The Office Scene
Ideal location: The school lighting room
We believed that the school lighting room would best set this scene as we wish to capture the scene in a dark enclosed location and lots of lighting equitpment is provided to create a mysterious effect. There are curtains which we can slide across to hide the white walls too. Although it is messy, we can easily clean this up and bring the table, chairs and other props into the room to use. There is plenty of room to set up the camera equiptment and shoot.
Back up location: The box room beside Chaucer Admin (At school)
We chose this room as our back up location as it is small and enclosed like a personal office. Although this room is currenly already used as an office and much of the props we required are already within the room, we decided not to use this location for multiple reason. Our first concern was that there was not alot of room for the camera equiptment to be placed and to shoot our film. Also the decor is alot brighter and there are features on the wall which we would not be able to move that does not suit the dark effect we are trying to portray as they are happy and bright designs and images.
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The Corridoor Scene
Ideal location: Exam Office Stairs and corridoors (At the School)
Lucky for us we already have tight corridoors and tight staircases within out school which we could use. Although the walls are of a bright white shade, once colourgraded, this could be made dark. There is no colourful designs that could possibly ruin our dark setting either. There is also plenty of room to set up our camera equiptment and shoot. This area is usually not very bussy either so it should be easier to get permission for and shoot this scene. Strait at the bottom of the stairs, there is also a door which the viewers can see leads into a plain, bricked and what could pass for, a car park area. The doors in this corridoor are also similar to the door of the
Back-up location: School Plaza's and Stairs (At the school)
Although the colours are bright this could be made darker using colour grading. There is plenty of room to shoot but the corridoor could be very busy depending on when we shoot so it is best we shoot this of an evening. If we shoot here we should also ensure the colourful banners are not in shot, and if possible, cut the coulcony out of shot as we preffered it to be enclosed. The corridoor is still however long and narrow as we had liked. When the corridoors open up onto the stairs the area widens so the area is more spacious and not narrow like we wanted. The stairs are also wider and the doors from the stairs do not lead into an open empty space like the other location. There is also a risk of distruption in this area, unlike the other location.
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The Car Park Scene
Ideal location: Bexley Heath (by Cineworld)
Our Bexleyheath was a far better location, as it suited the idea of it being an underground parking lot for a detective, and we all agreed that it was suitable due to its dark, tired and grey decor. The car park is also emptier so it would be easier to set up and shoot this part of the scene.
Backup location: The Dartford Orchard Theartre Car Park
Although more convient in terms of travel, we decided that Dartford was not suitable as it was too "Airy" or had to much "light" for us to use the place. There was also alot of bright yellow colours within the car park which made it too bright. However, since we will be shooting at night, we believe that this bright effect will fade and we can easily colour grade the image to make it darker.
