Moodboard #5 - London

The next location along the top of the moodboard is London. For our AS opening two minutes we filmed in London and we found it to be a very good location. The locations around London are instantly recognisable at an international level, and give films a very high budget look. Filming in Trafalgar Square last year made it look like we were filming a professional film, as you are supposed to get permission to film before filming at these locations. However this is easy enough to get around, as no one tries to stop you filming. As we filmed in Trafalgar Square last year, this year we will probably try filming in a different London location. One in particular that springs to mind is filming in the British Museum. The British Museum would be very relevant to film in, as it works with the The Da Vinci Code style of the film. Not only this, but it is also a very aesthetically impressive location, with the big blue dome rising over the central courtyard of the museum. We could get some very nice looking shots under this dome. There is also a good part about the 18th Century Enlightenment, which is a long hall which is made of wood and looks like the interior to an old library. It is a very cinematic looking location.

Another place in London that we are considering filming in is St Dunstan-in-the-East, which is an old Norman Church which got bombed in the blitz. Although it is mostly ruined, at some point people decided to turn it into a garden, so the whole place is covered in blossom and flowers. It is a very beautiful location, and would be ideal for our film. We have already scouted out this location, as we went there last year whilst scouting for our AS level locations, so we already have a good idea about the capabilities of the location. There are, of course, many more exciting locations in London, such as Canary Wharf and the Tower of London, but these are two that we have identified as being strong locations that fit the storyline of our film.