Research & Planning: Location (Joe)

The common setting in generic Indie Rock music videos tends to be more urban than rural, backstreet's are common settings as it synergies with their sound and intended look of a non-mainstream and unique appearance.

With Central London in front of our doorstep, we are able to capture the true urban aspect of our music video involving London's night life where people are most active; this goes well with our initial ideas of emphasising the young teens playground.

The London embankment would preferably be our establishing shot where the teen is overlooking the river with London's iconic structures in the backdrop to establish a clear setting where audiences can most familiarise themselves with. It also sets the tone as this shot would be introduced with just him on his own to suggests the troubled thoughts of adolescence which is one of the songs the Indie Rock genre portrays.

Piccadilly Circus is a great place to shoot urban life as its considered the most busiest place in Central London; this would make great footage of the people getting on with their day to day business such as rushing to catch the train, selling newspapers, shopping and just overall enjoying themselves. Showing these images synergies with our initial idea of a couples relationship set in London as its a common hotspot with the locals and tourists to visit. The artificial lighting of the signs could be used to our advantage to produce a natural filter on our footage and to be able to immerse our audience in the London night life.

A good shot that would show off the setting and emphasise the narrative is a time-lapse with a couple in the middle doing boyfriend/girlfriend materials whilst everyone else moves around him, gives the sense that time moves fast whilst 'in love'.

Hyde Park reveals a more calm and collected aspect of London Life where you see people walking their dogs, cycling and jogging or just plain relaxing. Its especially scenic during the hours of twilight or the evening where the street lamps turn on and the sunset reflects the river. This could capture the our scene of the couple relaxing together in the story and fits perfectly to the part of the song where the tone is slowed; clearly contrasts to the busy places that we're filming.

This is a brief plan of the various locations we are aiming to film in; we've chosen the places in Central London with densely populated tourist attractions to express the London life and to present a clear comparison to our narrative music video. These locations are also reasonably close together which makes filming more time efficient. 

An example of a scenic shot of a location would be The Neighbourhood's 'Sweater weather' where they're seen in a car with a Californian backdrop to involve the audience in their background and where they come from to the things they get up to. This is similar to our idea with the London aspect involving couples.