The document describes various locations that will be used in an opening sequence for a film. It provides details for each location, including: - A living room where protagonists will search for drugs during a burglary. - An alleyway where the protagonists will be chased by an antagonist in the main footage and spin-off scenes. - A park bench where one protagonist will buy drugs from a dealer in an evening spin-off scene. - A football pitch where another protagonist will be hit in the face during a daytime spin-off scene matching the ending. - A bedroom where one protagonist will rave alone after taking drugs, with footage spanning evening to morning using natural

1. Locations
By Luke Newcombe

2. Living Room The first shot within my opening sequence will be an establishing
shot of a living room. Scattered around the living room will be
various items indicating that the owner is a drug dealer (these will
be items such as lines of drugs and bags filled with ecstasy tablets)
which will clearly show to the audience a reason as to why the
protagonists are there in the first place. Also, to further reinforce
that the person living here is a drug deal there will be a large
amount of untidiness within the living room. Items such as cans will
be distributed around the living room to further create an
uncleanliness look and therefore clearly show to the audience what
type of character lives here, whereas having a living room in a clean
and tidy state wouldn’t lead the viewer to assume that a drug dealer
lives here. The events that will take place in this location are the
three main protagonists taking part in a burglary in order to look for
drugs (as the three main characters are drug addicts). During this
scene the characters will be shown frantically searching around the
living room in order to find these items.
The time of day used to record this scene will be during the day. This
is because the windows will both provide lighting which we can use
to our advantage and to add to that, also show the audience what
time of day the events are taking place, furthermore it keeps
continuity within the opening sequence as the chase scene will also
be recorded during the day.
Alleyway During my opening sequence there will be main footage of the three
protagonists being chased by the antagonist down an alleyway.
There will also be spin off footage from the main footage which will
go into further detail about the three protagonists. Throughout my
opening sequence the footage will constantly return to the
character running down the alleyway (with different camera angles
each time the footage cuts back). To keep with continuity from the
previous scene inside the house which will be shot during the day,
the footage shot within the alleyway will also be shot during the
same time frame. This also benefits us as there will be natural light
within the alleyway which may otherwise not be there as alleyways
are known to be dark. However, we may encounter problems such
as the general public using the alleyway during times of recording. If
this problem arises we will just have to shoot different scenes

3. Park Bench During the spin off scenes from the main footage showing the
characters being chased down the alleyway, there will be scene
which will show the character of Joe Gledhill buying drugs from a
dealer. This scene will take place with Joe waiting on the park bench
before being approached by the dealer, the footage will then show
the exchange of money for drugs taking place. The time of day this
footage will be recorded at will be during the evening as it adds a
sense of realism to the scene, this is because the audience wouldn’t
expect a drug deal to take place during the day when the park would
most likely be well populated. This scene is unlikely to pose any
issues to the recording as although the park could be populated
during the evening, there will be numerous benches available to use
and furthermore the camera will be aimed solely towards the bench
so there is a low chance of people appearing in the background. If in
the event people can be seen during the recording the scene could
always be re-shot or during the editing process the background
could be blurred out in order to hide this.
Football Pitch Another spin off scene within the opening sequence will feature one
of the protagonists, Brad Smith, playing football. During this scene a
free kick will be taken which will hit John directly in the face causing
him to fall over. This scene will also match the ending of the opening
sequence as the chase will come to an abrupt halt when all three of
the protagonists turn off from the alleyway into a side street and in
doing so the group run into a member of the public (Brad will be the
first to run into the member of the public with the other two
protagonists, John and Joe running into Brad). Both the football
pitch scene and the alleyway scene will feature Brad falling to the
ground and this will result in the two scenes alternating between
each other for a matter of seconds.
The time of day this scene will be recorded at will be during the day
(possibly mid day) as this will provide bright, natural lighting and
furthermore make the scene seem more realistic as the majority of
football matches will take place during the day in comparison to
night where there is less visibility. A problem which may occur
during the recording of this scene is that the football pitch could
already be in use. If this arises then we will either wait until the pitch

4. Bedroom During the opening sequence each individual character will have
separate spin off footage which will give further detail on that
specific protagonist. The protagonist John Wood’s footage will show
him raving solo in his bedroom after consuming a large amount of
drugs (vary between lines and pills of ecstasy). The events taking
place in this room will span across a time frame which will first start
during the evening and will end the next morning (this will be
highlighted by the lighting which will be shown through the window)
and throughout this time frame John will go through a variety of
emotions and feelings which will match the action of the character,
for example, after consuming ecstasy within half an hour or so the
effects will start to be shown both by his actions on screen and the
gradual increase of the music.
As the time frame varies this scene will be shot over consecutive
days and at different times in order to match the time period the
scene is set in. To keep continuity within the scene the layout of the
room will remain the same as well as the costume of the character
in order to give the impression that the footage was shot at once.
The advantages of using a bedroom for this scene is that the
window will provide both light and also give a clear indication to the
viewer what time of day it is. Therefore the light benefits the
recording and as the scene is set across a time frame from the
evening to morning the time of day shown by the window will
indicate to the audience what time it is during the actual scene, for
example, if it was extremely dark it would indicate that it could be
midnight. The chance of issues arising are limited as the room used
will be one of the actual person playing that character and therefore
permission would have been asked prior to the recording.