Location shooting!

Main stage

We have decided our film opening we need a stage for our performance, the main stage in our school in our opinion is suitable and will enable us to have a large dance space and dramatic back drop.

We also hace to consider lighting on set, these two images show the difference between full light (below) and spotlight (above) which as a group we considered to be the most effective. However we also have to take into account for filming purposes

Backstage

This part in the opening sets the atmosphere and tone building tension therefor we want to use a dark setting to create a stronger sense of mood.

Dance studio

I think the dance studio is a suitable location for our opening as it makes the story realistic and believable seeing as our film is based on a ballet dancer. The mirrored wall will be very effective when filming. If we are filming in the evening it will be easy to create a dark setting.

Toilets

In our story board we have shown our main protagonist getting ready for the big show. This involves her taking pills as this is a key part of our opening because it sets the genre, Therefore the location needs to be realistic and believable. The lighting is good however the angles we ant to film at may be difficult because of the mirrors (which might show us in them).

Location strengths:
As our film genre is social realism the codes and conventions say we should use real settings to make the film more believable and relatable, therefore a school is ideal. its also very convenient for us all to film as a group in school, in spare and media lessons. This will make sure we meet our deadlines.

The stage and ballet studio have great lighting resources that we can alter to our specific needs. Also the space is large and gives us various angles to film from.

Weaknesses and how we can overcome them:
One of our weaknesses with the location is at the moment the toilet location as they are school toilets and may not always be free for us to film also they can get very messy. Furthermore they are very open and this means it will be hard to create a spooky, mysterious effect with lighting and we will really just have to film in certain types of the day. Finally the school toilets have large mirrors and it may be hard to film without capturing a glimpse of us and the tripod from particular angles. However we can over come this by using a hand held camera.

Set design:
We would like a plain preferably black to keep with the dark theme, and to enforce the message that the dance/dancers is the most important element in out opening.