G321- Locations

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Locations By Luke Newcombe

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LocationsBy Luke Newcombe

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Living Room The first shot within my opening sequence will be an establishing shot of a living room. Scattered around the living room will be various items indicating that the owner is a drug dealer (these will be items such as lines of drugs and bags filled with ecstasy tablets) which will clearly show to the audience a reason as to why the protagonists are there in the first place. Also, to further reinforce that the person living here is a drug deal there will be a large amount of untidiness within the living room. Items such as cans will be distributed around the living room to further create an uncleanliness look and therefore clearly show to the audience what type of character lives here, whereas having a living room in a clean and tidy state wouldn’t lead the viewer to assume that a drug dealer lives here. The events that will take place in this location are the three main protagonists taking part in a burglary in order to look for drugs (as the three main characters are drug addicts). During this scene the characters will be shown frantically searching around the living room in order to find these items.

The time of day used to record this scene will be during the day. This is because the windows will both provide lighting which we can use to our advantage and to add to that, also show the audience what time of day the events are taking place, furthermore it keeps continuity within the opening sequence as the chase scene will also be recorded during the day.

Alleyway During my opening sequence there will be main footage of the three protagonists being chased by the antagonist down an alleyway. There will also be spin off footage from the main footage which will go into further detail about the three protagonists. Throughout my opening sequence the footage will constantly return to the character running down the alleyway (with different camera angles each time the footage cuts back). To keep with continuity from the previous scene inside the house which will be shot during the day, the footage shot within the alleyway will also be shot during the same time frame. This also benefits us as there will be natural light within the alleyway which may otherwise not be there as alleyways are known to be dark. However, we may encounter problems such as the general public using the alleyway during times of recording. If this problem arises we will just have to shoot different scenes (different scenes with different camera angles) individually and then bring them together as a whole during the editing process.

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Park Bench During the spin off scenes from the main footage showing the characters being chased down the alleyway, there will be scene which will show the character of Joe Gledhill buying drugs from a dealer. This scene will take place with Joe waiting on the park bench before being approached by the dealer, the footage will then show the exchange of money for drugs taking place. The time of day this footage will be recorded at will be during the evening as it adds a sense of realism to the scene, this is because the audience wouldn’t expect a drug deal to take place during the day when the park would most likely be well populated. This scene is unlikely to pose any issues to the recording as although the park could be populated during the evening, there will be numerous benches available to use and furthermore the camera will be aimed solely towards the bench so there is a low chance of people appearing in the background. If in the event people can be seen during the recording the scene could always be re-shot or during the editing process the background could be blurred out in order to hide this.

Football Pitch Another spin off scene within the opening sequence will feature one of the protagonists, Brad Smith, playing football. During this scene a free kick will be taken which will hit John directly in the face causing him to fall over. This scene will also match the ending of the opening sequence as the chase will come to an abrupt halt when all three of the protagonists turn off from the alleyway into a side street and in doing so the group run into a member of the public (Brad will be the first to run into the member of the public with the other two protagonists, John and Joe running into Brad). Both the football pitch scene and the alleyway scene will feature Brad falling to the ground and this will result in the two scenes alternating between each other for a matter of seconds.

The time of day this scene will be recorded at will be during the day (possibly mid day) as this will provide bright, natural lighting and furthermore make the scene seem more realistic as the majority of football matches will take place during the day in comparison to night where there is less visibility. A problem which may occur during the recording of this scene is that the football pitch could already be in use. If this arises then we will either wait until the pitch is available or find an alternative pitch to use

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Bedroom During the opening sequence each individual character will have separate spin off footage which will give further detail on that specific protagonist. The protagonist John Wood’s footage will show him raving solo in his bedroom after consuming a large amount of drugs (vary between lines and pills of ecstasy). The events taking place in this room will span across a time frame which will first start during the evening and will end the next morning (this will be highlighted by the lighting which will be shown through the window) and throughout this time frame John will go through a variety of emotions and feelings which will match the action of the character, for example, after consuming ecstasy within half an hour or so the effects will start to be shown both by his actions on screen and the gradual increase of the music.

As the time frame varies this scene will be shot over consecutive days and at different times in order to match the time period the scene is set in. To keep continuity within the scene the layout of the room will remain the same as well as the costume of the character in order to give the impression that the footage was shot at once. The advantages of using a bedroom for this scene is that the window will provide both light and also give a clear indication to the viewer what time of day it is. Therefore the light benefits the recording and as the scene is set across a time frame from the evening to morning the time of day shown by the window will indicate to the audience what time it is during the actual scene, for example, if it was extremely dark it would indicate that it could be midnight. The chance of issues arising are limited as the room used will be one of the actual person playing that character and therefore permission would have been asked prior to the recording.