1. St. Paul’s Catholic College
Unit G324: Advanced Portfolio in Media
Locations
Our trailer is going to be filmed in only one location. This consists of the ‘Hounslow United Sports
and social club – Car Park lot’ and the actual inside of the bar/pub of the club itself.
These shots show how one of the main characters who is the female antagonist, has entered
the club area as a new arrival and is welcomed back into the youth community with a shocked
aura from the group of friends.

2. Location one – scene 1
This is the ‘Hounslow United sport and social
club car parking lot’, which will be used for
the first scene; this is a long shot of the empty
car part lot. The trailer entails detailed shots
of the outside location; this will be done as an
establishing shot so the audience can become
familiar with the location. This location has
been chosen for that quiet and aerie
atmosphere which can introduce the
characters and the club in the trailer. We
planned to film this scene in daylight, as the
purpose of the scene is to make the audience
focus on the main female antagonist who will
introduce the scene. The simple location
background depicts the focus on the
antagonist as there is a character build up and
creates an enigma which helps with the personality buildup of the main character as she will be in a costume
which denotes the antagonist’s character personality, as a young youth teenager who has made mistakes in the
past and this can be identified through the style of clothing.
This shot shows the car parked in front of the
building, this quiet and empty area is the pure reason
why we chose this location, at the beginning when
the antagonist will step out of the car, the audience
will feel a sense of the character being alienated and
a stranger to the community, which she returns to.
Every shot that is used will thoroughly break down
the importance of every scene in the trailer.
This sign on the wall signifies great importance, the
mid-shot of this sign on the wall shows the
perspective of the character briefly taking a note of
the message and walking by anyway not caring about
the risks that can be inflicted on the person, this also
reveals the characters personality.
‘Parking in this car park is at owner’s risk’
Which connotes the idea of a quite ‘rough’
area which is watched closely by young
teenagers and adults who are criminals
heart, for example when the audience will
read this sign they will get the idea that their
car might be robbed of the owners
belongings or the car itself. This shows
dominance in the female’s character as well
as a risk-taking persona.

3. Location one – scene 2
This is a mid-shot of the ‘Football club’
on the way from the car park.
This can also be used as another
establishing shot which shows the side
view of the building. This is the scene
which breaks down the journey to the
entrance of the club; there will be a
high angle point of-view shot of the
antagonist’s feet to show that she is
walking to the club. The point of view
shot signifies the importance of the
characters thoughts and feelings on
the way to the club, showing that the
character is in her own world. In this
scene there will also be use of tracking
movement to create a tensed
atmosphere within the scene and build up the character’s story.
This is a long shot of the social club, in
the trailer it will be portrayed as a
point of view shot from the main
antagonist. It is identified from the
location pictures that there are two
paths that lead to the main entrance of
the social club, in terms of
connotations it implies the idea of the
sense of peace in the community and
also the darker side of the community
which has been struck from the
murder that happened which is shown
as a flashback later in the trailer. This
picture shows a realistic aura and tense
atmosphere which links well with the
themes and the costume that the antagonist will be wearing. The, Mise-en-scene part of the filming
plays a crucial part of the trailer, and this creates great significance for the breakdown of each of the
areas of the location. Having a shot of the club name helps the audience familiarize themselves with the
location as well as the personality ofthe character itself; initially this also builds on the character’s story
as this club is seen as the central location for the young youth community to gather and to socialize like
that of this generation. By having realistic and significant establishing shots it encourages the audience
to watch ‘Manor Drive’ as it airs after Eastenders and is another typical soap opera which focuses on the
themes of murder and youth which attracts an older and perhaps teenage audience, which is the
intended audience we are looking to interest.
The objects in the scenery depict that this community club is a place of peace and fun for young adults
and families to relax and socialize with each other, but with all the emptiness which will also be shown in
the trailer, will portray the alienation the antagonist is feeling, and her confidence and dominant male
instinct that creates a very tensed atmosphere, the ambiance increases as well as the audience attention
as they can predict what the character’s attitudes and personality is like.

4. Location one – scene 3
The entrance of the club is introduced as
the female antagonist enters through the
main doors, which look very secure, and
with the addition of the note on the
glass, says clearly the club is secured
with security cameras, this instantly
makes the audience and the characters
feel safe to some extent because once
they are in the club they are hidden
away from the outside world and locked
into the warmth and peace of the
community club. This entrance shot
breaks down the journey to the bar
significant as she is completely alone in
this scene and then welcomed by the tensed and shocked aura from the people in the bar.
This location that we have chosen complies with the codes and conventions that are used in a Soap
Opera as they usually and realistically show a young youth community.

5. Location one – scene 4
This is a long shot of the bar lounge, the specific
reason for why we chose this club is because of
the groggy typical bar lounge aura which is
purely why the effect as part of mise-en-scene
will create a relaxed every day atmosphere till
the antagonist enters and then the lighting and
the atmosphere is very tensed. Hence why we
have chosen this location as it creates an enigma
for our trailer. During the avant-garde of the
filming process, we experimented with what area
of the room the characters should sit in for good
point of view shots.
This is a corner shot of the lounge room from the
main entrance; the comfortable seating area is
where the characters will be sitting in scene 4, the
characters here will be acting as friends and
socializing to create a friendly welcoming
atmosphere for the audience.The dark room and
lights beside the chairs symbolizes enlightening for
the people who sit down to socialize, this
convention will help to create a better effect for the
scene, this also shows importance of the entire
theme, which connotes the idea of trying to find
light through a dark tunnel.
The arrangement of the chairs and tables around
the room signify that the lounge is always a busy
place and has a lot of people in the room; it has
been arranged in a way that shows that when a
person is in the room, they are always
accompanied by someone and not alone. This
contrasts to the female antagonist who enters the
room alone, as she is a dominant character within
the trailer. This is shown by her behavior
throughout the trailer, the way she is dressed and
the aura she brings in and the characters (group of
friends) have familiarized themselves with the antagonist and instantly creates a tensed atmosphere because
of the flashbacks. This will ultimately appeal to the intended audience as this creates a realistic effect of the
friends reliving what happened before. From the ‘spin the bottle’ game that they will be playing in scene 4

6. Location one – scene 5
This is a point of view shot from one of the
characters that are sitting at the tables, this will
be shown through their perspective in the
trailer, taking a glance at it and looking at the
antagonist that will step into the room. The
lights light up the bar showing warmth and
comfort for those who sit at the bar, this
depicts how people sit there, looking for light
in their life. The darkness around the bar
signifies how everyone has secrets although
not everyone would know, it’s kept hidden and
everyone is in their own world.
These pictures of the sign on the glass
signify great importance in terms of
‘evidence’, ‘crime’ and ‘protection’. It
clearly states that there is CC.TV.
Connected around the inside of the
building, and if there was any crime or
dangerous risks the footage will be
handed to the police if they had to get
involved. To some extent the sign is
used as a warning to those who may do
things that are not permitted on site or
dangerous. This is a close up shot of the
sign on the glass window. ‘Roland
Barthes – enigma codes’ relate closely
to the expectation of our intended
audience. From the audience point of
view, seeing young adults and teenagers
in the club it shows the social class and
the age of the characters that helps to
encourage young people and adults to
watch ‘Manor Drive’ our soap opera.
This shot was taken outside of the bar
lounge in the corridor.
This is a mid-shot of the sign on the
window, the ‘no smoking’ sticker also
denotes that the area is only a place of
safe comfortable enjoyment and
socializing club for people to get
together and not do something that is
not permitted in the building. This also
acts as a warning; the antagonist will
glance at these signs briefly, the shot will
be a point of view shot and will be
screened through her perspective.