Location Number 1:
We understand that a boxing movie must include a boxing ring and so this is where we begun our location research. We have noted down a number of boxing locations from areas around Kingston, Tolworth, Surbiton but our primary target is the Ultimate Fitness Boxing gym will be the perfect location for our trailer. Furthermore, we can be most efficient at filming in this specific location as it is 5 minutes away from our school whereas the other locations is within driving range but seems more of a hassle.
Above is a picture of the Gym itself in which we are currently in contact with. We understand that a boxing ring is imperative to the success of a boxing related trailer. We intend to take no more than two afternoons of filming in this specific location. It really shouldn't take no more than 3 hours to film but we want to take a number of different shots as well with different scenarios such as adding additional extras to emphasise the realism and escapism of the audience which I have found is vital to the success of the trailer.
We are currently in contact with Mark who is the owner of of Ultimate Fitness Boxing and we have arranged an agreement of promoting the logo of the gym which is on the door in order to film. When I got in contact with the other Boxing organizations, they stated that we would have to hire out the gym and thus this is very helpful. Furthermore, having seen the other locations, there isn't much difference but my team and I felt that this specific gym offered the most realism when looking at it. We are currently negotiating when a good time it is to film .
Location Number 2:
Our second location which we intend to use is the London Borough of Merton - Wimbledon race track. We have been looking at a number of running tacks but eve though this is the furthest, I feel that this is the one which has the most potential to offer us success. This location is no more than a 25 minute drive away from us in which I intend to drive my group or we can take the train which is 30 minutes and thus isn't too far away.
One reason why we have chose this specific running track is because if we were to experience bad weather, we can overcome it better than any other running track that we have seen. Furthermore, this running track consists of a number of lights which means that we can film at night and at different lighting conditions thus reducing the risk of failure for our trailer.
We have already got in contact with the manager of the running track and he said that we will be allowed to use the running track for £5 per person and he has also given his consent for us to film there. We intend to film here for the whole day in order to get the different lighting styles. Furthermore we will ultimately start filming here as soon as we have finished with the boxing ring as it will give us a better indication of how much time we are going to use in the trailer with our main character on the running track.
Although this track may be the best in regards to bad weather, we can still face a huge problem if the weather is affecting us too much. Furthermore, this track is rather far away and so if we needed to do additional filming, it means that we must go all the way back which is both time consuming and expensive. We have tried to make contingencies though in order to be prepared for any weather via slightly changing the narrative or shot types.
Location Number 3:
Our third location is Leatherhead Leisure centre. We require a gym in order to add to that motivational feeling. All three of us within our group go to separate gyms and so we have great knowledge in this field. We felt that we should go to Mohammed's gym for a number of reasons. Firstly, its the most convenient to get to for all three of us and the additional characters as well. Secondly, it looks as modern as the running track and thus shows what sort of class our main character is going to be as if we had a very high class gym and a low class, scruffy running track, it will not make any sense and thus confuse the audience thus reducing the chance of the audience feeling escapism.
We could have done all of the training filming at this gym but we felt as is we needed a number of locations in order to match the pace of the trailer and ultimately make it successful. This is why we decided to use both the running track and the gym. We have decided to use the running track to show Aran who is the main characters cardiovascular training and the gym will be used for his strength training.
These three locations are going to be the locations with the majority of the camera time but we also have other locations that we will use but they won't be as relevant as these three. Furthermore, The locations that we have found are very realistic in regards to price and so we are quite happy with our location research and now we feel as if we are one step closer to make this trailer a success.
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