Feelings about today's Location Reccy

Today myself and Simon went on a location reccy for our film opening, "The Streets Run Red". We initially set out to find an alleyway with some sort of high access so that we could get a master shot where we could zoom in from far away to establish the scene (once I have posted the final script and rough storyboard this will make a lot more sense). We thought an obvious place to search would be by car parks as these are often multi storey and so very high. We checked by the Quasar in Ponders End and the old car park by the old Enfield Town Library.

Starting early afternoon and finishing late evening, it was a very tiring day and I found it difficult to be patient as most of the locations we sought out were far from perfect. It took us a good hour to find our initial "Location 1" as named on the group blog. And even when we found this an hour of searching for an entrance to the car park ended up showing we would not be allowed to use this location. When we finally found "Location 3" and decided that after consulting with the group possibly we could change the script slightly as this location was perfect, I felt quite accomplished.

Today we also started our video documentary which we will be running throughout the course. We are taking digital stills and digital film of the entire process so that it will be easy for the examining board to see what we have been up to and also to make it more interactive for other students interested in the blog. From this so far I have learnt that we need to practice speaking in front of a camera and planning out what needs to be said as a lot of the video was hesitations and confusement!

All in all we had a successful reccy and it has only made me more excited about the upcoming project. I can't wait for the test shoot next week and finishing off the storyboards and scripting.

Now I'll leave you with a few of my favourite snaps from today;