Location Research

Location Research

 

We have decided to film our opening two minutes in Guildford. This is our closest town centre so it will be easy and cheap to get to. Also there are lots of people around in Guildford, especially at Christmas time so we would like to film there to emphasise the fact that the girl’s parents could be literally anyone and it will be a struggle to find them.

We want to film nearer Christmas, when the lights are on. This will make the girl seem more alone and really show how everyone else is perfectly happy and her life is in pieces.
Another reason we have decided to film when the Christmas lights are on is to get good artificial lighting because it will be hard to see the characters if it is fully dark. The lights will create not only a festive feel but it will light up our characters in different colours which will make it feel more Christmassy.

The way Guildford High Street is set out will make it easy for us to really show the Christmas feel because the lights hang from building to building making it obvious that it’s Christmas. Hopefully   the town will be busy and we will be able to capture families having a good time Christmas shopping to show how alone the girl is.