As I mentioned in the previous post regarding the risk assessments for our locations, one of the first places we will be using is my grandma's house. We worked with this location in our AS production so we know that it has already been a successful choice for us and we therefore feel more confident in using it this year. Obviously it was also a convenient location as it is owned by someone in my family, so it was much easier to gain permission to use it and it will also mean that there will be a responsible adult on hand when we are filming, in case we need any assistance. It is also a very diverse location as there are plenty of areas we can use outside if necessary and the Victorian interior can help to create an authentic effect.
I think that this will be a very effective location for our main character's house, as it could be seen as being different due to its more old fashioned interior and exterior, which can help us to show that our main character has something different about her that creates a distance between her and the people around her. There are a few bedrooms that we could consider using as our protagonist's bedroom, as this is likely to be a fairly important location, and my personal favourite is the bedroom which features a dressing table and a chair located near to the window. I particularly like this bedroom because it is quite old fashioned while still being feminine and authentic, and I think it will fit with the desired aesthetics of our trailer very well. We are still currently undecided as to whether we will be utilising any of the outside locations at the house, but we are more likely to film any of the outside shots that we need in the local park rather than at this location. We are also unsure about the additional rooms we will use to the protagonist's bedroom, but we are likely to need at least one other bedroom for the protagonist's sister and we may also end up using other areas of the house throughout our trailer as well. Overall, with our previous experience using this location, in addition to the authenticity we hope it will provide, we feel confident moving forward with our choice to again utilise what this house has to offer to our production.
