Planning: Locations

Location

Location is an important factor to consider in a music video when we are planning. The locations in our music video must fit with the narrative and the scenery. We decided on the final locations when we are planning our storyboard. This was based off feedback from our questionnaire as well as research we did about our target audience as well as the genre we are doing. The main focus was to have a variety of locations and settings for the final music videos also because of the feedback we received from our questionnaire allowed us to make a few important decisions on how were going to film.

Chosen Locations

Stratford Westfield

Relevant to lyrics.

It doesn’t relate to lyrics however it does relate to the narrative and the setting of the song.Take place within a busy city area.

Relevant to Genre

The location is relevant since most Rap would take place in busy areas or in suburbs.

Relevant to target audience

Areas may be familiar to the audience in regard to popular young people in which young people usually have seen around along with tourists.

Describe location

It's outside central London however within zone 2-3 so it's still busy and popular with young people and tourists.

Advantages of location.

Familiar buildings in the London area.

Potential problems and how you will overcome them

This area is always busy especially on weekends so we can go on Sundays to film.

Existing video that has influenced you with this idea.

The use of famous locations in Chicago in Chance - Angels.

Ponders End (Silver Street)

Relevant to lyrics.

It doesn’t relate to lyrics however it does relate to the narrative and the setting of the song. Where the song takes place within a busy city area.

Relevant to Genre

The location is relevant since most Rap would take place in busy areas or in suburbs.

Relevant to target audience

Areas may be familiar to the audience and is

Describe location

It’s the suburbs with 4 large very flats in the suburbs of north London. This area is surrounded with residential homes.

Advantages of location

It’s the suburbs which is relevant to the song in regard to narrative.

Potential problems and how you will overcome them

The main issue is that we’re are filming in a residential area so we need to be careful where we film and at the same

Existing video that has influenced you with this idea.

Conclusion

In conclusion, we decided the best course of action was to use various locations that fit the narrative of our music video which shots around a city that were also conventional to the genre. The shots include city centre locations like Stratford and waterloo and locations in the suburbs like Ponders end. Additionally, may use areas that  We need to ensure that locations that we chose correspond to our music video narrative and will be beneficial to our music video. However, for some scenes, we may need to use a green screen this would mean we would need to use the drama studio. In addition, we have identified advantages and disadvantages to each location and potential issues.