Locations

Locations are a very important aspect of my music video to get right. It can give a good or bad texture or feeling to my video, so I have to make sure my choices suit the song and the story of the narrative.

Abandoned House/Fields

This location is next to a farm house on the fields at the back of the Japanese Water Gardens, near the A52. I have asked the owner for permission to film here and he said he has no problem with it, as long as we don't film his house. This will not be a problem.

The dilapidated brick work suits the narrative because it seems like a crazy inventor could be working away in there, building a machine.

I have planned to use this location, also on the same field as the abandoned farm house, for a scene where our main character walks up toward the very same house in the opening scenes of our music video. The barbed wire was initially going to be used in a scene after the treatment, where our main character walks up, still dazed, and begins to try and touch it. He then cuts his hand.

Overall I liked the idea of the man being confused at what reality now was, but for pacing and the timing of the song, it was removed.

Park

This is the Aboretum Park in Nottingham which I intend to use as the park that is in our main character's memory, and which he walks through whilst he is being administered to the machine's treatment.

The park is pleasantly well-maintained and is a perfect place to showcase the peaceful, happy memory that the main character is exploring again. As can be seen in the top left-hand side of the photograph, there is a small bell tower. This is where the main character climbs up to and, when the treatment is suddenly interrupted, collapses as he is abruptly removed from the memory.

Interior of Abandoned House

The idea with the interior of the inventor's workplace is that it is an abandoned structure that he has then moved into. I thought my garage would be perfect for this, because of the dilapidated brick work and the random scattering of items. The garage is also well laid out, because it means the main character can walk in through the door, and then see the machine sat to the right.

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Bedroom

I chose this bedroom, in my house, also for the bedroom of the main character. This location will be seen when the treatment from the machine is interrupted and the character awakes in bed. I chose this bedroom because it was the plainest I could think of that we could realistically shoot in. The reason I wanted the room to be plain was because I wanted it to reflect the bland, repetitive life of our main character.