Location research

We have two locations that we would like to use as it's easier to film and also allows the audience to get use to the setting.

Our first location is Hastings Beach.

This is the exact location where we will be shooting, I managed to locate our exact position on Google Maps (www.googlemaps.co.uk). A large beach mean more shot opportunities. Natural light means clear pictures. A disadvantage of this location is the uneven ground, due to the stones it may cause a problem with the tripod and we'd have to use hand held shots. Also another disadvantage is the passing traffic could be noisy, which could have an effect on our choice of sound, and whether its diegetic or non-diegetic. Finally because our location is outside the weather could come to be an issue, so we will have to do research on the forecast pre-filming.

 

Our second location is an underground car park on Robertsons Terrace.

 

 

This is a picture of the enterance to the underground car park, unfortunately I could not aquire a image of the inside which is where we'd actually be filming. The benefits of shooting there are is it is indoors so weather will not be a problem, so this makes our shooting schedule more flexible. Also The shooting space is large and there is a range of different spaces to use to shoot some scenes. Finally the atmosphere and scenery in the underground car park suits our film and the narrative. One issue may be how busy it will be, because it is a car park people will be using it all the time, meaning filming could be interrupted or delayed depending on how busy it is. Also lighting could be an issue for there is no daylight down there, so relying on the lighting underground could be a problem we may have to over come.