Location Ideas

In todays lesson we brainstormed diferent locations in which we would like to film for our music video. We came up with some great places that are set in London as we want our video to be based in the city due to its quirkiness and exciting vibe.

Hyde Park BoatHouse:  We liked the idea of using the boathouse as we feel we could either use this as the end shot and show both characters going off into the sunset on the boat or we feel it would be another good place for the boy to pop up and try and impress the female character where the girl cannot escape.

Southbank We really liked the idea of using the Southbank as it has many different elements to it. One part is the skatepark which we feel will be really effective as it fits in with the urban feel of the video. We also had an idea of the boy dressing up as a skater trying to impress the girl. We also loved the graffitti wall and thought it would be a good place for the female character to sing as a background. We also wanted to use the city skyline at Southbank to fit in with the city theme and also we wanted to encorporate the river and boats into the video in order to give the video varied scenery of London.

Waterloo Station  we thought Waterloo would be a good location to use, firstly because it is next to the Southbank in which we want to do other filming but also because the station is perfect for our idea of the girl running to find the boy who is leaving in order to fit in with the lyric 'dreamt you were on a train'. We also feel the announcement board would be a good element of teh video as we follow the narrative of the girl trying to find the boy after she realises she actually likes him.

Oxford Street: We wanted to use a busy street like Oxford Street in order to film London surroundings and maybe use it for the panning shot we wanted to do of the female singer walking around London. Also as we wanted to encorpare the cliche of Jeans into the video we feel we could film different fashion and people wearing jeans.

Hopefully we are going to visit all of these locations during the Summer and take some practice shots and also just to see if they will fit in well with our music video.