Location Recce planning

The location recce is an extremely important part of a films production as it can help determine the best suitable location for a film to be shot at. Because of this my group are creating a plan so that we are fully prepared when we do it for real.

Above you can see a table which I have created which displays the times that me and my group are available to go out and take photos of location with the numbers showing what periods we are available one each day. You may notice that segments of the table are highlighted in two separated colours, this is because the red is for days which it at least two of us are not available to meet up for long enough to go and take photos. Now the names highlighted in yellow show when at least two members of the group can meet up to take photos. For example, looking on Wednesday me and Ash can take photos during periods 1 and 2 whereas Will won't be able to join us until periods 3 and 4. In addition, when we got to take the photos we will be using my camera as I use it for photography all of the time and can get very detailed photos with it.

At this moment on each day we are going to be at a different location so that we can get a variety of different photos to use these locations can be seen below.

Keeping it local

This shoot will be taking place on Wednesday as it is by far the largest area so we are going to use the day where we have the most time to take photos overall. We have chose this location because it has a good mixture of both natural and urban areas which will be perfect for setting different atmospheres for our film as we can shoot in the woods to make the audience feel isolated while urban areas like streets will make them feel more relaxed it is closer to civilisation.

The Meadow

This location is a little bit further than the area that we will be covering on Wednesday so we will be taking photos here next Tuesday as while not all of my group but me and Will have a long amount of time to go and take photos. This is a good area because it is more hidden away so it is not often that you see large amounts of people there so it would be a good spot for filming. Also as it is natural area it will give off an isolated atmosphere like the local location.

The Lane

The lane is the smallest location that we will be taking photos in so we will be doing this on Thursday as this is the day where all of us are only have a small amount of time to take photos. It is an extremely forestry area making it look dark and mysterious which can be used to create some very scary scenes.

The Woods

The woods is the furthest potential location which we could be filming. However, we are chosing this location as it is very close by to one of out group members making it easier fo us to meet their. The location itself is a mixture of forest and fields which makes it a great place to get a varierty of different shots without having to go to two seperate locations.