Recce

Below are all the different locations I used for my short film "Nina". For each location I have described why I have chosen this location, what was good about it and how I worked around any problems or hazards. 

This is the opening of my short film and as you can see it's of the sky. This was simply filmed in my back garden as it was the easiest and closest place to use. As my tripod doesn't allow me to point the camera directly up facing the sky, I put a towel on the ground to protect my camera and then places it on the decking facing up. As it was filmed in my own garden, I was able to leave it there without worrying about anyone stealing my camera, it was alas safe and there was nothing or no one who would of been a distraction and walked in front of it (apart from my dog sniffing the camera!!)... Although I left my camera for a while enabling me to have a wide range of footage to choose from.

The next location used was my friends house. I chose to film here as I could pretty much access it whenever I wanted as who's house it is, is the main character's of my film. The house is situated in a quiet neighbourhood therefore there was nothing that could detract us. I also used this house as I knew it was safe and with it being quiet and isolated I had no worries about getting my equipment in and out of the house.

Next we see a quiet walking path where locals walk their dogs. As this was were most of my film is filmed, I chose this area as it is very close the the actors' house, which was very convenient. I also made sure the location was safe and that there was no risks of anyone falling, to do this I went to the location before filming making sure it was definitely safe. Once we began filming, I also had to prepare for bad weather as after all it is England. So I made sure all the cast and crew had jackets, waterproofs and/or umbrellas just in case it rained, although it was also handy that their house was a 2 minute walk.

In one of two flashbacks in my short film "Nina"I chose to film in a park which again was a 2 minute walk from the actors' house. However, in these scenes we had 5 very young children ageing from 3-13 when filming. With parents permission me and two responsible adults supervised the children to make sure they were safe. This park is a very quiet and isolated park which suited by film very week and also was very convenient as it was walking distance from my actors houses. Again I made sure that it was safe, so for example, some of the swings and bigger slides I made sure James who was one of my actors at just 3 years old, that he didn't access these in case of any injuries. I also made sure all of my talent were prepared in case of any bad weather. 

Again in another flashback i used the park scenery. This helped give a more realistic view of the story. The park is a park that my talents use as they are locals so they knew it more than I did. i again went to the location before I started filming and made sure there wasn't anything dangerous or any hazards like broke equipment, but it was all safe. To make sure that the park wasn't used when I filmed, I decided to pick a day in January when it was rather cold so no one was around.

This is the location for my final flashback, however it was a bit further than my other locations. Still staying in the same neighbourhood, I chose the Primary school that my main actor attends. This was so it was familiar to her rather than it being a new surrounding to all of us. Since one shot was on the road with the car driving towards it, I made sure I filmed on a sunday where the roads were empty so I wasn't a hazard to any drivers on the road. But just to be prepared I made sure I had crew operating  the camera in case anyone came so they could quickly pick the camera up and remove it from the road. 

Lastly, my final location was this house . Yet again staying in the same neighbourhood I asked a friend if I could use her house to quickly film the outside as though it is the house the character lives in. This shot was very short and quick and I had none of my actors acting so therefore it only took a few minutes.