Planning The Location

In this post I will list possible locations, I will also explain and analyse the reasons for chosing these locations to film certain parts of our music video, another few factors i will discuss will be the possible drawbacks of using these locations as well as what will actually happen in the shots in each location.

 

Our music video will include a lot of random locations to keep the theme throughout of a concept based video as well as performance, the shots will take place in everyday places including houses, streets, a forest, recognised landmarks in London and more.
The house we will include in our music video will to highlight a party fun atmosphere and vibe for the audience, the house itself wont need to have any specific requirements as its the atmosphere we're going to create, the party is going to create a fun vibe for the audience which is key for the audience so the house itself wont really be significant for its appearance or actual location of the house. Using a house will be one of the easier locations as we can apply our own lighting effects and use whatever camera shots and angles are neccessary for example, because the house will be spacious and a private place we'll be able to take our time as a group in order to get the right shots for our music video. The house will be considered one of the easier shots as opposed to London which would be a harder location to film in as its not a private place and will be busy, this will effect the shots used as it may be difficult to find the space to get certain shots and the quality of the sound too, lighting effects would not be able to be adjusted either. A house will be accessible as we will use one of the group members if neccessary or ask someone we know as im sure we'll be able to film in someone's house without it being too much trouble. A house is a safe enviroment to film in without many potential hazards which is a good thing about this specific location. The party atmosphere created in the house will be reasonably easy as we will have the space to ourselves to really adjust the scene to create whatever atmosphere and scene we want, the concept based video means random elements will be key and this is all familar to the dance music genre however we also looked into the dance music genre for typical elements and stereotypical conventions that we should also apply to our music video as they're obviously common. The scene will be quite dark to make it obvious what the scene is as house partys dont happen in daylight in the afternoon, this makes it also similar a club where dance music is associated with, this also helps distinguish who our target audience is aimed as the scenes we create will be similar to ones where our music video would be actually played and in keeping with the scene. The scene needs to be quite crowded to show the social side of the house party, people need to be dancing and drinking to familarise it with a party and whats common at partys for the target audience. The scene will be quite dark and grimy however lighting will be applied in all the right places after our group has considered what we think will show the scene how we want it exactly, this scene wont be extremely hard to create as we could use one room within a house if it proves too much of a problem, as well as this the weather wont effect this scene as it will be inside and nightime anyway so the weather is expected to be only dark, there will be no health and safety hazards in this scene as the location is secure inside a house.

A forest is an extremely easy location to use as there are no restrictions when using this location, there's lots of space which means getting the shots will be easy for example a long wide shot from a low angle would be difficult on a train as opposed to in the forest where the shot could easily be achieved. There are no potential health and safety risks that could be applied to the scenes in the forest as the location is pretty minimal with only tree's in the surroundings, the forest scene will also create a fun atmosphere for our dance music video. The location being a forest will contribute to the concept theme of our music video and the random elements within it. The forest will have random aspects including a lot of people and bright lights etc. to contribute to the fun vibe that is associated with dance music, the scene in the forest will be slightly performance based to build a relationship between the audience and the artist and make the artist more familiar too. The lighting will be a big factor in this location and part of the music video depending on time the forest can be either really dark or bright, we may film at night time then apply our own lighting with hand held lights so we can create the right balance between lighting and darkness in this location as opposed to over exposing the scene in bright broad daylight.

The streets will be slightly difficult to use as a location as depending on what time we film these particular scenes they could be busy meaning the scene could be ruined by people interupting the shot and making it difficult to get the shot required. The street is important to be used as a location because it will help differentiate between locations as well as help the audience understand when the location is changing and the scene is moving too. Lighting will be key in this shot as we cant really use hand held lights or block our certain lights with screens to create the scene we want if its in the middle of a busy street and a moving scene too, this scene will also probably be filmed in the late evening/night just to be in keeping with the feel of staying up all night for the party that our dance music video will have as this is common when partying to dance music. All night partys are where dance music is played so we want to create the right scene for our music video, the weather will effect this shot massively and we're hoping the weather will be clear for the night however if its raining we'll either shedule to film another day if we feel the weather will effect the shots massively or we could carry on and film to show a realistic side to the party atmosphere and vibe we're creating. it also makes the party seem more dramatic if it continues in heavy rain for example.

London will be a good place to film for the atmosphere it has alone, London is always busy and some of the landmarks are easily recognisable so will be good to show in our media music video. Music videos for the dance genre often involve people wandering the streets (often in London) drinking alcohol or dancing to show the spontaneous side to partys and nights out where dance music is played. As well as London always being busy the city looks alot more attractive as opposed to newsagents and supermarkes in Essex, it will be quite difficult to film in this location because the risk with London is that it'll be too busy and will prevent us from getting the ride shots as long shots will be neccessary to highlight where we are in London as some landmarks will be familar to many of the target audience. Weather could also ruin this shop as rain would wash out the shot and would take the focus away from the shot as well as making it unclear whats actually going on in the music video. There aren't many potential hazards in this location as its a public area, the lighting could be effected yet i think it's important to film at various points of the day to show the different party shots at different times as opposed to the whole party atmosphere happening on one night, dance music videos usually include lots of scene with partys to highlight a glamorous fun lifestyle to the target audience and 'let the audience in' on their personal fun life.