Location Research

Skate Parks

Eaton park in Norwich would be an ideal location for filming with a skateboarder; it's outside and free so we could film at anytime. There would be a good atmosphere if we film when there are other skateboarders around. We also looked out Beccles skate park which is similar to Eaton. The other option is to film at an inside skate park, for this we would need to get permission and it's likely to be a lot more busy which can be good or bad. The charge unit in Norwich could be good for this.

Ballet Studio

As the ballerina we have trains at the ARTS school our plan was to contact them and ask to film in one of their studios; also it would be really good to get some footage of her dancing with her class as well. The other option is to ask to use Judith Fox ballet studio which is in Wymondham and has a lot of students from the school so that might be willing to let us film there at a time when it's not being used.

Boxing Club

My friend suggested we contact Hewett school because they have a boxing ring which they might let us use to film. I did some research into this and found out that it is used by Norwich Lads boxing club. Another club in Norwich that looked really good was Norwich Diamonds ABC which focus on training young people. We will probably contact both clubs and hope one will be willing to let us film there.

Final Plot Ideas (Preliminary Task)

This is our final plot ideas: The main character (a young boy) puts on his superhero mask and runs into his garden to get into his tent/den. The tent then transports him into another woodland world in which there will be others all dancing. In the middle of all the dancing and partying in the new forest the young boy will trip up/fall over in some way and as he hits the floor he will be transported back to his garden and outside the tent/den. The boy will then realise he's back home and may be greeted by his mother asking wheres he been (that scene will be dependant on availability of actors). We tried to keep our idea as simplistic as possible, this was to ensure that we didn't over complicate the meaning of the video which is simply just about the young boy enjoying himself in his own imagination when he has the safety of his superhero costume on.

Ancillary Task - Poster

Questionnaire

After publishing my rough cut I made a short questionnaire to get some constructive criticism to use to make changes before submitting my final cut. I got really good feedback from my questionnaire about my rough cut. There was mostly 3s and 4s for how well people understood the narrative. I was quite happy with this because the video isn't suppose to show the whole narrative but it's aim is to introduce the characters. My target audience felt that the video strongly fitted with the song, with most people voted a 4 or 5. I'm really happy with this and it means I have been able to recreate the emotion of the song in the video. Most people said they liked the way I cross cut between the two characters and the variation of shots. The general consensus was there was something missing from the video, a couple of people suggested a third element of artist performance that could link the singer to the audience; I really liked this idea and decided to look into it further. ...

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