Location Recce

These are photos of the areas that we are going to film our opening sequence.

The picture we took were mostly during a sunny and bright day. Me and my group hoped the weather would become darker during the days we would have filmed because this will mean the natural lighting can reflect a rather dark atmosphere/tone in a British Social Realism film. The locations we have chosen to film include Vauxhall and Stockwell.

1st photo: This first image is of a small alleyway with a wet floor. The reason why we have chosen this location because we can visualize the protagonist -Tate being isolated in this location and alone. The wet floor connotes to the dark gritty tone of the movie and the location is iconic to the audience because of the dim colors drawing their attention.

2nd photo: The second photo is also a tight alley way in Vauxhall. We have quite a few alleyways in our opening sequence and movie because they are generally found in BSR's. Therefore, it conforms to these conventionally locations.

3rd photo: This photo shows an image that can be compared to a wasteland. The reason of this is because of the vast space and how open it is - meaning of how wasted the life of the protagonist is and how detached he is from society. The broken and run down buildings also connote the problematic and really chaotic life of Tate. This will appeal and attract the audience of 16-24 year olds because it creates escapism, as you would not really see staying here in this location. 

4th photo: This image shows the river by some of the houses located there. This challenges some of the conventions of a BSR because they usually don't hold locations where it looks calm and peaceful, such as rivers. This can also be attractive to the audience because they can see how lonely and isolated the protagonist is, as he would be relaxing/staying here alone. 

5th photo: This image is similar to the 3rd image from above. However, the differences is that the destruction and chaos of the debris and rubble here isn't as severe. Again this means that the target audience may personally identify themselves with the protagonist, as he enjoys staying at a place away from many people.