Research into Locations & Set Design

For the narrative portion of our music video we are wanting to film on a quiet country road, therefore we will need to scout out possible locations that we could use, in order to decide if they are suitable/safe to film on.
Over the weekend we are going to conduct some test shots on Staindrop Road to find out if it will be suitable. Below are some images from Google Maps which we would like to scout out to ensure that they are suitable places to film. The circled areas show where we could pull in safely in order to get some shots of the car driving by.

For the narrative we are also wanting to film in a pub, therefore we will also have to scout out possible locations for this and ask permission to film on the premises. Therefore at the weekend we will also be looking for a suitable 'pub' location. Here are some examples of pubs that we are going to visit:

For our studio shoot we have researched various music videos:


- In the actual 'Out Of The Black' music video we liked the simplicity of the set design.
- The dark colour scheme
- The brick wall backdrop
- The close proximity of the instruments
- The instruments are not all facing the camera - they are at angles


- This video is similar to the Royal Blood video in that it has a simple band set up
- Even though the lighting in this video the simple band set up is something that we will be taking inspiration from.
- We like how the background is also very simple and plain so that it does not distract from the band performance itself.

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