Location- possible places to film our opening

When filming the opening of our film, we need various places at various times. For example, when the home video's are being shown we will need a bedroom that looks quite mature and not to teen typical. When we spoke about this we considered the most convinient places first and then if they didnt work we looking into places that would need more changing etc. We thought about Libbies room and realised that the colour scheme, green and pink, wouldnt match the mood and tone and could ruin the setting. Also she have a very girly bedroom with items such as pink flower arrangements etc scattered around my room, some non removable so this wouldnt be very convinient. Also Libbie have a single bed which also isn't what we are looking for in our opening. The two characters at one point will be in bed on a sideways shot which will show one of our main characters faces so its quite an important shot. A bedroom we decided we could use was mine, one of the girls within our group. My room is brght and lets in loads of sunshine. We need this kind of lighting and bedroom when filming this part of our opening because at this point we are referring back to when they were happy together in bed etc. The lighting will also be able to be used to portray the mood and atmosphere at this point making it easy for the audience to establish what is going on. Another room we considered was Sydney's room, a girl in our group, but we found the same kind of problems for sydney's room and also, it hasnt been finished decorating yet so this wouldn't look very proffesional. 
Libbies room


Another setting we will need will be the train station that we film two of the characters on. Within this scene we need to film two peoples feet walking along. The lighting will need to be quite bright in this station and we want the floor and walls in the background etc to be fairly presentable. By using a nice train station in london for example, not only can we achieve our shot where the two characters have to go into a large crowd but we can also film a long shot of them walking past one another. If we was to use a station such as brentwood station, we wouldn't be able to achieve the emotion and mood that we need to when the two eope eventually walk past eachother and there is a lot of tension. Brentwood station is very small and hasn't got very big platforms to walk along so we wont be able to get the most effective shot from a high angle. 

The house that we film the old home video's in also needs to be appropriate with the right props etc and places to place our props. We want to make it look like the two characters we are using are living in a house of their own so as the character advances around the house filming the other character, she has to be doing certain things such as when she is painting a picture and he films up behind her. The rooms need to be quite spacious so that the characters can be established easily and stand out. When we are filming the home video's we will be getting the boy character to hand held the camera so that it looks more realistic. As he walks around the house he needs a clear run so that he can walk at a good pace withought having to watch what is around him and this way, he can keep focused on the camera giving us the chance of getting the best shot possible. Items such as the flower pot in the picture below on the stairs will be a health hazard for when the boy character is walking down the stairs. If he is focusing on the camera and how it is moving down the stairs, he might not notice the stuff on the stairs and trip. Things like this need to be taken into account so a lot of clear space will be needed.