Location & Setting

We decided to go and visit the locations for our short film to see what would be suitable and if they would be effective, as well as asking for permission. We went to Redcar and Saltburn and are planning on taking a look at Stewart Park in Middlesbrough. 

These are the pictures of Redcar beach were we could film many scenes, as it could be used as romantic (walking hand in hand, having ice-cream etc) or comedy (tripping in sand, standing in a puddle on the beach etc). I took these pictures at 9-10:40am on 20/11/13. I think this would be a good time to film as it is high-key lighting facing away from the sun so good conditions, however the images showing the face of the sun, in my opinion is effective as it creates a warm, ambient light which would be good in romantic scenes, as it could create silhouette images which are conventional for a romantic genre. Therefore, we could maybe film all the comedy beach scenes in the images showing the clear, high key lighting which would then contrast to the low-key lighting in the romantic scenes.

This is 'The Stray Cafe' situated on the top of Redcar beach, it is an option to film the date, meal scene here as there are tables and chairs outside. We have got permission by the manager to film here.

This is simply just a bench which could be an alternative setting to the bus stop for a bus, they could simply be having a rest from walking.

I went to Saltburn on the 18/11/13 at 7:00pm and thought that the pier would be quite a good setting to include in our film as it incorporates a different time of day so would show versatility and add interest. 

Obviously it would be difficult with the lighting to get extra clear expressions, however, if they stand under the light on the pier (top right picture) or walk along the beach (film from the top of the pier bottom right picture) I think it would be quite effective, it is also nice scenery. A comical outlook could be created with the bottom left picture, it is a face-in-the-hole display below the pier, so for example in the "romantic" scene, we could film like a montage of images and include snapshot camera effects showing them laughing and having fun, and the same thing can be done for the comedy scene but it would show the girl looking really awkward and uncomfortable whilst the boy pulls quite unattractive faces.