Location Scouting

We as a crew took a trip to Old Jacob’s Factory, which has been abandoned, as we intend to use it as part of the drama piece. It is to be the setting of Danny’s make-shift home; it used to be a factory that his family owned, but its downfall is what drove Danny to homelessness. We looked for different areas that would be appropriate for filming, there being a few rooms that had varying levels of light. Finally we chose that we would use one of the rooms with two large ‘windows’ which would provide us with plenty enough light to shoot film, considering there would be no opportunities to plug in any lighting that we might have decided to bring. All in all I feel this was a rather successful day, as we got to know the area that we would be working in such as where the different entrances are that would be easiest and safest to access, and we were also able to tell how difficult the area would be to walk about and were able to tell both our actors and any missing members of the crew how to dress for the process of filming, so as to lessen any danger that might come about due to the uneven terrain outside of the building and the glass that covered the factory floors. We were also able to gain a far better idea of how the film would look, as we could see the scenery that our actor would be in finally rather than working under the vague idea of using an abandoned factory. This highly improved our ability to work quickly and sufficiently when we came back to film with the actor, as we had already planned out the areas and routes that would be taken for the scene.