Location - The Forrest

I mentioned earlier how I filmed some of my woodland scenes in Ardley Woods (see post here- http://elliebuncea2.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/filming-outside.html) but I wanted to go into more detail about why I chose each specific area.


Each location was chosen to enhance the symbolism I was trying to achieve.

The first shot I filmed was along a mud pathway surrounded by trees. I wanted to portray my character walking down the pathway of life as she grows up. Because it was near the beginning of the music video so I wanted to keep an earthly feel, hence why I chose the forest pathway rather than a street or road. Within the forest there are also lots of things that grow, from the trees and flowers to animals, so I thought it would be a fitting location
See picture to the right.

Here I also filmed shots of the sun as it beamed through the trees. I filmed this on a different day but at the same location when the sun was slightly lower and so at a better angle to film. I used these shots in the opening and closing scenes. To portray the cycle of life, a new day (for the start) and the ending of a day (for the end).

The next shot was just up the road. It was a T junction like layout where two pathways came out of the original one I was following. I thought this with be perfect in portraying the choices the character must make in their life - particularly as they find and look for work. Originally I planned to film the T junction type shot of a road, but I thought this had a much nicer look to it and was more fitting in the piece.

Another place I filmed was slightly further down where the forest goes into an open field. I used this shot for the ending and reversed the shot as if the person from being drawn away from the freedom of life and into the darkness of the forest. Originally I planned to show the girl walking from the forest into the openness, which I thought would represent heaven, but I felt the shot worked better with the music in reverse.