Polina evaluated four potential locations for filming an opening sequence for her media studies project. The first location had good natural lighting but did not look like an artist's studio. The second location was easily accessible but would require rearranging to look like a studio. The third location resembled a studio but was small with potential lighting issues. The fourth location also resembled a studio but had limited lighting and access issues. Overall, the locations presented tradeoffs between aesthetics, props, and practical filming considerations.

1. AS level Media Studies
Polina Zalevskaya
Location Search

2. Introduction
 In order to successfully find and decided on location for our opening sequence
me and my partner have decided to find few spaces that we could use and
evaluate them, therefore state pros and cons of each, in order to find out
which one suites our needs the best.
 Due to covid measures we could not film in the actual art studio and
therefore were limited in our location choice.
When searching for the location we were considering:
 overall aesthetic
 how easily location is accessible
 availability of light
 availability of electrical power

3. 1st location

4. Pros
 Location has two big windows therefore we won't come across any problems with
lighting, as we will be filming during the first half of the day and will have an easy
access to natural lighting.
 Located in the easily accessible area.
 Walls are white and don’t have anything that could drive audience's attention
away from the main action and that could be hard to get rid off.
 Room has plants, books and candles that would complete Manuela’s character and
add atmosphere to the sequence.
 There is still enough free space for location of additional props and no problems
with moving around while filming should arise.
Cons
 Most of props aren’t located there so they will have to be transported, which
would take additional time.
 Nevertheless, the fact that this location has all the pros listed above, it still very
much doesn’t look like an artist’s studio and this might cause audience to get
confused.

5. 2nd location

6. Pros
 Location is easily accessible.
 Has enough space to locate all the needed props and equipment for filming.
Cons
 This location doesn't look like an artist studio. It contains furniture and
objects that main character of our sequence wouldn’t possess. Even the
books, room contains do not fit the atmosphere we are trying to share with
the audience. Therefore, before filming we would need to clean up the space
and rearrange everything and take some objects out of it. This would take us
additional time before and after filming the sequence.
 As I have mentioned above most of the props aren’t located there and
therefore, they will have to be transported and this takes additional time.

7. 3rd location

8. Pros
 In comparison to all the previous locations this looks like an artist's studio and
fits our needs.
 Already contains most of the needed props.
 Easily accessible.
 Easel in the corner indicated artistic personality, as well as painting of trees
on the wall which would fit the mood of the opening sequence.
Cons
 It doesn’t have big windows as the 1st location and therefore some problems
with lighting while filming might occur.
 It is small we might not be able to move around easily while filming.

9. 4th location

10. Pros:
 This space has a potential to be an art studio.
 It has most of the needed pros such as tubes of paint, brushes for paint, paper,
notebooks and pens.
 In addition, it has an easel which specifically indicates that this is an art studio.
 It is big, so crew and cast will be able to easily move around during filming of a
sequence.
Cons:
 As with the 3rd location, this one has small windows, so difficulties with lighting
might occur.
 Location is hard to access, and we probably won't be able to film there in the
early morning