Shoot date - Potential issues.

We have now confirmed our shoot day to be Friday 13th November. On a traditionally unlucky day, we were faced with some bad luck. We discovered that our Dancers, due to College assessments could not get to the studio on the day of the shoot. This was a major issue, that left us feeling quite downhearted, we thought we may have to change our music video idea. However we decided that it would be possible to shoot on location in London, Filming the same idea, but situated in certain areas of southbank. Here we would have much more freedom with the dance, no confinements of a room allowing for much more creative movements, using the surroundings. This would further make the shots more interesting, as the background of London would give a cinematic and exciting edge to the video.

We have taken this obstacles and turned it into a positive as we feel our video may now be much more interesting than it was previously. We then began to consider locations, we decided that it would be best to pick 2-3 in order to boost the amount of time we can spend at each spot. Then we can make things easy in the edit by having a wide variety of different angles.
We took a look at some images to inspire our location ideas:

 Southbank Riverside Walkway       

This is a brilliant location however its main issue is the people walking past. Filming on a Sunday, it is likely to be be busy and I know from previous experience that it is very difficult to ensure no passers by look at the camera or stop to watch the dancers. This would break the world of the video, where someone can dance in the street without anyone looking twice. Therefore if we were going to film here we would have to go close to the rail in order to avoid capturing pedestrians in the frame. The way we envisaged the dance was with no people in the background, with the intention of creating a visual look of London without the people - almost deserted space in their heads, the only focus will be on their dancing, and the cinematic backgrounds.

 Southbank Pier       

This Pier just a further walk down southbank allows for excellent composition in the frame. The horizontal and vertical lines will be a great indication of tranquility and lead our eyes directly to the subject at the start of the film. This leading pier suggests a journey and can initially establish a a sense of direction to kickstart the video. It also features a picturesque background of London and the Thames. The side barriers would also be great tool for the dancers to use in their dance. This is where the first section of the video and perhaps the end may be located.

 Tate Modern - Turbine Hall        

After some thought, Turbine hall was suggested as a possible location. This is tricky as it would look very effective and exciting although a variety of issues arise if we were to shoot here. Firstly there would be a lot of people around perhaps watching and slowing things down. We may not get permission to film in here. and There could possibly be an exhibition in there. I plan to take a trip to London the day prior to the shoot and scout eachLocation in order to ensure nothing is left to chance on the day.

we had a further discussion with Josh and Gracie and asked them where would be the best place for them to perform, they responded with some location ideas, where they could effectively use the structures in place, such as rails walls, and stairs. They suggested that the lyrics infer darker themes therefore towards the end of the video as the dance gets more violent, the locations should become more urban and darker reflecting the breakdown of their relationship. They suggested an interesting location featuring graffiti and a beaten, eroding, rough textured wall in the background. The location is also deserted and ideal for them to perform an energetic climatic dance section in the video.