Thinking about locations.

In the planning of my Music Video, I have to think about certain locations to which would be fit for my music video. To think about the locations my video could be shot in, one must think about the target audiences and what locations they would readily relate to. I have shortlisted a couple locations around my local area that I believe would pertain to the target audience - that being teenagers aged between 14-19.

Local Shopping Centre -

I picked this area primarily because it is a popular area for teenagers and young adults mainly because shopping is known to be a popular past time of young adults and teenagers.

Pro's - The area is busy and pertains to the idea of socio-realism, something I am striving for in my music video.

Con's - It might be hard to travel to the main shopping centre in my area for both me, the actors and all the equiptment. I am also not sure on the rules and regulations of filming in a shopping centre and whether this is allowed.


Surburban Street/Area-

It could be a bad generalisation, but as teenagers are usually out, I thought about setting my location in surburban street type area. By doing this, I will try to pertain to the teenage/male gender stereotype that I want evident in my video.

Pro's - It would be easy to travel to and easy to film in, being that there are no laws against filming outside in public. This therefore makes it one of my most popular candidates in terms of location for my video.

Con's - It might prove tricky for me to film outside depending on the weather conditions and other external factors such as roadworks and blocked areas.

School -

The most obvious area for me to film a teenage based music video would be a school due to the relevance in terms of the target audience and the convinience of

Pro's - It would be easy to film and find actors in the school area. In terms of props and equiptment it would also be resourceful, with plenty on hand if needs be. Because of this being a school project, the support I would get in terms of making my video would be far more in comparison to a random street or shopping centre

Con's - Filming in my school would be the easiest and simplest choice, therefore I would be limiting the learning curve of my filming and media skills. It would also be the most obvious, limiting my creativity.

Conclusion/First thoughts: In retrospect of this, I believe the best option would be to set my video in either or both, a school and surburban environment. This way, I will be able to pertain thoroughly to the target audience of the music song and my video whilst having easy access to both areas.