Location Analysis

House 1

This is one of the houses which I am considering using for my short film. The opening scene will be filmed in the bedroom because it consists of the protagonist getting up. The last scene will also be filmed here because it consists of the protagonist going to bed. I believe this is a good location because it shows a typical young adults bedroom with film posters and shows that he is still living with his parents until he can get enough money to afford to move out. This bedroom is also quite spacious which is good for filming because the protagonist will be able to fit into the frame well.


This house will be quite good for filming the character going down the stairs and out the door which will be required at many points throughout my short film. This is because the hallway is a reasonable size which means that the camera will be able to be positioned so the protagonist and other characters can fit nicely into the frame.

This is the driveway of this house. It is a good size which is very good because tracking of the protagonist going jogging in the morning can be framed well and the protagonist getting in the car can be shot very effectively. There is a window nearby the front door which is good because this means that the protagonist on the unhappy day will be able to climb through this because he forgets his key. Long shots can also be used of the characters coming out and going into the house which is important in my short film.

House 2

This is the bedroom of the second house. It is of a reasonable size but I do not think it would be a good place to film. This is because the protagonist gets up and goes to the bathroom in my short film and this location requires him to go round a corner which means the camera would be quite challenging to position. The scene of the protagonist looking out the window and phoning the police on the happy day may also be a challenge because the bed is positioned in front of the window unlike the other house.

Compared to the other house I believe that it would be quite challenging to film in. Even though shooting the protagonist going to the bathroom and going out and coming in the door could be filmed effectively, the hall away is quite small which means that the camera would not be able to capture the protagonist going up the stairs as well as the other house.



This is the driveway for this house. Filming would be successful in the driveway because long shots can be used in order to show the characters entering and coming out of the house. Shots of the protagonist getting in and out of the car would be quite easy to do because of the size of the driveway. There is also a window close to the front door which would be good to film the protagonist climbing through on the unhappy day.

This is a image of the houses living room. The protagonist would climb through the window in this room in order to get into the house. This may be a problem because the sofa is positioned right by the window. This could be overcome by moving the sofa. The window in the other house leads to a rather empty space which would be good when filming. But on the other hand the main character could fall over the sofa to build on the fact that he is having a bad day. This will be where the protagonist will be spending most of his evening watching television on the first day. This would be quite good to film because it is a fairly big room which means a wide variety of shots and camera angles can be used.

This is the dining room of the second house. This is where the protagonist and the girl will be having dinner. It is a fairly big room which means that filming would be quite successful because a variety of angles can be used and the characters will easily fit into the frame.




Overall
Overall I believe that house number two would be best for filming. Even though it has some potential filming problems I believe they can be overcome. I also believe that a larger variety of shots can be achieved by filming here therefore making my short a greater success than filming at the other house.

Other locations
This is a picture of a car park in Uxbridge where the protagonist can park in order to show the comparison between the parking on the good day and the parking on the bad day. I chose this car park because it is of a reasonable size which means long shots can be used to clearly show the parking.


This is a image of an area located in Uxbridge where I thought it would be good have have shots of the protagonist walking to work.I thought this because the area is very spacious which means the character can fit in the frame and a variety of shots can be used.



This is a image of the cinema located in Gerrards Cross. I chose this cinema because it is easy to access and long shots can be used of the characters going to the cinema because the entrance is outside unlike other cinemas which tend to be located in a shopping centre.