NEW LOCATION

Location is one of the main important things to consider when making video of any kind.
Without the location you wouldnt be able to make a video, so the importance is pretty basic.

The group contacted a number of possible locations,however this was more difficult than we had anticipated. For a start the date was an issue for us as many places weren't available for that date, due to this we encounterd a number of problems. Another problem that we encounterd was the cost, where we would have to make a settlement for location we needed.
We also found that some locations were not willing to let us use the location due to our status as students rather than big production companies in which could promote them as a business.

Below is a list of locations we contacted, all of which turned our request down:

Wilton's Music Hall, London


The Barn Theatre, Oxted


The King's Theatre, Southsea


New Theatre Royal, Portsmouth


Cranleigh Arts Centre, Cranleigh



Here is a copy of an email in which we wrote to The Barn Theatre, Oxted:




To Whom It May Concern,

I am a student from a sixth form college in Surrey and am studying Media A2 level. For our coursework in the A2 year we are required to shoot a pop video, for our video we are shooting a band called They Toy Hearts who are an up and coming band who have just got home from touring in America. I am working in a production team of four people in total. I have visited the Barn Theatre recently to watch The Happiest Days Of Your Life and really liekd the look of the theatre and think it would look really good in our video. We would like to shoot the video on the 22nd November for a whole day. I would just like to know how much it would cost and what conditions you have. A quick response would be greatly appreciated so we can make alternative arrangements if necessary.

Thanks
Josh Gorman

We did however, eventually gain access to a good location named Grange Park. We got access to this through our Lighting Director, who works for them several months of the year in the opera house. Grange Park is located just outside of Winchester in a rural area. It is an old grand house with a derelict interior,t his is exactually the location that we were looking for to shoot in. The exterior of the house looks very typically English, which in a way is subverting the image of the band. We are visiting the location on the 5th November.

Here are some exteriror shots of Grange Park