Location

When choosing locations for the shots in the trailer, some were quite obvious, others not so obvious. For example, the shot of Jasmine dancing in her bedroom will be shot in a bedroom and the shots of the dancers in the dance studio, will be shot in a dance studio in my school. However, for the shot of Jasmine dancing in a public place, I came up with the idea of her dancing on the beach under a brick arch, the location of the beach is easy to get to and I think would look really effective. On the other hand, choosing the location for hte school corridors, of which is in many shots, was more difficult. This was because it wasn't a good idea to use the corridors in my school because my school is an all-girl school and in the movie it is a mixed school, therefore it would look strange if there were no boys. Also, most of my school are younger than the age of the characters being played, so I thought if the shots were of younger children, it wouldn't get the right background that I wanted. I overcame this problem by slightly changing my shots so that the only shots in corridors was when there wasn't supposed to be any one else there as it was in class time. this worked well because it meant that I can film it when the school is quiet. Also, I came across the idea of filming it in a different school. Hautlieu is a mixed school based in Jersey and has the right atmosphere and style I wanted so I decided that if my idea doesn't work, I can try and go the this other school and attempt it there.