MUSIC VIDEO RECCE 
FORMS.
LOCATION 1: BOA TV STUDIO. 
• The BOA TV Studio is located at 
Birmingham Ormiston Academy. 
A creative, digital, performing arts 
school for 14 – 19 year olds. The 
studio is suitable for my music 
video as this is where I attend 
school and is also where other 
shots within my video take place. 
It also contains high quality 
lighting and a green screen.
LOCATION 1: BOA TV STUDIO. 
• AVAINABILITY: 
Monday – Thursday 9:00-4:15, Friday 9:00-2:15 (to be 
booked in advance). 
• CONTACT DETAILS: 
1 Grosvenor St, Birmingham, B4 7QD (0121 359 9300) 
• POWER SOURCE: 
Mains. Multiple plug sockets. 
• SOUND/ LIGHTING ISSUES: 
Not applicable. Studio lighting and sound equipment 
available.
LOCATION 2: CITY LOCATIONS. 
My city locations seen throughout 
my music video will be filmed in 
Birmingham, UK. This is because 
the shopping complex, local park 
and streets in general provide a 
perfect feel for the setting I want my 
main character to be seen in. The 
area is also local meaning filming 
can be easily arranged.
LOCATION 2: CITY LOCATIONS. 
• AVAINABILITY: 
Not applicable. 24/7. 
• CONTACT DETAILS: 
Birmingham City Council, Feedback, Freepost, 
Birmingham, B1 1BR. 
• POWER SOURCE: 
No power source provided. We will have to provide our own 
means of power if needed. 
• SOUND/ LIGHTING ISSUES: 
Have to rely on natural lighting. Can be a problem if the 
scene is due to be shot in high key lighting as filming will 
commence during the winter months. I will therefore 
organise another filming day if lighting isn’t what expected.
LOCATION 3: LOCATIONS AROUND BOA. 
• I wish to film some scenes set in 
a typical high school setting. I am 
going to use Birmingham 
Ormiston Academy (BOA) as my 
school location to film classroom 
scenes and dance sequences. 
This is because the academy is 
my sixth form so saves on travel 
and having to gain permission to 
film elsewhere.
LOCATION 3: LOCATIONS AROUND BOA. 
• AVAINABILITY: 
Monday – Thursday 9:00-4:15, Friday 9:00-2:15 (to be 
booked in advance). 
• CONTACT DETAILS: 
1 Grosvenor St, Birmingham, B4 7QD (0121 359 9300) 
• POWER SOURCE: 
Mains. Multiple plug sockets. 
• SOUND/ LIGHTING ISSUES: 
Bright, modern, florescent lighting for most of the academy. 
No problems with the lighting.
LOCATION 4: HOME (TAMWORTH). 
I am filming some of my music 
video in and around the area that 
I live as if the protagonist lives 
there. I chose to film at my house 
as it is easier location wise and 
has the props needed to create 
the pictures I have described in 
my storyboard and script.
LOCATION 4: HOME (TAMWORTH). 
• AVAINABILITY: 
Approximately 12:00-6:00 weekend afternoons. 
• CONTACT DETAILS: 
Through director (Jamie). 
POWER SOURCE: 
Mains. Multiple plug sockets. 
• SOUND/ LIGHTING ISSUES: 
Tungsten lighting. Extra lighting can be available for more 
high key scenes, although most scenes at home will be 
dark and in low key lighting.
LOCATION 5: BARCLAYCARD ARENA. 
• The main change in narrative within the music 
video is when the protagonist goes to a concert. I 
chose to film this at a Lady Gaga concert within 
the Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham. This is 
because the concert was in the genre of pop and 
had a lot of my target audience attending. This 
meant I could have relatable characters as 
background extras who are the same age as the 
main protagonist and the target audience. In 
addition, I knew a lot of the people going who 
would want to be an extra and I am doing my 
music video around a 
Lady Gaga song.
LOCATION 6: BARCLAYCARD ARENA. 
• AVAINABILITY: 
Thursday 13th November 2014 ONLY! Limited availability – 
10:00AM – 8:30PM. Can not film during main artists set. 
• CONTACT DETAILS: 
King Edwards Rd, Birmingham, B1 2AA (0121 780 4141) 
• POWER SOURCE: 
No power supply available to us. 
• SOUND/ LIGHTING ISSUES: 
Outdoor lighting may be a problem but will have to work 
around it and get best shots possible. Indoor lighting may 
also be a problem with concert lighting – will film majority 
before concert starts to get shots with the house lights on.
LOCATION 7: ABANDONED HOUSE. 
• I wanted to capture some “individual” 
and different footage for my music video. 
I therefore wanted to film around an old, 
well visited abandoned house in order to 
create dark, indexical signs around the 
protagonist. The house has remained 
untouched since the 1970’s and is 
therefore interestingly stuck in time. The 
location will allow me to play around with 
vintage effects and create a music video 
and digipak with 
a difference.
LOCATION 7: ABANDONED HOUSE. 
• AVAINABILITY: 
One take event, can not revisit due to location. 9:00AM-5:00PM 
Monday – Friday. 
• CONTACT DETAILS: 
http://www.28dayslater.co.uk 
• POWER SOURCE: 
No power supply available to us. 
