A2 Media Studies | Documentary Planning: Location Recce

Whilst me and Tom are preparing to film the documentary, following from our mock up documentary scene, we decided to visit Bitterne Park Secondary School and take several shots of locations that could be considered when filming the documentary. Illustrated below are several photos which me and Tom took of locations of the school and an illustration of planning made prior to the recce visits in the locations we took pictures of, we also decided on alternative locations hence why we have lots of photos of locations:

Planning written down on a book before the location recce visits

Upstairs corridor in the school

High angle shot of the downstairs corridor in the school

School canteen

Bitterne Park Sixth Form with the main school in the background

Bitterne Park Secondary School's entrance sign

Destinations lounge, hinting the school's bond with Southampton Airport

Main school quad

View from the third level of the sixth form

Teacher's office in the sixth form

Establishing shot of the second building which the main school offers

Main school sports field in an establishing shot

Main school sports hall with the main school seen in the background

A view of the school's main building/reception site nearby one of two entrances

Another view of the reception area of the school, nearby the entrances

Establishing shot of one of the first sights when people enter the school

Playground/top field of the school

Downstairs corridor in the main school

Main school building seen from the area of where the sports field is

Establishing shot of a class at work in the sixth form

All of the locations illustrated will allow us to be able to film (with permission from teachers if needed) students and teachers on a regular basis in Bitterne Park Secondary School and we can capture several activities and things being done such as lessons being taught, art, drama, sports and people walking around the school to fulfill their daily needs in education.

As a summary of this location recce I've found that there are more locations than I think there were to be able to film people in the school in than I originally thought and it will benefit me and Tom because we will be able to use these locations for our storyboard with extra shots if needed in preparation for the editing of the documentary once the entire extract has been filmed and put together.