Location

The location we chose for our short film was Brick Lane in East London (E1). We wanted to film in a busy shopping area that had character and would be visually interesting as a backdrop for our monologues. After I went on a location scout trip of the area I identified that the main street, brick lane, was far too busy to be able to film successfully without the public getting in the way. However I noticed that there were a dozen side streets that were much quieter but still had shops and cafes. I also noted that we needed to film on a weekday morning as this was the quietist time for the area as most consumers are at work. Weekends were far too busy and it needed to be morning as most workers take their lunch between 12.00 and15.00. As a result we decided to film between 10.00 and 12.00 which worked perfectly for us and we were only interrupted twice by vehicles passing.

One response we had to Brick Lane as a location was that it appeared ‘Urban’, with graffiti on the walls and litter in the streets, which, for some people, created a gritty and ‘street’ appearance which was then reflected upon the characters, and that this meant that all of our characters were from the same area. This was unintentional and I do not completely agree, I feel that the area simply represents a popular shopping location within London that is visited by a whole range of people from different backgrounds on a shopping trip, and actually is one place where people of different backgrounds integrate to do their shopping.

I feel that our locations for our interviews were good. They were visually interesting and are neutral that is the environment that the interviewees are surrounded by; do not necessarily reflect aspects of their personality.