Location Research

Location Research...

Having set out our first basic storyboard, I wanted to find an actual site that we could possibly shoot at. Looking at our local town Guildford, I came across Leapale Road Car Park, which fits the image in my head fairly well.

 The tiered car park is large enough from a first glance and could be a perfect site to shoot in if we can gain permission from the owners. However timing may be an issue. Good natural lighting could be used in the late afternoon to create a dark, hard light. However if we film in January time, light changes very quickly, meaning filming the whole sequence in one day may be a challenge.

The lighting may not look perfect also. Ideally, the car park would have harsh artificial lighting,
and the inside of the car park would have a green tone like in the photo below. However this look is probably impossible with the red brick walls.

Finally having a set be a private place causes issues. How will we maintain continuity when people come and go from the carpark? Will the carpark be busy and will that fit with the tone we are trying to create.

The opening scene to this episode of Black Mirror is some of my inspiration for the colour scheme and style I would like to have