will now create the CCTV footage before filming this scene and play it out on the screen, allowing us to create as realistic of a CCTV security office as possible.

Southbank + Southbank Skatepark

Along Southbank and through Southbank Skatepark is where we are planning to do some of the filming for the chase scene of our music video. We thought this location would be good due to the size of the area and the lack of tight corners and bends. This therefore allows our actors to run as fast as possible, helping us create an intense action scene that doesn't look like compromises have been made with the speed of the running.

The skatepark is another area along Southbank that we thought would look good for our music video due to the urban feel created by the large amounts of graffiti surrounding the area. The pillars throughout the skatepark will also help us keep up the intensity of the chase as we will be able to have the actors dodging in and out between them. This will, however, only take up a small part of the chase scene due to the small size of the location, and the amount of filming we will be doing at other locations.

Soho

Soho is another area that we thought would look great in our music video. The area is full of small alleyways and tight streets that would help us to get shots where the actors are not in the way of any members of the public. This could also help to increase the sense of urgency in the video as there will be nobody in the way of the actors allowing us to use the whole street/alley for our shots.

Stratford



Southmere Lake (Thamesmead)

I suggested this location to my other partners, remembering that I had seen it in a tv show called Misfits. I thought that this location would be suited to our video. The very urban location and the way the tv show is filmed assured me that this location would work well

Below you can see the location filmed in a way in which we intend to film for our video. It is from a section of the trailer.




Temple Hill

Temple Hill is a location that I am very familiar with, living in Dartford. The area looks quite run down and would fit in well with our video idea and the other locations that we have chosen. There might however be a problem with using this location and this is that there may be a lot of people walking around when we are filming, a similar problem that we may face in london.



Dartford Town Centre

Similarly to Temple Hill, Dartford is another location local to us that we feel would work well within our music video. The fact that we know Dartford very well means that we will be able to find some great locations for our filming. The town centre of Dartford is basically a long cobbled path. It looks very much like the other locations we have chosen, which will help with continuity from shot to shot. The bridge that connects the town up to the railway station could also be a possible place that we could shoot.



Dartford Underground Walkway

The underground walkway in dartford is what we intend to use for the final scene of the msic video where the theif is caught by the two anonymous characters. We think this is the perfect location for the final shot with the pools of water on the floor, and the general low light in the walkway. The size of the walkway is quite small aswell, allowing us to emphasise the fact that the theif has been trapped. It is however still big enough for us to be able to film in without it looking like the characters are being cramped in with us filming next to them.


Overall we feel that these lcations will be great to use in our music video and will help us create a feel and look that links well with the music and lyrics.