Locations - by Josh

Dartford

High Street

 The first location we shot at was in Dartford on the high street (image right). We chose this location since it was not only convenient, but it also offered a lot of good shot opportunities due to the numerous alleyways sprouting out between buildings all along the street. It provided us with a modern, urban look due to the shops next to the street as well as many people walking down every day which would give our video a bit of realism with our actors having to dodge in and out of crowds of the public.

 

Underground Walkway

 This location will be for our final scene where the thief is caught by the masked men. We thought this would be the perfect ending to our video as the thief will be trapped at either end with his pursuers slowly advancing on him. The compact, claustrophobic surrounding will add to the tense atmosphere and cut off from the public. As you can see from the picture, the dark, saturated walls will be perfect for the added effects we are planning to add after our video is complete.

Orchards Shopping Centre Car Park

 We are planning on using a car park during the bridge for the song since we can slow the tempo of the action on-screen down to match the tempo of the song. The thief will run towards a pillar and hide behind it. He would be shortly followed by the two masked men walking slowly towards him. He starts to walk away until the two masked men reach for guns at their waists, at which point the thief will run away, accompanied by the chorus of the song and the fast paced tempo kicking back in.

Beadles Volkswagen Garage

 Since we need an office-like setting for our thief to steal the disc from, my partner James asked his father if he could use the Beadles Garage in Dartford (of where he manages) who has given us permission to film there. This is where we are going to film our CCTV footage for use in the cinema screening (more information below). We can film all four of the shots for the CCTV footage and are also planning on filming a few other, normal shots of Dan as he steals the disc. This will be a great addition to our video as it will help make our video look professional and realistic due to the inclusion of an actual office.



London

Southbank

 Always a popular place for tourists and Londoners alike, we have decided to film a number of varying shots at this location as it is a very urban setting alongside the river Thames with plenty of people who would create a realistic setting, whom our actors would have to dodge in between. Since it is a long walkway, our actors would not need to slow down for corners and run in a straight line for longer than at our other desired locations. This meant we could use different shots that other locations could not allow for, such as running shots alongside the characters which last longer than our other, simple shots such as panning ones.



 We are also planning on using the colourful and artistic skatepark that is along Southbank since this will create good-looking and urban shots because of the bright and vivid graffiti, which, when mixed with our planned faded colour overlay should look very pleasing to the eye. The use of a graffiti stricken skatepark also has the connotations of a dirty, urban feature which will contribute towards the tense atmosphere that we want to accompany our video the whole way through.

Deluxe 142 Wardour Street

 This is the cinema studio we are planning on using for where our masked men will see the CCTV footage of the thief stealing the disc. Luke's father allowed us the use of this massive bonus and would help make our video look professional and realistic. This would also be much better than having to superimpose the CCTV footage onto the screen in post-production. To do the actual CCTV footage of the thief we need to film Dan stealing the disc at the proposed Beadles Garage and edit the footage in Adobe After Effects in order to create a black-and-white CCTV effect. This can then be transferred onto a USB and shown on the screen with the masked men watching.

Soho

 Since we will be in Soho for the cinema screening we thought we might as well scout around the area whilst walking to and from the cinema for suitable locations. There are plenty of alleyways which we can use for close and compact shots of the chase between the characters. We are likely to spot suitable locations for our shots as we will be taking short cuts where possible around Soho. We are also thinking about using Soho Square (image left) for a few shots as this is a very nice looking area and will likely have lots of people, once again giving us the opportunity to dodge in and out of the way of the public, meaning a more realistic representation in our video.