Bakewell

Here's a possible location for my client project. There's a nice variety of different looking woodland areas all quite near to each other, and whilst walking through there I found it really easy to visualise the viking going on a quest through here, there's plenty of oppurtunities for some really nice shots. The downside however, is that Bakewell is a good two hours away from Nottingham by bus, and then this location is roughly half an hour away from the bus stop. Travelling out here with crew, equpiment, and an actor, could be problematic, but is not entirely out of the question. I'll try and scout out some nearer places but Bakewell is a definite possibility.

The Heavy Location?

After talking again to Clint at the Heavy sounds, he said that an embedded YouTube video will be fine for the site, so that clears up the problem of bandwidth.
I'm in the process of drawing up a few storyboards for various ideas, which I'll put up on here when they're finished.
Here's a few pictures of the actual shop, it's very small, but I think it would be really cool to actually see it in the final advert -

Location

Here are some shots I took in the Arboretum for possible locations -







The Arboretum is a good location for this, and is pretty convenient as it's in walking distance both from Waverley and my house, so will be easy to transport equipment and props there.

Pre-Production

I've chosen to use my idea with the two guys sat at the stalls, as I feel it's my most concise and effective idea. To begin filming, I'll need the following things -

- People
I'll need two guys to sit behind each stall, and react accordingly with what's happening, and then around 6 or 7 people to run to the download stall at the end.

- Filming Equipment
I'll need a camera and lighting equipment, but not sound recording equipment, as all the sounds in the advert are non-diegetic (none of them are created by any of the things we're actually seeing in the film). I'll make a short piece of music to accompany it, and provide a voiceover, but at this stage I'm unsure whether I should add any sound effects or not. This is probably something to worry about in the post production however.

- Location
At the moment I was thinking of filming in the Arboretum, I'll need to take some photos tomorow to help me visualise this.

- Props
I'll need several CD casess for the file sharer to copy, and I'll need to print out a front cover for each one so that it looks like an actual CD. I'll also need to make two stalls, which will need to be easy and quick to set up. I was thinking of making small structures out of wood, or maybe just use a table with a blanket over it and attach a wooden sign above it. This is probably the main concern at the moment, I'll need to figure out how to make them, and quickly!

Locating Locations...

Here are some shots of an old railway track up by the Butler's Hill tram stop. I think this would be the perfect setting for the scene in the future where Roger meets the robot. Having them walk down this abandoned rail way as the robot tells Roger what's happened to mankind will make for quite a striking image.