Pre Filming - London

On the 19th and 20th February I went up to London to do some photography and filming for our media trailer. I had in mind getting shots of average day to day life of cars on the road, trains pulling away from the station and people walking in the street/across bridges etc. Although this all sounds a little boring when it comes to editing we were going to speed up the clips so we had a variety of shots and so they showed the location and were an establishing shot. As i was going to speed the clip up I had to film for at least a minute or more so the clip was the appropriate length. I went to Brick Lane Market as it is always busy there with lots going on and people constantly walking past, this was an ideal place for me to film. I also filmed around Spitterfields Market as that was another location which was really busy. I filmed the traffic in Shepard's Bush Market and near Upminster station which was also quite busy. My favourite shot I got on that day was of the people passing over the Millennium Bridge, which is also seen in Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, as it is highly recognised and has a wonderful view of St.Paul's Cathedral in the background and the River Thames underneath. I chose to film in London as our film is a typical British Gangster film and we wanted to make this clear so it doesn't get mistaken for an American Gangster film.

 Not only did I film and take pictures of locations in London but I also kept an eye out for the sort of cars you would see in a typical Gangster film to get a good idea of what we should be aiming for etc. (Although it would be really hard for us to get hold of an old fashioned car like the first picture and probably even hard to find a Lamborghini!) But on the otherhand it helped with my research and made my day even more interesting. As a group we are steering away from the idea of our film being set in the 50's as from past experiences I have learnt that setting a film in a different era is incredibly hard and consistency is very important. As the footage I have filmed in London is obvious that it is very modern, setting the theme in the present seems to be a good idea and would definitely give us a better outcome. Although the pictures I have taken wont help with the filming we could possibly use them for making the magazine front cover of poster.