Location Report

Location One: Home

The images above show the various rooms that I used within my home for the use of my product. I chose this location as both an establishing point of the character as well as the film. By seeing the protagonists surroundings and life style the viewer would base an opinion of the character through the various props through connotation and representation. I chose the bedroom as it is a fairly basic and conventional layout that you would expect any young adult to have. The simple minimalist blue bed sheets automatically enforce the characters gender. The gloss black and white drawers suggest a modern environment  as they are too have a minimalist style too them. The postmodern style is becoming more popular within home decor as it is very post modern. The layout on the drawer is very messy and so are the clothes on the floor as this suggests the protagonist is a teenager due to the messy nature. 

The next scene briefly features the landing, I chose to use this briefly as the wallpaper is fairly vivid and has a pattern that could distract the viewer. I plan to track downstairs straight from the bedroom to give a sense of continuity as appose of a jump cut.

The living room is then featured, the dark bottle green chair works really well with the black-out blinds and flat screen television as it gives a sense of relaxation and a room that is often used considering the devices within it. I re-positioned the arm chair so it was more central to the television and moved the glass desk in order to make room for various cans and bottles of liquor. By having it close buy it would give the sense of it been frequently used and in this case, for alcohol. 

The kitchen is very modern featuring various cooking utensils and devices as well as gloss black cabinets and a dark marble floor with a textured counter top. This room is also very well lit as it has various (three) windows each with blinds so it can contrast the dark setting established in the room prior. 

Next is the garage, I chose to use the garage opposite the house as it is connected to various other garages which clearly shows the audience of where they are as alternatively using the garage in the garden and using the side door. 

Location Two: Wyke Sixth Form College

The benefit of using such a large building during the holiday season means that there will not be very many people that could potentially walk into the shot and disrupt the verisimilitude. Also the entrance to the college leads to a large open plan building which will be very effective for my product as appose to a confined corridor space that is unclear and does not connotes the school like setting I hope to portray. As well as this there are a number of classrooms that I can use and each of them will be essentially empty meaning it is more practical and fortunate for the scenes I hope to include. Fortunately the classroom that I have chosen includes the various items one would expect to find within a classroom. For example the white board, bookshelf, worksheets as well as students examples.

Location Three: Generic Street

I had hope to find a generic street that has various turns and alleyways so that one can stand behind and establish a sense of misdirection. Fortunately there is one very near the college so it was very practical for what I wanted. However the downside to such a location is that it is populated by various people so in order to get certain shots I will need to be patient. 

Location Four: The Deep

I simply plan to use this location for the various change of scenery that it has facing each direction. The actual attraction is facing the sea slightly to the right there is a bridge, to the right of that there is various factory buildings and to the left of the deep there is a backdrop of greenery. I plan to use each of these various backdrops for brief moments within my films as they are very diverse in terms of setting. Great for teleporting as it would give the sense of various locations.

Location Five: Hovis Mill

There is an abandoned Hovis Mill on the outskirts of the city center down St Andrew Street, the area features a range of street art and general graffiti as well as damage from various others. The area featured a whole number of open buildings abandoned and damaged. There is a lot of broken windows and glass on the ground as well as a number of other various trash and burnt items. The area is relatively desolate and empty ideal for filming and giving a significant change to scenery. The area has a large courtyard which is great for filming as I can use a lot of natural light without having to use lighting equipment also it will not take away from the rest of the scenery.