shots of location

These are some shots taken of the locations we will be using within our music video.

This is taken outside The Forum and shows the steps which lead up to The Forum. We will include this shot as it's a location which is known for young people to hang around so therefore by including this shot it will appeal to our target audience. We would want to show The Forum at a low angle to make it seem more appealing and less obvious for the audience of our actual location making our video more cryptic.

This is another shot from The Forum showing some steps which we want The Skateboarders to do tricks down as Jake tries to capture the person who has stolen his drumsticks. This is also adding rebellion to our video as skateboarding isn't allowed around these pedestrianised areas.

Other steps from The Forum. This angle shows a wider perspective and therefore how we can include long shots, low angle and high angle of The Skateboarders doing professional tricks.

This area used also promotes youth rebellion as this area bans skateboarders as it is a public area. Therefore by using The Forum it links with the rebellious attiudes and non-conformity associated with the ska genre.

This shot is taken at Pottergate in Norwich. Pottergate is part of The Lanes in Norwich which is all about the independent companies in Norwich. This appeals to our target audience of independent music listeners as this area is all about going against mainstream industry. Most of our locations used will include steps or hills as this gives us best footage of The Skateboarders. This steps are good to use as it allows The Skateboarders to travel down Pottergate towards St. Benedicts.

This is the opening shot of our video where Jake will walk out with his drumsticks which will be snatched from his hand. We chose Soundclash as our location as it represents independent music of Norwich as insigned artists can promote their gigs and sell their EP's.

This shot helps to show a historic Norwich and this will be towards the end of the music video as it is darker and looks more atmospheric and mysterious when the old fashioned lights are on. The steps will be ran up instead of skated down and we can get low angle shots of the running to show the anticipation and fast pace movement of the track.

This our chosen gig venue The Arts Centre. This is where Jake is meant to be playing with Smaller Than You that night and needs his drumsticks back in order to play. The Arts Centre was chosen as like Sounclash it represents independent artists and bands within Norwich. They allow smaller bands the oppurtunity to play or support the artists or bands on bigger labels such as as well as promote unsigned artists and give them the oppurtunity to play to a live audience such as Norwich group The Brownies.

This is a shot of Anglia Square car park and shows the rougher more sub-urban area of Norwich. However this is still an iconic site of Norwich. This location was chosen as it is these areas where you find crime and rebellion which is what our skateboarders are representing. It also contrasts with the young cast as this location is run down and considered 'worn out' where as we are showing up beat characters running around and a fast paced movement which gives a different perspective on this location.


This part of Anglia Square is where the car is going to drive down to drop off cast member Hannah Ustel where the drumsticks can be passed on. This will give a good shot as the car can be tracked as it goes down this part of road. There is also no traffic so Hannah can be filmed from a close up as she gets out of the car. The high dominating building also helps to represent Anglia Square as an place of entrapment as it is not up to date with the modern architecture.

This location is an inter-textual reference from The Specials video 'Ghost Town' as the low angle shots of these buildings make them appear sinister entrapping with the grey filter of the camera giving the buildings a derelict and out of date feel to them. We want to try and give across the same effect within our music video.