Planning: Location

My first location: The house

We decided to use a house as one of our locations because it was suitable for our narrative with our characters. The house is where the couple will be when they argue, this is relevant to the lyrics "and I cant recall the last time I took love from anyone". This is because a house is where people should feel loved but the couple contradict that. Another reason we choose a house is because we thought it was relevant to our genre of soul which is an intimate genre. Finally we tried to relate our location to our target audience and we said that young people in their late teens might have just moved in with a partner and may relate.

Advantages:

• easy to find
• easy to use in our narrative
• different locations in a house

Disadvantages:

• space
• lighting
• might disturb neighbours

My second location: Train station

relevant to lyrics:
because it shows the young girl wants to get away from life and the fact that she is alone at the station reflects her feelings of isolation. "are you hating yourself do you really hate me"

relevant to genre:
Hip Hop looks at the lows in society and the public, the train station is a public area and it is really gritty with graffiti and stones.

relevant to target audience:
If a teenager feels to run away the first thought of escape is a train

Advantages:

• easy to get to
• can film in relevant times to us
• large spaces

disadvantages:

• other travellers: try film off peak times and try to not use too much space
• risk of being near the edge: edit to make it seem she is not that close to the edge
• looking like a potential suicide : talk to worker with relevant paperwork

My third location: Black room

relevant to lyrics:
"I cant recall the last time I took advice from anyone" this is relevant because she is alone in a room showing that she would rather be by herself.

relevant to genre:
Hip Hop/Soul is all about people and their deep thoughts and feelings. This is why this location is relevant because it shows signs of reflection and thought for the soul.

relevant to target audience:
It suits the impression of wanting to curl up and hide. Young teens are commonly known for being bullied so they could mostly relate to this location.

Advantages:

• no disruptions
• easy to direct actors
• can film at anytime
• not much needed to create the shot

Disadvantages:

• lighting in the room
• bad quality of film

My fourth location: The street

relevant to lyrics:
are you hating yourself? do you really hate me?". We show the girl on the street with people laughing at her as she runs away wanting to be alone.

relevant to genre:
Urban streets-relevant to Hip Hop genre

relevant to target audience:
The streets are identifiable and relatable for young people who feel to run away in times of stress.

Advantages:

• lots of options/lots of locations in the street
• realism
• can film locally
• large spaces

Disadvantages:

• traffic
• people may get in the shot
• hazards

Conclusion:
Overall planning locations for my music video has been very helpful for helping my group understand what to expect from our locations and how our narrative will go. We can now start looking for the correct and suitable locations that will help with our narrative.