Friday, 18 November 2016

Location Reasearch

Before we can even begin to think about the filming process of our short film, first we have to carry out some research. This post is going to be all about location research including; the locations we are using for our short film Grief, also real media products that use similar locations to ours and finally what the locations represent about the film and the characters.

Below I am going to be embedding a prezi showing all the locations that we will be using for our short film;


School Theater

One of the locations we will be using is the school theater. This is going to be used for the scene where Jack and Carly are at the cinema together. 



For this scene we will be using the school theater but making it look like we are at the cinema. We are hoping to achieve this by showing the characters facial expressions throughout the scene and we also hope to achieve this by using 3 point lighting to make it look like the reflection from the cinema screen on the characters faces. 

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I have found a scene that is similar to the scene out of our short film. The film that this scene is from is Twilight. This is similar to our short film in a way because, even though there is three of them, they are all out in the cinema together watching a film as friends just like the characters in our short film Grief.

Town Center

Another location we will be using is Cannock town center. This will be the scene where Carly and Jack are walking through the town laughing and joking together.

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We chose the town center because we thought it would be a natural environment for friends to be in. A lot of friends stereotypically go shopping together for a day out so we thought this would be the perfect setting and location to do it in. There are a lot of shops around and it is fairly quiet throughout certain parts of the day so we thought it would be the perfect location for this scene.

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This scene that I have chosen is from a film called friends with benefits. This represents the scene from our short film perfectly because they are two friends walking through the park together, they are talking and joking together. Just like jack and Carly are in our short film.

Bench

Another location we will be using is the bench outside the chip shop. This is the scene where Jack and Carly are sharing chips. 

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This scene represents the fact that Carly and Jack are very close friends. This is because they are sitting on a bench in a quiet place together sharing chips. You wouldn't really share chips with someone who you didn't really know therefore representing that they are close friends.

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The scene that I have chosen is from Forrest Gump. This is similar to the scene from our film. In Forrest Gump they are two strangers, however, he is still sharing his chocolates with the woman. Which is similar to Jack and Carly sharing their chips together.  

Park

Another location we will be using is the park. This will be the scene where Jack and Carly are on the swings together talking and joking together.

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This scene represents the fact that Carly and Jack don't take life or each other too seriously and they are really good friends. When you think of a park you think of children playing in the park together which represents Jack and Carly perfectly because they are both just like big children who love to have a laugh.

My next post will be the risk assessment.