TRANSITION: Location Hunting

After the group tutorial with Simon, we realised how important the location is for our idea. We need to use a vets or somewhere where we can decorate it as a similar to a vets as possible. 

Locations needed:
- A house setting for Sheila's interview
- A plain room for surgery scene
- A consultation room
- A waiting room

Initial thoughts for locations:
- The lecture rooms - we could use one of the lecture rooms at the Studios as a waiting room as they are quite plain and we would just need to put in some chairs / sofas, and decorate the walls with posters and leaflets. However, we would have to film at the weekend which we are aren't sure if we're allowed to, so we will have a back up. 

- One of our houses - for the documentary-style interview with Sheila and Coco. 

- An estate agents building - we have contacted someone who works at an estate agents. We could use the room while the shop is shut. The room has plain white walls, apart from a green feature wall, which is no problem for us. Looking at it now, it looks like it could be a waiting room, apart from the housing advertisements, we would just need to replace these for pet posters and leaflets. It would also be nice to film somewhere that isn't the lecture rooms and somewhere that looks professional as it is.

- A local events venue - Katie looked round a room in a local events venue. 

This location has a lot of potential. We will be able to use the room pictured, and it has plain white walls where we will be able to stick things on the wall like notice boards and posters. It also has a television in the room which can be used for slideshows and information like you would find in a doctors waiting room. The venue also has a flip chart that we're allowed to use, this could be ideal for when the vet draws the picture of the cow. They also have a small metal trolley which could be used for the vets operating tools during the surgery scene. These little details will help with the aesthetics of the vets.

It has a big window which will let in a lot of light, although we will be bringing lights it will be helpful to have a good source of natural light. We also need to be able to change the lights in the room as the surgery scene needs a dim light throughout the room, with a harsh light on the vet. We can dim the lights with a dimmer switch and close the curtains for the dim light while having one of our lights as the main light on the vet. 

Katie spoke to the staff at the events venue and agreed everything we needed for the shoot. They allowed everything, including the blood splatter scene, which was promising. We would need to pay for the room at £12 an hour, and we would need it for the most part of the day which could be quite expensive, but the events venue being our only location and splitting the cost between three people makes it worth it. 

Katie said there was a folding wall which can split the room in half. She was unsure about sound issues with this, but she spoke to the staff and they assured her that there was no big groups due in the other room so we shouldn't have any loud noises around. The room we want to film in has a fire exit, although there is a low risk of fire, we will be careful not to film in front or block the exit. 

Additionally, there were a set of wheelie bins outside the events venue which are ideal for the bin scene at the end where the vet throws the dog in the outside bins. This means that we can use this location for the majority of our scenes which will make the filming days easier for us.