Locations and Actors...

Right, today i went and scouted around for potential locations for my filming. There will need to be several locations for the different aspects of the filming and i have made a list of all potential ideas, which can be seen below.

1. BMX skatepark
2. Street location
3. House
4. Formal interview setting
5. Car park
6. Garden with a ramp
7. Ramp somewhere
8. Dirt jumps
9. Road
10. Green screen

But, the 4 locations i have chosen to film at are the following:

A skatepark

I chose this location because of it’s diverse filming capabilities. I would be able to get a variety of different shots and camera movements involved in my production and the ramps allow for an action packed trailer. However, the exposed nature of the park means that filming will be open to the weather, so fingers crossed its okay.

A field where there is a ramp


A road side

This road side is a brilliant location to have to extra information on the 'accident' in the story. Also it is in a quite place so the issue of traffic on the road isn't extensive. Weather isn such a problem here, although it is still outside, because if it is raining we can use an umbrella and it would simply add to the sense of realism in the trailer.


An interviewing room


For the interview i've chosen a home setting at a house of a friend of mine. This will make the shot seem more casual and less of a formal interview, which is the feel im trying to generate with my whole trailer. Also the actor i have chosen will feel less pressured and hopefully the footage i get will be of a higher quality.

A different skate ramp

The other location i have chosen to film the BMX aspect is at a ramp in a field. The reason i have chosen this instead of a more formal and tidy setting is because i want to show the progression of the main character from where he used to be from where he is now, and i think by doing this i will be able to show it.


Actors

I will need 3 different actors for my trailer, one of which has to be a man called Alex, because he is a professional BMX rider and is central to the plot. The others i will consider many and choose the two from them. The choices are shown below:

These are the actors that i have chosen to use:

Liam


Alex

The reasons i have for choosing these two actors are as follows...

• I thought that the character would fit the genre of the film better if he were male as apposed to female,
• Liam is a talented actor,
• Alex had to be enrolled because he is a professional BMX rider and is therefore the only person suitable to play the role as a professional BMX rider,
• I wanted the youthfulness aspect to get across effectively.