Location Recce Shots

Location Reece Shots

After we had brainstormed ideas of the locations which we consider good options for our music video, we decided to visit some of these places which were local to check where would be best to film from and the different backgrounds and lighting.

Beeston Train Station

The train station would be good place to film the miserable shots of the artist, as the setting is rather dull and the lighting is poor, suggesting a darker atmosphere which also represents the sadness that summertime is over. There are many different areas which we can film from at this location and get interesting shots, as we can stand on the opposite platform and film across, or from the stairs and do a low angle shot, or on the same platform and have her walk past or do close ups.

Wollaton Hall and Park

Wollaton Hall - slideshow

Wollaton Hall is my favourite location for a background in a shot, as it has a beautiful presence and is a grand building, which would represent the wealth and success of an artist if they were able to film their video with it in the background. There are many different locations within this place as round the back of the hall are some steps which would be good to film the artist walking on, and and arch way which could be interesting as there are vines hanging from a particular arch, which would make a creative shot if we could get the model to stand or sit by it. The lighting is good here, but very dependent on the weather, as we visited this location when it was briefly sunny and therefore the lighting was impressive.

Nottingham Town Square

We initially had an idea to sit our artist on the steps here and film people walking past quickly, however after visiting the location and experiencing standing in the square where we planned to film, I feel this is an unsuccessful plan, as there wasn't a huge amount of people walking past this area for a long time, and we would have to film a lengthy piece of footage in order to speed it up at the editing stage. Also we may be in the way of people passing in the square, and lose focus of our model which would not be a good idea.

Nottingham Castle

Nottingham Castle - slideshow


I was on a school trip here, when I noticed it would be a great place to film at as there were different elements such as beautiful gardens, and the castle itself. However I don't know if we will film here as it is similar to Wollaton Hall, and both me and Laura-Jo prefer that location as it had more to offer.

 East Midlands Airport

EMA - slideshow

We had an idea that we could film our model waiting for somebody coming out of the airport as it would be romantic and suggest the beginning of their summer, or have them both departing so it would add to the narrative of them being in love during summer. However we realised this may be difficult to film with security precautions and people departing. We wouldn't be able to get them through the airport so they could depart either, so this location will not be used in our video.

This was an unplanned location find, as we were driving round and found it in Long Eaton. It is a graveyard which represents the album title of 'Born to Die' so I thought I should take my own photography to use for my ancillary texts as I feel this could make an amazing section of the digipak.