Locations | Planning

When discussing the different locations we wanted to use within our music video, we wanted to make sure they were easy to access and get to. We knew we wanted to shoot some footage in the woods, and we wanted to experiment with different backgrounds to add some variety to our music video. We had the idea of throwing powder paint and popping balloons with powder paint in them so we had to agree on where we were going to film those shots. We also knew we wanted to use a black and white background, and we wanted to film on a stage. Once we knew the basics of what we wanted to shoot, we had to discuss and agree where they would be shot.

Woods:
We needed to make sure the woods was easy to get to so we weren't having to deal with travel transportation. We suggested multiple woods that we were quite close, but we decided on a woods that is located near Viki's house. We chose this wood as we knew where it was and how to get to it from Viki's house. This meant we didn't have to worry too much about how we were going to get there as we could walk there and it wouldn't take us long.

Powder paint:
For the powder paint a black bed sheet will be used for the background so we just needed a back garden to film in. We decided since we were going to the woods near Viki's house we would film the powder paints in her back garden as well so we could film on the same day and not worry about arranging another day to go round her house.

Black & White background:
For the black and white shots we are using a screen as the background so, like the powder paint scenes, we just needed a house to film in. Since the black and white screen is one of my relatives we decided to film these shots in my house so we don't have to carry it around and take it to other houses.  We decided that we would film it in the living room as it is the biggest room, and the easiest to film in.

Balloon:
For the balloon scenes with the powder paint we needed to film in someones back garden again. We are going to use the same bed sheet for the background so it didn't matter if the location was different the past powder paint scenes we need to film. We decided to go to Nadine's house and film in her back garden as it was easy to get to, and it would be easy to arrange a day to film these shots.

Stage:
For the stage scenes we are going to use the stage in our school hall as we knew we would be able to use it and also it would be easy to get to since we could film these shots after school one day. We just need to make sure we know when the hall is free so we can use it.