Location Inspiration

Ideal filming locations would be that which clearly demonstrates where it is that the film is being set. Culture is a very important factor in this film, therefore indications towards south London youth culture must be frequently displayed, such as graffiti. Similar areas to these pictures are relatively frequent in South, therefore finding the exact right spots which justifies true South London culture should be relatively straightforward, provided the right spots are used to film.

Ally ways should be used in the trailer for scenes involving violence and theft, as they provide ominous feelings and people generally feel threatened by dark ally ways especially during the night when it is dark in London.

It is likely that the right spots will be in estates, where most of this culture stems, so it is important that an estate is used which justifies a South London estate, most likely a larger one than a smaller one, as a small one would not truly demonstrate how big they can actually be. Shooting on an estate also allows for background characters to be included which follow the plotline, women with prams will not collide with shots involving teenage gangsters as that would make little sense. Many large estates reside near my house, so choosing one will be easy, most likely to be High trees estate, which has enough magnitude to appear as a typical, if not larger than typical South London estate, similar to that in Attack the Block.

It is common that teenagers in London will meet their friends and congregate in parks, therefore in order to successfully depict London teenagers, a park is necessary where the meetings will take place. A park likely to be bleak and deserted, like a neighbourhood park where the local teenagers go to see their friends, potentially driving other users of the park away with their boisterous behaviour and intimidating appearance. A park with multiple benches should be used - similar to that in the picture for the group of boys to congregate. An ideal location for this is Hillside park, which resides next to my house, meaning shooting there will be easy. Large groups of boys are also common in Hillside, meaning the settings in the park will be appropriate to the trailer.

The lighting and sound will be difficult to gauge at this stage of the planning, however I intend to use as much natural lighting as possible when shooting. At night time, street lamps or general lights will be used to give a dim glow effect, I am aware of an alleyway with large amounts of graffiti and dim lighting to give the perfect mood setting.. this is where I am likely to begin the trailer to immediately set the tone as ominous. When natural occurring lighting is not made available, portable battery lights will be used with an orange tint to give the effect of street lighting.