Location Research

When researching the location for the first half of our music video, we wanted somewhere that wasn't going to be busy with other people and there was enough space to film comfortably. We did think that a forest could be a good place to film, but we would then have to find an open space inside the forest so that the fighting wouldn't look too enclosed.

And then we thought about using a sandy beach to shoot our Viking battle scene on but soon discarded that idea because we didn't want to have to worry about the tide coming in and so rearranging the crew every so often.

 

After a little more research we found a grassland on the out-skirts of Great Yarmouth - it is the perfect location! The grassland is bumpy with a few big hills, which we can use to our advantage when filming, and there is a lot of space for the actors to run around and act in.

 

We chose to film at this grassland location because the re-enactment group, WUFFA, that we're using in our music video are based in the this area and so we thought that the beach near them would be perfect. This also meant that we wouldn't necessarily have to worry about whether actors could get to the location or not as essentially we would be travelling to somewhere that they are used to and is convenient for them.

 

When filming we hope that the weather won't be rainy or too sunny. The ideal weather conditions would be cloudy and windy. The wind would help make the acting look more realistic as a 'flying' cape will look better than one that just hangs off the actors shoulders.