Location Hunt Part 1

Today we were able to drive around and find some locations for our first scene. Since it is the weekend, we had all day to brainstorm and think of the best park locations to film the burying scene. We checked out a few locations, and wrote down the pros and cons.

At first, we realized that we have a major issue in our storyboard. We are not sure if you can dig in a park. We have a shovel, but we do not want to get in trouble for digging in a national park. We had the idea to bring dirt from Home Depot, to make a pile and attempt to make the same affect as dug up dirt would. This would solve the issue halfway, and may prove to work. Also, we may not be able to film at night because national parks close. We may have to put the lighting down when we edit the video, to give it the effect of nighttime. Callie will try to see if this editing style can be done, and then we will go from there.

We checked out three parks today. Around us, we went to Vista View Park, Markham Park, and Everglades National Park. While all would work, there are massive pros to all of them. Everglades National Park does not close at night, meaning we could film there. However, it does not look like a forest, so it does not give the same vibe. Also, it is not very safe at night, so we do not know how comfortable we feel to film there. Markham Park looks like the woods, so it gives a the effect we are looking for. It is huge so there are so many locations to film, but it closes early. This would all depend on the editing technique. Lastly, we went to Vista View Park. This is a giant hill, so the wood feels was not there. Also, it is very busy and open, not giving many concealed locations to film the scene. I think personally our best bet is to film at Markham Park, if we can figure out how to edit the lighting. This would create the idea we want for the scene.

This week, we are going to create the storyboard for the second part of the scene. I am not sure what else we are going to do yet, but the next class period will be used creating the other storyboard.