Mise-en-Scene elments (set/location of filming) 🏞️🌃

 Introduction:

    Since I have already established the props and characters going into my film, I decided to move on and focus on where the shooting with actually take place. Below are a list of several ideas and how I think they can all help me in the production process.

Brainstormed set #1:

    When developing the plot of my film, I immediately thought of the roundabout near the park of my neighborhood. The reason I chose this area was because there was a lot of empty space that will be available to my use since nobody parks at the park at night which is the time I am planning to film. It would be very easy to lay out all of the props and set up without having to worry about cars coming and having to clean everything up to then putting it all back to continue filming. (what a hassle that would be). The only cons I have is that the area is kind of on the smaller side making the filming process a little harder since I wouldn't want the actual park area in the film because it wouldn't make sense with my plot, and that the props would probably be placed very awkwardly in the small frame of the camera. In sum, This area of street is very convenient for my use of filming and will allow me to be very efficient. I wasn't able to get a picture of the space I want to film here but to paint the picture, it would be a small 5 lane parking lot curved around a small round-a-bout island of grass.

Brainstormed set #2:

    My second idea was going to be a parking lot of a closed store at night since cars wouldn't really be out there parked at that time. This is a good idea since parking lots of stores/restaurants are large and there is a lot of free open space considering the fact that I want a lot of room to film. It would be nice to not have the view of a park in the background making this place a little bit better than my first idea. Wide open space is key for developing my film because there will be a lot of walking around and numerous amounts of objects and set props on the floor that will need to be spaced apart from each other. Overall, I think this idea of filming in a larger space will bring me more benefits and I will be happy with myself when I can ensure my film has enough space to be made.

(I just found this picture on google for reference of the space I want for filming.)

Summary:

As I read over my thoughts for both locations I think I will need a day or two to decide fully. Both locations have their pros and cons. The first locations con is that it is a smaller space making the filming process less efficient. The con of the other location is that there still may be cars out even at night since restaurants and stores close either from 5PM or later. The first location also has less benefits, for example, I won't be able to set up the props spaced out so the scenes may turn out looking cluttered. I want as much space as possible to make the background look more real instead of filming with a playground in the back. After I begin filming and I start to document about that, I will explain why I chose which parking lot I choose, but for now I will have to test both options and see which one I like better.