Locations - Laura

The Cliff

During one of our scenes we need to show someone contemplating suicide. We thought the most intense way to portray this would be to have a man standing on the edge of the cliff, as the height will therefore literally heighten the suspense for the audience. This therefore achieves our main aim: to thrill them and keep them on edge.

However, we knew that this would pose a rather large safety risk and so we therefore have had to judge the first loaction in order to film at a place which will still create tension and we can still get good shots, but that is not dangerous.

We have decided on a place in Lewes, in the South Downs region. This is still a really good cliff as it is extrmely safe but it also has lots of landscape behind it, such as tree's, which emphaise the height of the cliff. However, it is not dangerous, as I have used it when previously filming within Media Studies for my GCSE Music Video. I have included these pictures in order to show the setting that we will be using, and to show that it is very safe as long as we are absolutely careful.

The first and second photo is us sitting on the edge cliff, which is safe as it is made of chalk and so therefore it is very stable. The third photo is our feet dangling down the cliff edge, and finally the last photo is us doing a dance routine for the video on the cliff.

The House

In our second scene we are using a house. The reason we are using this house that we have chosen is because it is also in Lewes, therefore we thought that it would be easiest as it is very near our other location. Therefore, it means we can try and film within similar time periods by having these close locations, which will be most convenient in terms of continuity (e.g weather) and travel for the other members of the group.  Furthermore, this was a good house to use as it holds all of the props that we need, such as photo albums and it has a cupboard so that we can do the shot that we were planning to do where we put the camera in the cupboard, in order to get a close-up of the woman frantically searching. The mis-en-scene will also link using this living room, as we would like to present our female character as very high-class anda perfectionist within her costume, and so therefore the beige an brown furniture signifies a modern look, matching her costume. Also, the living room which we will be using is relatively big, meaning that we have space for any lighting equipment and cameras that we use. Finally, filming in a house is very convenient as it means we can have easy costume changes & make-up retouches if they are needed, and it means we can try and film as much as we can without needing to go out and buy lunch! Here are some images of the living room we will be using.