Planning: Locations

Locations:


Location 1 the house:


We decided to use a house as our first location as it is suitable for the first narrative in our music video. The house is where the couple in our first narrative will be arguing and fighting around the house as the song is played over it lyrics relevant to this are "And I cant remember the last time I took love from anyone." This is relevant as when at home with your partner your meant to feel loved yet the couple contradict this as they argue and fight we felt this was a valid problem to bring up in our video and fits what we are trying to put across to our audience.


Advantages:

• Easy to find this location
• Relevant to the narrative we have chosen
• Many different rooms in a house so like having many locations in one.

Disadvantages:

• Not much space so is hard to film in the small rooms.
• Lighting issues.
• Neighbours might think the fighting is real.

Location 2 the train station:
Relevant to lyrics: "Crucify me."


Relevant to genre: Hip-Hop usually uses run down areas as it is aimed at the lower classes in society so people can relate to it.


Relevant to target audience: If a teenager wants to run away public transport is what they run to first.


Advantages:

• Easy to get to.
• Time efficient.
• Large space.

Disadvantages:

• Other people traveling could get in our shots.
• People may think our actor is actually trying to kill herself.
• Being near the edge is dangerous.

Location 3 empty streets:
Relevant to lyrics: "Are you hating yourself? Do you really hate me." This will show our second narrative the prom girl being bullied then running away wanting to be alone.


Relevant to genre: Urban streets relevant to Hip-Hop.


Relevant to genre: Young people just want to run away and be alone when hurt or in times of stress.


Advantages:

• Lots of options.
• Large space.
• Realism.
• Can film locally.

Disadvantages:

• Cars could get in our shots.
• People could get in our shots.
• Hazards.

Location 4 dark room:

Relevant to lyrics:

"I cant recall the last time I took advice from anyone". This is relevant as young people only trust themselves and don't listen to others.

Relevant to genre:
Hip-hop is all about people, themselves and their feelings this shows this location is relevant to the genre as its a place of thought and self reflection.

Relevant to target audience:
It suits the idea of wanting to curl up and hide alone this is a common thing between young teens to want to be alone and think and they are our target audience.

Advantages:

• No disruptions in our shots.
• Easy to give direction to actor.
• Can be filmed at anytime.
• Not hard to create the shot.

Disadvantages:

• Lighting is hard to use.
• Quality of video.

Conclusion:
In conclusion researching my locations has been very beneficial to me as I now know the strengths and weaknesses of our locations and how we are going to use them therefore it is going to make filming allot easier.