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Question One- Location

Location

 

When I first listened to the song we had chosen for our music video, I pictured various locations that would work well in different parts of the song, and Laura-Jo and I discussed these and after creating a mind map of the places, we chose a variety. The singing scenes were shot in our houses in different rooms against blank walls, matching the scenes Lana Del Rey has previously done. We wanted outdoor shots to represent the summer scenes we had planned, and found that the local park in Toton was a good location for this as it has a river and greenery which made it easy to recognise as a park. The best location we chose was Wollaton Hall in my opinion as it had many different locations for us to film against different backgrounds. In particular the shot of her in the red dress with the grand building visible in the background works well as it looks professional and as the hall has been used in movies such as Batman before, the audience may be familiar with the location. The arch way was a good location to film at as it is a discrete location, similar to those that Lana Del Rey would film herself at, and the shots of her singing on the wall in this location develop the typical convention of just walking through the location as it made it more performance based. Many music videos use locations involving transportation such as airports, cars or train stations, which we challenged in our music video by showing her at the train station, but not actually boarding the train, suggesting she’s waiting for somebody who doesn’t come.

Images of some of the locations we chose