Tag Archives: Location Recce

Weekly Diary – Overview 8/3/10 – 14/3/10

Having spoken to Jen Brown, the Owner of Browns Independent Bar, we have now managed to secure Browns as the location for the Bar Scene. Securing this location was important because it edges us that closer to production. Ideally we … Continue reading

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Browns Recce

This week DeeJay and I have been considering the ‘Bar’ location for a scene in our film. The first that sprang to mind is Browns because as a Bar it is a lot more sophisticated and elegant than other Pub/Bars … Continue reading

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Weekly Diary – Overview 15/2/10 – 21/2/10

This week has been fairly productive. DeeJay and I have been looking at locations for the Alley Way, Telephone Box and Office scenes. The latter was a very brief Recce as the office scene in our film is very brief. … Continue reading

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Premlinary Sketches

Having gone home to London to take the Office Recce Shots, I decided to utilise my Dad’s drawing skills as an Architect in order to produce a series of sketches. I wanted him to draw one sketch for a defining moment in each scene in … Continue reading

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Location Recce – Office

One of our first scenes takes place in an Office. As this scene is very brief we didn’t want to waste time looking at various office spaces. My Dad works for a small Architectual firm (AHP) in London and I asked … Continue reading

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Location Recce and Test Shoot – Alley Way

An Alley Way location is pivotal to our final as it is where our protagonist finds his first real lead. When DeeJay and I went to London on the 6/2/10 we found several Alley ways that proved to be both secluded … Continue reading

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Location Recce – Phonebox

After watching the film Brick, DeeJay and I decided that we wanted to use Telephone boxes as the protagonists main point of  communication. Like the character Brendan in Brick, our Protagonist Robert is also a loner. The only person, the … Continue reading

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Location Recce – London

Whilst in London for the Meeting with Liz, DeeJay and I decided it would be useful to take Recce shots of our external scenes. Considering Film Noir takes place in many big American cities (LA, Chigago, Detriot) we have decided … Continue reading

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Weekly Diary – Overview of 1/2/2010 – 7/2/2010

After Thursday’s session (28/1/10) with Script Writer Leslie and Adrian, DeeJay and I decided to re-work our idea. We had an idea of our narrative but it proved to be a little weak and needed padding out. Whilst reading through … Continue reading

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