• SOUND/ LIGHTING ISSUES: 
Outdoor lighting may be a problem but will have to work around 
it and get best shots possible. 
Indoor lighting may also be extremely 
dark but this is the effect I wish to 
create.

Music video recce forms

  • 1.
  • 2.
    LOCATION 1: BOATV STUDIO. • The BOA TV Studio is located at Birmingham Ormiston Academy. A creative, digital, performing arts school for 14 – 19 year olds. The studio is suitable for my music video as this is where I attend school and is also where other shots within my video take place. It also contains high quality lighting and a green screen.
  • 3.
    LOCATION 1: BOATV STUDIO. • AVAINABILITY: Monday – Thursday 9:00-4:15, Friday 9:00-2:15 (to be booked in advance). • CONTACT DETAILS: 1 Grosvenor St, Birmingham, B4 7QD (0121 359 9300) • POWER SOURCE: Mains. Multiple plug sockets. • SOUND/ LIGHTING ISSUES: Not applicable. Studio lighting and sound equipment available.
  • 4.
    LOCATION 2: CITYLOCATIONS. My city locations seen throughout my music video will be filmed in Birmingham, UK. This is because the shopping complex, local park and streets in general provide a perfect feel for the setting I want my main character to be seen in. The area is also local meaning filming can be easily arranged.
  • 5.
    LOCATION 2: CITYLOCATIONS. • AVAINABILITY: Not applicable. 24/7. • CONTACT DETAILS: Birmingham City Council, Feedback, Freepost, Birmingham, B1 1BR. • POWER SOURCE: No power source provided. We will have to provide our own means of power if needed. • SOUND/ LIGHTING ISSUES: Have to rely on natural lighting. Can be a problem if the scene is due to be shot in high key lighting as filming will commence during the winter months. I will therefore organise another filming day if lighting isn’t what expected.
  • 6.
    LOCATION 3: LOCATIONSAROUND BOA. • I wish to film some scenes set in a typical high school setting. I am going to use Birmingham Ormiston Academy (BOA) as my school location to film classroom scenes and dance sequences. This is because the academy is my sixth form so saves on travel and having to gain permission to film elsewhere.
  • 7.
    LOCATION 3: LOCATIONSAROUND BOA. • AVAINABILITY: Monday – Thursday 9:00-4:15, Friday 9:00-2:15 (to be booked in advance). • CONTACT DETAILS: 1 Grosvenor St, Birmingham, B4 7QD (0121 359 9300) • POWER SOURCE: Mains. Multiple plug sockets. • SOUND/ LIGHTING ISSUES: Bright, modern, florescent lighting for most of the academy. No problems with the lighting.
  • 8.
    LOCATION 4: HOME(TAMWORTH). I am filming some of my music video in and around the area that I live as if the protagonist lives there. I chose to film at my house as it is easier location wise and has the props needed to create the pictures I have described in my storyboard and script.
  • 9.
    LOCATION 4: HOME(TAMWORTH). • AVAINABILITY: Approximately 12:00-6:00 weekend afternoons. • CONTACT DETAILS: Through director (Jamie). POWER SOURCE: Mains. Multiple plug sockets. • SOUND/ LIGHTING ISSUES: Tungsten lighting. Extra lighting can be available for more high key scenes, although most scenes at home will be dark and in low key lighting.
  • 10.
    LOCATION 5: BARCLAYCARDARENA. • The main change in narrative within the music video is when the protagonist goes to a concert. I chose to film this at a Lady Gaga concert within the Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham. This is because the concert was in the genre of pop and had a lot of my target audience attending. This meant I could have relatable characters as background extras who are the same age as the main protagonist and the target audience. In addition, I knew a lot of the people going who would want to be an extra and I am doing my music video around a Lady Gaga song.
  • 11.
    LOCATION 6: BARCLAYCARDARENA. • AVAINABILITY: Thursday 13th November 2014 ONLY! Limited availability – 10:00AM – 8:30PM. Can not film during main artists set. • CONTACT DETAILS: King Edwards Rd, Birmingham, B1 2AA (0121 780 4141) • POWER SOURCE: No power supply available to us. • SOUND/ LIGHTING ISSUES: Outdoor lighting may be a problem but will have to work around it and get best shots possible. Indoor lighting may also be a problem with concert lighting – will film majority before concert starts to get shots with the house lights on.
  • 12.
    LOCATION 7: ABANDONEDHOUSE. • I wanted to capture some “individual” and different footage for my music video. I therefore wanted to film around an old, well visited abandoned house in order to create dark, indexical signs around the protagonist. The house has remained untouched since the 1970’s and is therefore interestingly stuck in time. The location will allow me to play around with vintage effects and create a music video and digipak with a difference.
  • 13.
    LOCATION 7: ABANDONEDHOUSE. • AVAINABILITY: One take event, can not revisit due to location. 9:00AM-5:00PM Monday – Friday. • CONTACT DETAILS: http://www.28dayslater.co.uk • POWER SOURCE: No power supply available to us. • SOUND/ LIGHTING ISSUES: Outdoor lighting may be a problem but will have to work around it and get best shots possible. Indoor lighting may also be extremely dark but this is the effect I wish to create.