A change of direction and another location scout

Looking back over the last section of filming we did, we decided that the typical chase through school corridors was too predictable, so we have decided to make a new video somewhere unique in an abandoned RAF village called Upwood. Our new ideas came to us on this first location scout to RAF Upwood. We decided to keep the masks and Frauds concept, just continuing the story we made in our first filming session in a new place that would be more interesting for the audience and examiner.

This one of the bigger manor houses in RAF Upwood. The deserted houses were all used for something when the RAF were there, and I am guessing this one was used for people to live in, due to the many rooms, kitchen and dining areas. The houses all look posh, perfect for the scenes where we are then smashing them up; and some don't look deserted when just walking past them, adding to the effect of us breaking things in them.

Inside the houses are burnt and already destroyed, with rubble on the floors and graffiti on the walls. As you can see the corridors are quite dark, so filming in them will be difficult to get clear shots. We could use the light through windows, or perhaps film from the outside - in. The masks will restrict our view too, so we will have to be careful and plan a safe route through the path we will go on.





I think a shot walking up to the houses would look good as you can really see how derelict and dangerous this area is. An over the shoulder shot would look very effective, or a shot like this photo, and I think we will not use an establishing or long shot in order keep the mystery about this place to the audience.




This is another corridor shot, but this room had a lot more natural light coming in through broken windows. These corridors are very narrow, this presenting even more problems for filming, as we may have to use more over the shoulder shots and close ups, however this would not keep the audience entertained so we will have to find ways of getting other shots.





Larger rooms like this are a lot easier to film in, as there are no restrictions to where or what we can do. People have already smashed everything up in these larger rooms, so will look already destroyed in the video. Natural light will again some through these windows, and creates a natural setting for a shot.





This is one of the bathrooms near the cafeteria area. The tiles are smashed and laid all over the floor, and the ceiling is decrepid and falling down. Although the lighting and mise en scene in this room is perfect, the graffiti is offensive, therefore we must be careful when filming that offensive language is not in the back, as music videos do not have this.