When choosing my locations to film, I wanted the footage to look authentic, therefore I decided to film in London which is where the first two minutes of my script take place. The main location in my short story is on a train going to Nottingham from St Pancras. However, I decided to do the opening scenes for the video itself which required some stations in London. I went up to London with my friends, Lauren and Mitchell and we started in Angel which is where the character Natalie is currently living. I chose this area in my story as it is quite a small area that isn't too central therefore would be slightly quieter to film at. I shot some tracking shots of
Lauren walking down the streets, whilst showing some of the surrounding environment so that the audience would recognise it straight away. As she is rushing to the station, I wanted the environment to be busy and hectic to reflect the mood of the video. I then shot the video in chronological order, taking the journey with Lauren to St Pancras station on the tube and filming her along the way to capture quite a natural vibe. The tubes were incredibly busy making it quite a stressful location to film in. St Pancras station was also very chaotic with many people rushing around. Again, this was ideal for the footage itself but made filming for me quite difficult.
For my re-filming. I chose Rochester as my location as this is a much less busy environment to work in which I thought would give me much more time to carry out each shot several times to achieve some footage of good quality. I also know the area very well, having spent lots of time in Rochester last year therefore, I could choose some locations that I thought would look good in the video. I started from the halls for UCA students as my script required some footage of Laura leaving a flat. I thought a flat would make the shots look most effective as I could capture her running down the stairs in a hurry to catch the train. I also thought that the train station in Rochester would be ideal to film at because it's not too busy, therefore I could take my time and not have to worry so much about getting in the way of people.
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