location report 2nd draft

8/10/2019 Location Report 2nd draft

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Keanon Mcsween

AS Film Studies production planning: Location Report

For my AS level film studies portfolio, I have developed my planning based on mytextual analysis of Adulthood (2008) a teen drama and 12 Years a Slave (2013) a

biographical historical drama. I explored how the use of micro elements; mise en

scene, sound, cinematography and editing by directors to communicate

ideologies and values. I have based my location ideas mainly on my analysis of

Adulthood directed by Noel Clarke. My locations are similar to those in the film

adulthood.

Overall I plan to have a creative artifact of 9 key frames reflecting some of the

ideologies and values found in the film Adulthood. I intend to use verisimilitude

to reflect themes I found through the analysis of Adulthood I also intend to try

and use micro elements to communicate to my audience just as the directors of12 Years a Slave and Adulthood did whilst meeting the codes and conventions of

drama films. In addition I will also make a screen test to describe why each cast

members was right for the part and how good I think they are at acting. The

locations that I have chosen are close to my home and easily accessible. I did not

require any permission for either location as long as I dont photograph any staff

working near my location at the time.

Location-1 chestnut avenue south alleyway entrance


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The location that I have chosen is local to my home in Walthamstow making it

easily accessible for me as well as my actors who also live in Walthamstow. My

first shot will be an establishing shot from the entrance of the alleyway showing

my protagonist on the floor to the left next to the blue fence. This will show my

location clearly to the audience. And the setting the characters are in. the mise en

scene in the scene will show the protagonist looking like a typical east Londonyouth dressed in a hoodie or tracksuit, jeans and trainers. My setting in a London

suburb is similar to the settings of Adulthood in this opening sequence I plan to

show the protagonist as being beaten up, and confused which will set up the next

few scenes.


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I will also be using this location for my final flash back and closing scene. In my

final flash back my protagonist will be riding into shot from behind the camera,

while my antagonists will be waiting and hiding behind the two white pillars for

my protagonist ride past. In this scene I intend to use as many different shotsfrom as many different angles as possible.

I have chosen to use this location as my final scene in my production because it

links directly to the first scene, which is the first part of the final scene. In this

scene my protagonist will be standing and leaning up against the blue fence on

the left. In this scene I intend to use a medium close up and a long shot. There is

only one complication with using this location, as it is a public footpath members

of the public may be walking through this may make the photo-shoot take longer

than expected and delay the completion of my task.

Location 2 behind a row of shops- Walthamstow


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My second location will be used in the first of two flashbacks. I have chosen to

use the back of co-op on wood street in Walthamstow because I thought it was

an ideal location for a drug deal to take place, it its hidden and out of sight

making it a realistic setting for this scene in my film. I do not need permission to

use this location as long as I do not film or take pictures of any staff working in

the shop at any time. In this scene I will show the drug deal taking place and my

protagonist putting items into a bag. I intend to use an establishing shot to show

the location, a long shot to show my characters and a medium shot to show my

protagonist carrying out the drug deal and a close up of my protagonist putting

items into a bag. In this scene my characters will be wearing hoodies and jeans or

tracksuit and trainers. I intend to use all natural lighting in this scene I plan to

use a mixture of long shots, medium shots and clos ups in this scene. In this

scene I will also be using props in the form of fake drugs.

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