Location Reconnaissance Report By Declan Tyldesley
1. Declan Tyldesley
Hemit Dhanji
Location Reconnaissance Report
The photosabove show where the female singerwillbe positionedwhenshe issingingthe chorusof
the song inmostof the scenes.Whenwe come to filmatthislocationitwill be justbefore dusksoit
isfairlydark inthe woods.Atthisset we will be shootingfromanumberof differentcameraangles
to create shotssuch as LS, MS, CUS, PS and LAS. These typesof shotswill be veryeffectiveatthis
locationbecause itwill showalotof the setinthe backgroundandwhenwe performthe low angle
shotit shouldshowquite adark skyto make it more intense.Whenrelatingtoourstoryboard’sthe
differentscenesthatwe will be shootinghere are scene numbers;1,2, 4, 6, 8 and 9. I have chosen
thissetbecause whenwe shootthese scenesatduskitwill be fairlydarkat night;thisisgood
because the female singerwillstandoutenormouslywhenwe filmingbecause she will be wearinga
brightcoloureddress. Howeverbecause thisscene isshotatnightwe may needtouse a slightbitof
back lightinginordertomake the set a bitmore visiblesothe coloursinthe woodscan improve the
set.
2. Declan Tyldesley
Hemit Dhanji
The three photosabove show where the male singerwillbe positionedthatisshowninthe top two
photos.Againwhenwe come tofilmat thislocationthe time of daywill be aroundduskto make the
scenesthatwe filmhere a bitmore intense. Alsowhenwe filmonthisroadthe street lightswill be
on so the viewerswill quiteclearlyseethatitisextremelyclosetonight.Atthislocationwe will also
be shootingat a numberof differentcameraanglestomake alot of differentshotssuchas; MS, LS,
CUS,PS, TS, and LAS. Howeverthe male singerisnotthe onlyone thatwill be seenatthiscertain
locationbecause itwill alsoshowthe youngboyashe walksup the streettowardshishouse.WhenI
relate toour storyboardsthe scenesthatwe will be shootinghere are scene numbers; 2,3, 4, 5, 7, 8
and 9. I thinkthissetwill be veryeffective inthe musicvideobecause throughoutthe songwe can
quite clearlytell thatthisiswhere the male singergrew upasa kidso thisis where he spenthis
childhood.Alsointhe musicvideothisisthe mostpopularsetinthe musicvideoforitiswhere both
of the charactersthe male singerandthe youngboygrew up here;so thisonthe otherhandwill
make each scene more emotional.
3. Declan Tyldesley
Hemit Dhanji
The three photosabove showthe setof the youngboy’shouse.The locationof thishouse isonthe
same road where the male singerwill performhisrapsoit islike he islookingbackat hischildhood
whenall of the otherscenestake place withinthe musicvideo. One of the photosshowsthe exterior
of the house andwe will use asimilarshotto thispart way throughthe musicvideosothe viewers
can get an ideaonthat is where he grewup.The othertwo photosshow the interiorof the house
one of them showsthe stairsand we will be shootinga TS here whenthe youngboyiswalkingup
towardshisroom that youcan see parsleyinthe otherphoto.In the photoyoucan see a bedand
that iswhere the boywill fall tosleepasthe picture of hisDad looksoverhim.The scene numbers
that we will be shootinghere isscene number8.Andalso the shotswe will use toshootthisscene
are MS, TS, LS, CUS, ECUSand an OSS; these differenttypesof shotsshouldshow the houseinalot
of detail sothe scene looksalotbetter. I have chosenthissetbecause we neededtoadda bitmore
of an intense storylinesothe viewerscangeta betterview onwhatthisboyhas beenthrough.
4. Declan Tyldesley
Hemit Dhanji
The four photosabove showthe setof the church where the youngboywill gowhenhisDad’s
funeral takesplace.Thislocationisfairlyclose tothe housingestate sowhenfilmingwe willbe able
to getto thisset veryquickly.Whenwe filmatthissetwe will make sure togeta lot of exterior
detail onthe church so we can make the scenesmore intense thatwe filmhere.We will be filming
at thisset at aroundduskso it isa bit more tense andemotional sothe audience understandthe
narrative side of thingsa bitbetter.The scenesthatwe will be shootingatthissetare scene
numbers;3 and 4. The shotswe will use to shootthese twoscenesare; OSS, ES, MS, PS and LS.
These differenttypesof shotswillshowasmuchdetail of the church as possible sowhenwe film
thismusicvideoscene will lookveryintense.Alsowhenwe filmthe twoscenesthe youngboywill
be stoodjust outside of the churchso we can filman OSS and a PS so we can alsosee the boy’s
emotionatthisset.We have chosenthissetbecause we are not followinganyof the stereotypesof
an R&B musicvideowhenyousee moneyabusedorsomethingonthe line of that.But thissetwill
be able to make our musicvideolookalot betterwithareligiousset.
5. Declan Tyldesley
Hemit Dhanji
The photosabove showa set inLondonand inthisset the shotswe will use are PS’s of the buildings
and these shotswill be shownatthe start of the music video.Whenwe filmthese shotsonlythe
exteriorof the buildingswill be shownandthe time of daywill justbe arounddusk.The reasonwe
are usingPS’sfor thisseenbecause we will be able toshow alotmore detail of the buildings soit
looksa lotbetterwhenwe putthe footage together,whencreatingare musicvideo.Whenrelating
to the story boardthe sceneswe will be shootingatthissetare scene number(s)1.We have chosen
thissetbecause itwill showawell-runindustrial state atthe startof the videoandfromthisthe
viewerswill be able totell where the musicvideoisset.