Location Research- Chiswick

Today, I went to the location that we had decided we will film for the Test Shoot and Final Film. I decided to take a few shots and see how the space and whether there is enough space to use within our film.

Bus Stop (used for shots 8)

Shot 8

This is the shot when Hallie and Calire get off the bus and go their seperate ways. This shot could be shot from a number of different angles, for example, we could take it from a low angle shot from the wall behind the bus stop, or a high angle shot from the top. Or even from the inside the bus if it were possible. The potential issues with filming at this bus stop is because of the fact it's where the bus line terminates the public acess is quite high. As there is New Chiswick Pool across the road, Cavendish Primary School at the end of the road and an estate behind it. Also there is a possible risk of getting run over as there is a road right in front. However, if we schedule our filming around that we should be able to film the shots we need quite quickly and without any problems.

Graveyard In Background (used for shot 9)

This would be the shot when Hallie would cross the road. This shot is a little complicated as the brown wall in the background is the cemetery that we will be shoiting in is just about visable. However, it is not clear that the wall is a cemetery. So to conteract the problem, we may have to change the distance of the shot, for example, we could use a medium shot. I chose to taake the photo like this because I wanted to see what kind of angle we could get and what kind of problems we would face when it comes to shooting.

Entrance To Graveyard (used for shot 10)

The entrance to this cemetery is quite simple and easily acessible, which is exactly why I chose to use it in our film. Also, it is clearly viable inside and not used by the public often so it won't cause any problems to our filming. I like the fact that you can see into it which also creates a different randge of views and shot types we can use. It also looks quite old but the simplicity of it helps to add a small amount of moden to it.

Long Shot In Cemetery (used for shots 14, possibly 16,17 and 13) 

 This shot would be where we see Claire advancing across the graveyard and she spots Hallie at the grave of James. I think that this would be useful as we could then use editiing to show Claire advancing across the graveyard. I think ther is a lot that we could with the sky in the background as well. I think the murcky Grey colour helps to build an atmosphere. Again, there are a lot of things that we can do with terms of shots and editing. 

Lanes For Point-Of-View Shot (used for shot 12)

 

These two photos are possibly the lanes for which we may use for Hallie's POV shots as she makes her way to James' headstone. I took two different paths as I have not decided which one we can use. The one on the left I'm more drawn to as there is a lot more light and the surrodning area is more spacious. I think that the right photo would change the atmosphre and we may have to use editing and change the saturation. But I think the less we have to require editing in the picture, the better. Also because, the shots we'll be filming on are going to be POVs, we're going to need a lot of space. Therefore, I think that best lane to use is the lane on the right.

Possible Headstones (used for shots 15,16,17,18,19,21,22,23,24)

These are possible heastones that we may use for James' grave. Originally, we felt using a headstone with a weathered look would be more useful and may possibly show the audience that James' died a long while ago. However, we realised that the headstones cannot look too old as we have set the film in the present and decided that it would be best to convey that he died at least a year ago.