Capturing Location Aesthetics

So this is the video that me and Melissa filmed of our location and up until 2:18 was our initial idea of a good location as it does have some aspects that are very old fashioned such as the stone street and the bridge over the river proving that it is also very picturesque but what we didn't realise was that it had been modernised so much with seating outside the University and some shops that spoiled the scenery, something we thought we had covered during our presentation to the rest of the class but have now discovered is not the case.

There was however one good thing that managed to inspire us when we began to think of how we could rework our ideas; at about 1:15 you can see we recorded an archway with a very small tunnel that we thought would create some interesting lighting as well as make a good composition with framing being used naturally by the arch. However, the construction that is just visible at the end spoils the frame so Melissa thought of another angle we could capture it so that it looked good (this can be seen instantly after).

Not far from our original location is Prince Street, that led us to Elm Hill, a location we had discussed before as well as hearing about in another persons concept presentation. At 2:18 we began to film there and as you can see it is already a lot better, is is not a street that is used as regularly as the one outside the University that we first thought of. We filmed the location trying to capture all the aesthetics such as the cobbled street, the coffee house (that would be perfect to replace the small outside café we were going to use initially for our femme fatale to sit in), there is also very old style buildings as well as a series of lantern style lights running throughout the street and many small shops that keep to the picturesque, old fashioned and importantly; British settings.

At 6:05 you can see that we focused on another tunnel which we thought we perfect for taking Melissa's idea of the shot from the previous Archway and incorporating it here and using this as the place that our Anti-Hero is standing as he sees the Femme Fatale walk by and drop her lighter. The street, overall is perfect for long shots as well as close ups, allowing us to know that there won't be any modern aesthetics to spoil the composition.

Another good outcome of this exercise was finding out that I probably wasn't the best at filming, as you can see the camera regularly goes out of focus so this help us realise that out of the group, maybe focusing on the filming strengths of someone else is for the best!