Location Ideas

Before we begin shooting, we have decided to look at possible locations for filming our trailer. Due to the synopsis of our film, there needs to be shots of Paris. In the summer, Zoe visited the city and got several establishing shots.
 As well as this, we also need to get shots of Ellie in the airport, on methods of transport and even a shot of a plane in flight to show the transition of her journey from England to Paris in a few seconds. We think that either Liverpool John Lennon airport or Manchester airport will allow us to get the shots that we need - both airports have areas where you can view planes taking off, and large lobbies where filming could take place. To enable us to do this and for safety reasons, we may have to ring up the airports to ask for filming permission. Although Liverpool may be closer, Manchester is bigger, and there are several areas of the airport that have interesting lighting that could create a slightly unusual mise-en-scene, such as the neon walkway (shown in the image below). We may not be allowed to film this area though, so, as I have mentioned, we may need to contact the airport to ask their permission.

Also, filming in the Parisian apartment for all of the trailer footage was not possible and accessible for us and so we had to try to scout a location to use that would still be suitable and have aesthetics similar to that of a Parisian apartment. We have looked at several houses that we could use, however, Ellie lives in a large Victorian house in Crosby, complete with wooden floors, high ceilings and a very large attic. We decided that this would be the perfect location to film the rest of our shots and still keep the authenticity of the trailer.