Location Scouting

Green Park

On visiting Green park, it looked like a very good place to film. It offered a variety of ideas due to the site including: rocks, benches, pathways and trees. Out of the three locations, Green Park can give us the most options on what we want to do. It is also next to a river and this can be used for dramatic scenes as seen in the pictures.

However, there are a lot of negatives to this location. The first one being that the traffic is very loud and may cause the audio in the film to be unclear and therefore unprofessional. Secondly. there is also a lot of litter in the park and we cannot use shots that include litter in the background because it will look messy and will not fit with the theme of the show. Thirdly, the fact that this is a public park, means that there will be a lots of noisy people who may also be using the children's park on the site. In addition to this, there is also a lot of street art on the walls of the site and if this is shown in the shot, it will not fit with the futuristic theme of the film and will cause a controversy.

Crescent

The Crescent was a very large location which could allow us to film on a bigger scale - this could be particularly useful for the first scene, when the two main characters are introduced. The whole site looked very appealing due to the greenery and the row of old houses within it; it could be used to signify a main location in our film. The whole area was very quiet and could allow us to film without many disturbances and unwanted mic pickup. Another positive about this particular location is that we don't need to get permission to film there because it is owned by the government, not the home owners.

On the other hand, the Crescent building is actually home to some of the people in Bath and with it being a busy place, it could be very hard to get the home owners to move their vehicles. I also noted that there were not a lot of objects on the ground of the Crescent and this could prove to be either good or bad for the scene we will be shooting, depending on the level of distraction we require.

Royal Crescent

The Royal Crescent was very similar in layout to the other Crescent, however this location has a bigger area and gives us the opportunity to film very long shots. I found this location very memorable and therefore it could be effective in creating a connection between the place and our film for the audience. There is also a very long pathway that we could use for particular moments. The Royal Crescent fits very well with the whole futuristic vibe that we are trying to replicate in our film.

Unfortunately, there were not a lot of natural objects like rocks and tree stumps etc. on the ground in the Royal Crescent and this could be a downfall if we want to use such items in the film. In addition to this, The Royal Crescent is next to a park which could mean a lot of people passing by that may cause a lot of noise and disturbance when filming.