Location Ideas and Planning

Co-operative, Market Deeping
Our initial ideas had us visiting supermarkets, quarries and beaches and some of the choices we may have initially had, under scrutiny, have become unrealistic or unavailable. After contacting the local Co-Op, we are allowed free run of the shop floor after 6pm. This is a great turn of events, as one of the major locations we wanted to film in was a supermarket, and having their full cooperation will have made our task much much easier.

Emailing the manager.

Maxey Lakes:
Our other ideas included the use of a beach, but realistically, a road trip to the cold sea side isn't "fun". The use of the local lakes at the village Maxey could potentially allow us to create a similar feel. After scouting it out there is also a container alongside the shore, which could be integrated into the storyboard. If the container was to be treated as an alien concept it would help to add to the humour being generated from the scene.

Quarry:
Another location would be an abandoned quarry in Edenham. We have scouted it out already and have taken a location video, however, we are struggling to get permission from the estate owner. If we were to use this location, performance could be really well done here, instead of a band room as it is enclosed and alien in feel because of the limestone backdrop.

Hills and Holes:
Hills and Holes, Barnack, was suggested as well for another rural location. Because of the unique, bumpy landscape, lots of quirky and humorous adventures of the Astronauts could be filmed here. This location would be ideal for some quick shots in the main video, and in theory should be quite fun to film in.

The Fish and Chip Shop:

Another Urban location that was suggested would be the Boundary fish and chip shop in Market Deeping. The shop has a bright neon sign outside which would add to the quirky feel, and the idea of 3 astronauts buying fish and chips is comedy in itself. The shop is well lit inside so it would be suitable to film in at night, and this location would be another great, humorous filler if we need to add in more footage!

As mentioned before, performance was originally planned to take place within a band room. This room is in Niall's garage, and has white walls and a wooden floor, and has ample space once the furniture has been moved out. If the quarry does not work out, we would have to use this space. Another very real option is to use Sam's morris miner car, as this is a retro and quirky. Lighting it from the outside would make the interior look very very stylised and unique, and some incredibly tightly framed shots could make the promo video appear very slick indeed.

The interior of Sam's car. These photos have given us a rough idea of what space we have to work with and will help us to plan camera angles, lighting and performance.