Location Scouting

It is important to location scout to plan and get the perfect locations for the short film. This post will be dedicated to this.

Main house shots 1:
I need a house for the majority of the short film. As this is where he was whilst the nuclear war happened he is in there for the majority of the time and he will be in the short film as he does not want to expose himself too much to the nuclear substances. The main house being used may as well be my own house as this resolves many problems and it is easier to film in. This makes it easier for myself as I can use the props within the house that I would need such as pictures of him and the family. Moreover, all my camera gear is already in the house so it is a faster process filming and recording. 

Garden shots:
Also, I need to use garden shots for the flashback to get shots of him having fun with his family playing in the garden. To represent the amazing times before the nuclear attack. This will be shown in a dream where he will wake up and realise he is in the hard lonely reality. Using flashbacks is effective as it demonstrates how much he is thinking of the past and how much he misses it. The garden is full of colours of green which is a colour that is bright and will help elaborate the happiness, it will 
comparison to the dull scenes after he wakes up.


House shots 2:
I also need another house for shots of him scavenging for food and other resources, as he will be running low on food from waiting for the nuclear substance to reduce all this time. He only goes near to his house for the first few years then eventually goes further. My second house for the short film will be a friends or family house, most probably my gran's who lives next door so it is easily accessible to shoot there and bring the gear there and back. It will be a similar house to this, however I have a few options for my second house so it will not be definite.  

My street:
There will also be some shots of my street at the start to show the complete quietness of the surroundings due to the nuclear attack. It will be shown when he is going to the second house and also for establishing shots. My street is very quiet so it will be perfect to film with and of course it is reasonable as it is right next to my house and therefore not a huge effort of transporting gear cause I can simply move it in and out my house.


Atherfield bay holiday camp:
There are many abandoned places where I live, on the Isle of Wight. This makes it easier finding somewhere that looks derelict, worn down and abandoned. When looking for abandoned places to go, I found Atherfield bay holiday camp. This is near by myself so getting there is easy and cheap, and the actual place has been abandoned for years. It looks incredible as there are many abandoned areas such as a swimming pool, skate park, and other facilities within a camp. The place is perfect.

Car scene:
I also decided to use a car for a scene, of when he goes to places this would make sense of him using a car, to travel distance to find better resources. I will be using my dads car shown in this image as nothing needs to be rented so It will not cost any money at all which is great.