The construction site provided two potential filming locations - the rooftop and an abandoned room on the 3rd floor.
The rooftop would allow filming of a timelapse with a view of the skyline but had cracks and holes that required caution. The abandoned room was darker as desired but had dust and hazards like sharp objects that limited filming time.
Access to both locations was by foot through the building's stairwell. Lighting was an issue as the rooms had little sunlight, but more light was needed for shots depicting blood and footprints. Safety precautions were needed due to hazards in the abandoned locations.
2. PEOPLE
Main contact:
Mr. Raj
The construction site
Jumeriah heights Cluster C
2077CHG
+97156765453
Mr raj told us to not mention to
anyone that he gave us permission
film at the construction site
3. LOCATION/ ACCESS
• Nearest public transport is the metro station - 5 minutes walk. JLT metro station
• Public car park available at location
• Because it is abandoned we have access to all areas of the construction site that
are safe to visit
• Toilets are not available at the location
• The north side of the construction site provides shelter in the event of any
hurricanes or storms
4. CAMERA/SOUND
• There’s no power supply available to us anywhere at the location
• On the east side of the of the construction site there is a ditch so this could be a
safety issue for us and might prevent us from filming in
5. FOOD
• The food and water that is available for us is the food and water that we are
going to bring with us and we are going to make sure that we brought enough
food and water with us as it is expected to be a hot day and we are not shooting
for a long time we only plan to film for around 1 hour and a half - 2 hours. We
also brought lite snacks with us to the construction site incase we got hungry
6. POTENTIAL LOCATIONS
• The potential locations at the construction site are the roof top which we plan to
use for the time lapse as it has a good view of the skyline which we should be
able to use to overlay over any other footage we may take which suits it. We also
plan to use the abandoned rooms at the construction site because they have the
right lighting for shots of blood and footprints. The lighting will hopefully be
good to portray the effect we are striving to give off to the audience.
7. LOCATION 1 ROOF TOP
The floor below the roof is a good location as we
plan to get the best view possible
8. TRANSPORT AND ACCESS LOCATION 1
• Access will be simple with an
ascension of 15 floors of stairs. To
get to there we plan to walk over
from Elian’s house
• Transport will be done by foot as the
construction site is very close to
Elian’s house
9. CAMERA AND LIGHTING ISSUES LOCATION 1
• It is predicted to be very sunny on
the day we plan to shoot so the
lighting may effect how the time
lapse we plan to shoot looks
• There were sharp objects on the floor
of the construction site so we needed
to be careful where we filmed
10. DIRECTOR ISSUES LOCATION 1
• There is a lot of dust around the construction site which may get in the way of
filming
• Ground on the roof is not very solid as it has cracks and small holes in it which
may slow down timing a bit as we need to be precautious.
• There is not a lot of movement in the area so the time lapse may turn out to look
like a photo
11. LOCATION 2 ABANDONED ROOM
We plan to shoot on the 3rd floor as the sun is
predicted to be out that day and we want the
darkest look as possible
12. TRANSPORT AND ACCESS LOCATION 2
• For transport we walked to the room
form the roof
• Access was fairly easy we needed
only needed to go 3 floors up using
the staircase and then walked down
the corridor
13. CAMERA AND LIGHTING ISSUES LOCATION 2
• We had to go to a room with every
small exposure to the sun as the
rooms we filmed in that had no
exposure you could not see the
blood and footprints. We did not use
an external light as it did not give the
effect we were looking for
14. DIRECTOR ISSUES LOCATION 2
• There is a lot of dust in this room as well so this could get in the way of filming
• When we previously went to the location there were a lot of sharp objects and
hanging wires. This puts the crew and equipment danger. This will mean we
cannot stay for long when filming.
