Location Scouting- Greenwitch

Greenwich Foot Tunnel

 

The Greenwich foot tunnel is a possible place for us to film out coursework, the tunnel itself is out more likely location but the issues that come with the foot passage are hard to ignore although there are issues it is the most likely place for us to film as it has all the criteria that we are hoping to look for in our coursework.

As the foot tunnel is a public space we might be disturbing some of the public with our filming. This is a major factor to think about as we don’t want to disturb anyone whilst we film the scene. it could also be used to our advantage though as the publics noise could be used to make the scene more disorientation for our character.

The tunnel itself has the atmosphere and sound quality we want, the size is also effective as we could use it to make the character more vulnerable in the scene. Since the character will be placed on the floor we could use camera angle to make him seem smaller as the tunnel has a high ceiling.

For our genre of a drama the location fits, the idea of the character being in the foot tunnel is fitting and effective. The idea of the more run down parts of London featuring could also back up our idea of the more ‘urban’ drama. By including this in the storyline we are trying to introduce we can manipulate the scene to create effectiveness with the lighting and sound.

The day I visited the tunnel, the foot traffic was heavy so the echoing and sound quality were unobtainable at that time, the tunnel itself is long so it is a major factor in the filming, the sound is highly likely to echo so it will have to be edited to cut out any background noise and disturbances which may be an issue, but since there is no dialogue in the scene we could completely edit the sound out and add in subtle breathing effects and a possible score, where this would take the authenticness of the scene it could create a different effect for the film opening.

The lighting could also be an issue as the lights are very yellow and uneven in their brightness, this could cause the effect we want or it could be a factor that will hold us back in our coursework. As the lighting is easily edited it could end up being a small issue but it could also finish looking tacky as we can’t have exact same lighting in each shot due to the fact that a minuscule difference could cause a huge issue in the openings looks.

The metal stairs and strip lighting create an abandoned effect, as does the rusting effect the tiles on the ceiling seem to have. The old tiles have come out in some places and created an effect that mirrors one of a water ridden, old bathroom where the tiles have come up and all the metal underneath has rusted and the copper colour has leaked out to give the holes a metallic look. Where the floor is concrete it also makes the tunnel seem cold and cruel, the idea of that chilling floor will help create a vulnerable feel to the character.