Location,Location,Location...

After brainstorming ideas for our theme we made a list of locations which we wanted to visit to see where would be most suitable to film our music video.

Loactions so far: 

• Southerndown
• Ogmore-By-Sea 
• Porthcawl (pier & Seafront) 
• Ollie's House

Southerndown

Southerndown was one of the first locations we went to. Immediately, we liked this location.

There was a very good variety of heights we could reach at this location as we could stay on the rocks, as shown in the pictures, where we could be very close to the sea. We could also climb the cliff where we could gain different heights to gather a variety of shots.

We visited Southerndown when it was raining and rather windy, we initially thought that this would have a negative impact on what we would be able to achieve during our time here, however, the weather actually worked quite well for the purpose of the shots.

We were still able to climb the cliff despite the weather and we managed to get some high angle shots from looking off the cliff.

This location appealed to us all because there was a range of variety here which we liked. Each cliff was different and had various levels and ledges which meant that we could gather a variety of angles to make our shots more interesting. This area is also rather secluded, therefore, we would not have the risk of people getting in our shots, this was a massive benefit about this location to us.

One major thing we would have to consider with this location is the time of day in which we film here. As there are no street lights the area can get very dark, especially now as the darker nights draw in it can easily be dark by half past four in the afternoon. This means that we will have to carefully plan when we decide to film here. We already think that the majority of our shots will be filmed at this location, therefore, we can now think about this location and the time of day when we create our filming schedule.

Porthcawl

Porthcawl is an area which my whole group are familiar with. It is a popular seaside resort which is located about 20 minutes from where we all live. We visited Porthcawl the same day as the previous location, therefore, it had just stopped raining and was rather overcast. However, similarly to the previous location the weather conditions actually enhanced our location shots.

Porthcawl has the benefit of having both a seafront with a wall which we can stand/sit on to gain height and a pier which is what can be seen in the first shot for this location. These two areas to film provide us with a variety of shots within one location, therefore, this is a major positive for this location. However, as mentioned Porthcawl does get very popular as it is a tourist, seaside location. This is what we would have to consider if/when we choose to film here. The weather put people off visiting on the day we came here hence why the shots look very empty with no people in the background.

The shot that is alongside this writing is a P.O.V shot from Ollie's perspective, looking over the wall. We had the thought of having a slow P.O.V pan over this wall from this shot as we thought it would be really effective.

There is a long walk way which goes from the pier along the seafront in Porthcawl (this is what can be seen in the photo alongside) When we walked across we discussed that we could use this area in our music video but we were unsure how and what we would shoot, therefore, we decided that we would take a picture of the location as discuss it once we had visited all the locations which we were interested in.

Ogmore-by-Sea

The next location we visited was Ogmore-by-Sea. This location is shown through the shots on the left. This is a location we are all very familiar with as it is our closest beach/seafront that we can visit.

Ogmore-by-Sea does get rather popular in the summer, however, in the winter the are many areas that are quite secluded, this appealed to us as our filming would take place over the next few weeks.

This location is also very beneficial to us as there are many ways in which we can get a variety of shots here. There are lots of levels, cliffs and rock areas where we can access to capture a variety of angles. We decided that this would work quite well as we could almost save time, capturing a variety of shots in one location; we would not have to travel around which would take up time.

One negative aspect about this location is that it is rather windy. The area is very open to the sea and there are no cliffs or walls which act as a wind break. This means that we would have to take extra care when we film here to ensure that none of our equipment gets damaged, particularly Rhys' drone which we are planning to use, as the wind would take it from our control if it was too strong.



This is a location where we would predominately use the drone as the flat land above the cliffs allows us to easily control the drone for take offs and landings. It is also easy to access the sea from this location in comparison to the other loactions. In southerdown there was quite a risk climbling the cliff just incase one of us slip or fall. At Ogmore there is a safe path which we can use to gain height and climb the cliff, therefore, it is much safer for us to film here.