Planning: Location Recce

I have chosen to film in multiple locations for my music video. This is intended to help the audience to explore further into the life of the main character, therefore strengthening the narrative. The audience will be able to see both his work and home life, where there is much variation between the two. The school location is meant to categorise the part of his character that is well co-ordinated and thereby, outwardly very well put together. the school environment embodies the ideology of structure and order; a part of his character that seems to be overcome with his struggles with alcoholism.

The first location that I have chosen is a school - Chenderit School. Here, I will use the corridors, a classroom and the staffroom to capture the narrative in as realist a way as possible. All of the locations that I have chosen are privately owned, therefore I will have to obtain permission from the owners before using the locations to film. For the scenes shot in the school, I will have to email the headteacher to ensure that I am aware of the rules and regulations regarding filming in this area, and that she is happy to consent to the filming. Once I have gained this permission I will have to ask the appropriate staff if I can use the areas that I have planned to use (corridor, classroom and staffroom). For this, I will need to check if there will be any students or staff around who would prevent me obtaining the film material that I need to. In saying this, I will be filming from 4 onwards so the likelihood of encountering staff/students is significantly reduced.

The second location that I will use is a kitchen. This is where a majority of the action will take place. In shots filmed here, the character will be seen in a completely different light in comparison to how he can be perceived in the school environment. I will use the space to show the deterioration of the characters care towards his well-being. The audience will be able to see washing up building in the sink, symbolising the lack of care that he is taking towards looking after himself as a result of being controlled and driven by alcohol. The dirty washing will become worse as the music video progresses, showing the worsening of his mental illness. Likewise, there will be more and more mess accumulating in this location as the video progresses to emphasis this idea. Additionally, this will be the location where we see him smashing up props and becoming distressed. In doing these scenes, I will need to consider damage caused and how I will safely clean this up to restore the location to an appropriate standard. 

Another location that I will be using is a bathroom. Here, he will be seen looking at himself in the mirror and washing his face. The symbolism of the mirror will be used to show how his character is changing, the negative feeling he has towards himself and how he looks at who he's become in a negative light. The bathroom seems like an ideal place as it is perceived as quite an intimate place in someones life, often not explored by outsiders. Allowing the audience to view this part of his house should make them feel as though they are exploring part of him that not many others would see; where he is truly himself and untainted by trying to seem put together to the outside world. I will need to consider the space available to me in this location. I had predicted that the space here would be rather limited, therefore I plan to film in a bathroom that has quite a bit of space available for me to set up the camera and lights alongside the space that will be required for the frame. 

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