2. Shoreditch
For the opening narration we want to be in a populated area
covered in a high density of graffiti which will set up the core
relation between the title and the visuals of the documentary.
We see Shoreditch as one of the most dense areas of vandalised
graffiti by artists and non artists where its stayed a part of the
towns rich culture. We believe the bright colours and interesting
art by some of the worlds most famous artists (Banksy)
covering the area will be appropriate and visually interesting for
the audience and provide visuals for when the filmmaker is
doing voiceover or narration.
3. Timelapses/
Archive Footage
These images are less likely to be similar to the ones we
will actually shoot however these demonstrate some of the
key elements that will make our documentary work. In
order to make the documentary flow better and to display
time moving we want to include time lapses of densely
populated areas of London that have rich colours that relate
to the urban density that see’s graffiti displayed on many of
its streets. As we are unable to do graffiti ourselves, we will
want to demonstrate to the audience how an artists or non-
artist goes about spraying their message/art on walls.
4. Interviews
For interviewing purposes we want to interview 2/3
people; one must being a graffiti gang member artist
(we might have to use an actor for this). This
member we would like to interview on the streets
which is his place of work and even darkening his
face so his identity is obscured which will make the
subject more interesting. We also want to interview a
policeman or community member and have their say
which would likely be inside to suit their
environment in the home or office and provide a
visual style that isn’t outside on the street.
5. Final Locations
For the opening of our documentary we went to Leake Street near Waterloo in
London. This is a tunnel where its legal to spray any graffiti you like. Most
professional graffiti artists come here to spray everyday – most of the walls
get re-sprayed after a short amount of time. This allowed us to should lots of
footage of different, interesting graffiti from Star Wars characters to Mehndi
styled patterns. This also allowed us to shoot in some dark urban areas for
the opening whereby I shoot Will (a graffiti tagger) walking down the tunnel
and then spraying the title of our documentary on a wall in a short time-
lapse-like segment.
Whilst we were near Southbank, we chose to walk along the Thames shooting
some shots of some areas of London people were more familiar with. We
also shot many people walking down the streets and along the river. While
doing this i shot a time-lapse of the Big Ben and the river, however the
quality of footage wasn’t good enough for our final cut.
We then travelled to Shoreditch using the underground. While waiting at the
station we shot some footage of the train entering and leaving the tunnels.
This footage proved to be the intro to the voice-over establishing the urban
setting of London.
In Shoreditch we chose to shoot as much graffiti as possible knowing we could
want more than needed so we could pick out the best shots to fit the 2-3
minutes of our documentary that would play behind the voice-over. This
consisted of Will and I scouring across different streets of Shoreditch
shooting still shots, close-up, zoom ins, zoom outs, and tracking shots.
While we were there we spotted a vibrant graffiti covered wall in a quiet rural
area whereby we could set up the camera and record the interview with Will
