Pre-Production: First Location

Directions from school to the location.

As my group and I understand, another crucial and prominent aspect of pre-production, is the location. Location in a music video is essential to get right as it completes the look of a video. The location has to suit the song as well as the actors involved. Therefore, I arranged times with my mum to look visit a location.

I was given a few options, but chose to view a house near to school, in 'East Horsley' as it would be easier and more convenient for my group members and our cast. The house I visited was a building which was in the process of doing up, therefore, it had old and new aspects to it which was visually quite aesthetic. Parts of the house were perfect, giving the look of broken, abandoned and dirty aspects however others were too contemporary. Whilst I was there, I captured a lot of footage, including images and videos of most rooms.

Overall, after my group and I viewed all the footage captured and assessed it, we felt some parts of the house had huge potential and we could see it working with our music video, however other parts fell close to looking like a building site, and this is not our intentional look. As well as this, the house is currently in the process of being done up therefore, by the time we are ready to film our video in November, there is a risk the house will be too decorated. In response to this, we will continue to search but in the meantime have arranged for Harvey, another group member to view a house in case this one does not work. However, I am pleased with my findings if other locations don’t plan out and have gained more hope and closer visuals.