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Today i have spoken to someone based at Beaumont University Halls in Leicester to ask for permission to film on their grounds, at this current time they are contacting security and finding out whether this would be possible or not. I will Confirm an outcome once i know.

However, i have been to my brothers house in Leicester, on Litton road, opposite Victoria Park, where i plan to film the rest of my video throughout his house and the one way streets surrounding it. I have taken basic photographs of the possible rooms in the house which may appear in my music video, please excuse the mess as these photographs are simply to capture the the general shape and location of the building as potential film sets, on the other hand the general appearance within the house is appropriate and not far from the image i would like to create in the final video. The stereotypes that i wish to create in my video are those that are displayed throughout the house such as various items i found including, alcohol, lighters, A LOT of mess, coupons, lads magazines, condoms, guitars and so on; i feel these all help to portray the presence of a male student accommodation.

Below are the photographs which i have uploaded into my flickr account. (i used a Nikon D60 to take these photographs.)



There will be more images to come if i am able to to film at beaumont halls, however if i do not get permission i will have alternative locations where my opening scene will take place.

Initial locations

The map below shows the location of where i would like to plan my opening scene. I have chosen this location because of it's centeral green area surrounded my student halls. This would be more effective than my initial choice which was 'Vicky Park', this area would have served the purpose of a wide open space however due to the vast amount of space that there is a small croud of about 20 would look isolated which is the opposite of what i would like to create. And so my new location of Beaumont halls for Leicester univercity students is approprite as the green area is smaller and the surrounding buildings create an enclosure which will be a stationary background allowing all the movement within the shot to be on the cast and not traffic for example. To ensure that i have permission to film within this location i will get in contact with the warden assigned to this plot and confirm what im allowed to do.

The halls of residences are marked by the letter A; this i where i plan to film my opening scene.


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The student house where my brother lives is marked by the letter A ; this is where i plan to film the shots down streets and scenes within the student house.


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Fortunately these two locations are not far from each other and neither of the areas attract too many obsticls, therefore allowing me to easily re-shoot shots if required.