Planning location recce
- 1. LOCATION RECCE ACTIVITY: Look around the location. Talk to people there, organise filming permissions. Identify the equipment you need to use. Examine and identify any potential health and safety issues. Check the position of the sun and lighting conditions. Look for interesting shots and camera angles. Check the electricity supply. Do a test sound/video recording and check for potential noise problems need to be done? Confirm times and dates with actors you are using. Arrange car parking Make sure everybody concerned with your video production knows what is happening. IS THE LOCATION SUITABLE FOR PRODUCTION? Shardeloes is a suitable location for my filming as it is spacious and picturesque. I will not need to ask permission from anyone as this is a public area so will cause no problems. I will need to use a video camera to film the music video and a tripod to keep the camera steady. The only safety issues I identified were the possibility of falling in the river so I will avoid this hazard by keeping a fair distance from it. The sun rises and shines on the field around 10.00am so I will start filming around this time to get the maximum effect. With the help of my tripod I shall try out different angles and shots, ranging from close ups to long shots and canted angles. My video camera is battery powered so this will not be an issue. This location is quite remote so potential noise shall not be a problem. Wednesday 30th November at 10.30am – 12.30am with Jessica Simmons. There is a pub carpark nearby in which we shall park and then walk to the location. Before we start filming, I shall brief Jess with what I want to achieve from this, along with the scenes and shots I intend to use.