Potential Locations and Chosen Locations

The first location required in our production was a dressing room, this is a key area where the character Scarlett is slowly revealed to the audience, this turned out to be one of the hardest locations to find.

We first thought of using a local theatre such as Maddermarket theatre in Norwich, we rang to confirm that this was okay but a few days later they rang back telling us they were unavailable for us to film.
We finally ended up using Holly's (portrays Scarlett)  hallway to film, we styled part of the hallway to replicate an old fashioned dressing room and by using tight shots we were able to shot well.

As our thriller is a 1940s film noir it became increasingly hard to find outside locations, this is due to the 21st century shops and high number of people wearing modern day clothing. After a numerous about of locations scouting we were able to find some locations which captured the 1940s feel of our thriller, these were located in the city of Norwich.
To the left is a shot taken from Elm Hill, this location would be used to capture Scarlett walking towards her location, we believed the location had a vintage feel to it, the cobbled walkway, Tudor stylised housing and small old fashioned shops. It also had authentic lights which would allow us to create an artificial light onto our characters without appearing modern.
Although this location appears to be perfect in picture we discovered a numerous amount of problems on location, the main one being people, due to Norwich being a popular city there were a large number of shoppers and tourists walking through this area, this means it would be very difficult for us to shot. And although the benefits do out weight the cons we decided not to use this location and instead used a near by location which was a simple stone wall. An example of this can be seen on the right of this location being used in our final piece.

We also required another location similar to the one mentioned above for a shot of Scarlett walking to meet someone, we need this location to look as though it could be connected and nearby to the other.

We found an alleyway called "Little Steps" we believed this location would be good to shot in as it supplied conventions of film noir; steps, these could be used to either show are characters descent into hell or their rise up. Also the stone walls and and iron gates give an authentic old aged feel.
This area also has the old fashioned styled street lamps, which will help to create the harsh lighting needed. Unlike the other location this one had very few people walk through it which will make it a lot easier for us to shot and also quicker. The only drawback of this location is that it has modern day buildings at both entrances, one entrance comprises of a modern shop while the other a block of flats but, as we have decided to film in black and white these colourful buildings wont stand out to the viewers eye. We did decide this location had many more benefits and so decided to film part of our production here.

The final location we are going to use is Norwich City Hall, this is the location which Scarlett has been travelling to and will meet the unknown lover.
This location has a certain authenticity to about it which allows the viewer to relate it to the 1940s, it shows wealth with its overwhelming size and a sense of sophistication. It poses a large amount of enigma as to whether it is a public building or house, which will help to add to the growing amount of enigma surrounding the ending of our production.
The main disadvantage of filming here is that as it is a public building, there are a large number of people walking along the footpaths outside day and night and these people will be wearing modern day wear which, wont fit in with our film noir. We decided that this location was so naturally authentic that we had to use it, shooting here took a long time as we have to film a few seconds at a time when people weren't walking through.