Research - Initial Location Ideas

After researching our chosen songs and listening to them multiple times, we decided to begin brainstorming a few ideas for each. This meant visualisng some basi shot ideas, along with colouring, narrative and of course, locations. As was demonstrated in our AS project, our group cares quite strongly about where our filming is set, believing that wherever we choose will greaty impac the style of the song and how it is viewed by an audience.

Both songs we felt have strong contations towards nature, with themes of new beginnings and natural progressions showing through in the lyrics of each song and also the musicality. This lead us to think of very naturalisitc places to shoot, in high contrast to the busy urban location of last year.
The reason we are thinking about this so soon - without a shot list or even and basic narative or idea - is a matter of practicality. We need to be able to keep to time and money constraits when producing our music video and the with the time frame being very different from what we knew before, we want to be prepared for this. Nearby locations give us the best opportunities for filming at short notice (crucial in the very temperamental weather of the autumn months) and for acessability.

Listed here are a few locations that I myself have been to observe in the context of our music video and a few areas within them that we think could be beneficial to us in the coming months.

• Black Park - Tall trees and dark forests make this very awe inspiring and myseterious, perfect for setting the context of nature within the music video
• Burnham Beeches - Tried and tested, this area will provide us with a picturesque yet natural setting.
• Langley Park - Many old and interesting features and an expansive setting that would give us a lot of perspective.
• Braywick Park - Not as grand as the other ideas, yet it's convinience makes it a good option for quick shots.